PB-Denver Seminary Annotated Bibliographies/Recommendations

These are the files for the Denver Seminary Annotated Bibliographies/Recommendations. Links are either to the book in Logos, or in the case of a book in Pre-publication, it will link to the cheapest way to order that book on Pre-pub. Books without links are not available in Logos now or on Pre-pub.

I will keep this thread updated as new versions are released, so make sure to go to the last posts each time for newer versions. Version numbers will be as follows:

[OT (or NT)][Year of Release].[Links updated with new Logos releases].[Minor formatting changes or corrections].

The first ones are OT2012.0.0 and NT2012.0.0

I did two separate files in anticipation of the lists being updated at different times.

Please post any needed corrections or inconsistencies, and I will update them as they come in with new versions.

Thanks to all of you who supplied information!

3426.NT2012_0_0.docx

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Lynden O. Williams

Thanks Joseph for all your hard work.

NB.Mick

Thanks a lot!

Regarding the Witherington resource you hinted at in the other thread: You're looking for logosres:sorhet71php (Socio-Rhetoric Commentary Philippians)? I edited the Word hyperlink reference in my doc before compiling - works perfectly.

Do you happen to have a nice picture of Denver seminary for the PB?

Thanks again for this work!

Mick

Joseph Turner

Yes, I have already added the BW3 volume and was planning on adding the two Ridderbos volumes, but then they have changed the release date. I will post the newest versions in the next couple of days. As for the pictures, I did an image search for "Denver Seminary" and found two Denver Seminary logos; one is dark and one is white, so I thought that they would be good for OT and NT.

Thanks Lynden!

Rosie Perera

Do you happen to have a nice picture of Denver seminary for the PB?

Google Images search for "Denver Seminary"

Joseph Turner

New Versions:

6864.OT2012_0_1.docx

Changes in OT2012.0.1

Periods were changed to commas before "vol." in all McComiskey Minor Prophets volumes.

Added missing link for “Hamilton, Victor R. Handbook on the Pentateuch. 2nd ed.

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Changes in NT2012.1.0

Citation added for newly released volume:

Witherington, Ben, III. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011.

I got an email stating that they hope to have the updated bibliographies completed in the next couple of weeks.

Joseph Turner

The 2013 versions are out:

The 2025 Denver Seminary Personal Books are complete!

Changes in OT2025.0.0

All links in the OT have been changed to the new https:// URL format.

The following resources have been removed from the new list:

Sweeney, Marvin A. Tanak: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible. Fortress, 2011. Scholarly and critical introduction to the Old Testament as Jewish Scriptures, with a close text-by-text interpretation.

Moberly, R. W. L. The God of the Old Testament: Encountering the Divine in Christian Scripture. Baker, 2020. Probing eight Old Testament texts, the study draws observations concerning the character of God.

Fleming, Daniel E. The Legacy of Israel in Judah’s Bible: History, Politics, and the Reinscribing of Tradition. Cambridge University, 2012. A significant, methodological rethinking of Israel’s history. [Available from Kindle].

Rogerson, J. The Atlas of the Bible. Facts on File, 1985. Visually dazzling color photographs as well as discussion of geography and archaeology.

Beitzel, Barry J. Biblica the Bible Atlas: A Social and Historical Journey Through the Lands of the Bible. Global Book Publishing, 2006. A beautifully presented atlas with helpful surveys through the historical and geographical texts of the Bible. Evangelical.

Abingdon Bible Map Transparencies. Abingdon. This is a wonderful set of full color maps for both Old and New Testament events and places. One of the best for overhead projection.

Holladay, W.L. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Eerdmans, 1971. Useful, quick reference.

Goodrick, E.W., and J.R. Kohlenberger, III. The NIV Exhaustive Concordance. Zondervan, 1990.

Evans, Craig A. and Emanuel Tov, eds. Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective. Baker, 2008. Four important essays on the Old Testament canon provide an essential introduction.

Matthews, Victor H. and Don C. Benjamin. Social World of Ancient Israel 1250-587 BCE. Hendrickson, 1993. Application of anthropology to social roles and institutions within ancient Israel. Can be a bit fanciful at times.

Alter, Robert. The World of Biblical Literature. Basic Books, 1992. A useful supplement to Alter's earlier work.

Gunn, David M. and Danna Nolan Fewell. Narrative in the Hebrew Bible. The Oxford Bible Series. Oxford University Press, 1993. A counterpoint to Sternberg.

Ryken, Leland and Tremper Longman III, eds. A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Zondervan, 1993. An Evangelical counterpart to Alter and Kermode. [Available from Kindle].

Smith, Mark S. God in Translation: Deities in Cross-Cultural Discourse in the Biblical World. Eerdmans, 2010. Profound, detailed study tracing attitudes toward monotheism and polytheism in the ancient world.

Johnstone, William. 1 & 2 Chronicles, Volume 1: 1-2 Chronicles 9: Israel’s Place among the Nations (JSOTSS 253). Sheffield, 1997. A literary and rhetorical study of Chronicles as a text of hope for restoration in future generations.

_______________. 1 & 2 Chronicles, Volume 2: 2 Chronicles 10-36: Guilt and Atonement (JSOTSS 254). Sheffield, 1997.

*_______________. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 56–66 (ICC). Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014. Exhaustive close reading of the Hebrew text with many helpful insights. Critical evangelical.

Lim, Bo H., and Daniel Castelo. Hosea (THOTC). Eerdmans, 2015. A Korean-American Old Testament scholar (Lim) collaborates with a Mexican-American theologian (Castelo) to combine exposition with systematic theological concerns. Evangelical.

*Carroll R., M. Daniel. Amos--The Prophet and His Oracles: Research on the Book of Amos. Westminster John Knox Press, 2002. A survey of research done over the last century, including minority and Two-Thirds World perspectives. Includes bibliographies of this research and for topics and passages.

*_______________. Obadiah: The Kingship Belongs to YHWH (HMS). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. Focuses on the theological message and its rhetoric features. Seeks literary and theological connections across the canon. Evangelical.

Alexander, T.D., D.W. Baker, and B.K. Waltke. Obadiah, Jonah, Micah (TOTC). Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1988. Helpful, but sometimes brief. Evangelical.

The following resources have been added to the new list:

Berman, Joshua A. Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought. Oxford, 2008. An important and provocative study of the unique contribution of biblical theology (especially Deuteronomy) to introduce a unique understanding of God and the world that continues to impact civilization.

Frevel, Christian. History of Ancient Israel. SBL, 2023. A valuable resource for evaluating sources from a classic critical perspective.

Baker, L. S., Jr., Kenneth Bergland, Felipe A. Masotti, and A. Rahel Wells, eds. Exploring the Composition of the Pentateuch. BBRSup 27. Eisenbrauns, 2020. The first of several projected volumes providing a new analysis of critical questions regarding early history and literature of Israel.

*Magness, Jodi. Jerusalem through the Ages: From Its Beginning to the Crusades. Oxford, 2024. An extraordinarily scholarly synthesis of the archaeology and textual (both biblical and extra-biblical) sources tracing the emergence and development of the most important of sites.

Beitzel, Barry J. Moody Bible Atlas. Revised. Moody, 2025. A beautifully presented atlas with new photos and scholarship. Evangelical.

*Radner, Karen, Nadine Moeller, and D. T. Potts, eds. The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: Volume IV: The Age of Assyria. Oxford, 2023. The most useful and complete survey of the ancient Near East during the period covered by most of the Old Testament.

Duke, Robert R. Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary. Zondervan, 2024. Useful, quick reference for the intermediate Hebrew level.

Wegner, Paul. The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible. Baker, 2004. A great introduction to the subject and development of the canon.

Garroway, Kristine Henriksen, Christine Elizabeth Palmer, and Angela Roskop Erisman, eds. The Body Lived, Cultured, Adorned: Essays on Dress and the Body in the Bible and Ancient Near East in Honor of Nili S. Fox. Hebrew Union College Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0-87820-608-7. Remarkable studies of biblical, ancient Near Eastern, and anthropological analysis of the significance of bodily actions and clothing, and their cultic and political significance.

*Hendel, Ronald. Genesis 1-11: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AB). Yale, 2024. A model of critical and exegetical scholarship.

*Greer, Jonathan S., John W. Hilber, and John H. Walton, eds. Behind the Scenes of the Old Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts. Baker, 2018. This remarkably diverse collection of authors and essays surveys the anthropological and sociological contexts of the ancient world.

Garroway, Kristine Henriksen. Growing Up in Ancient Israel: Children in Material Culture and Biblical Texts. SBL, 2018. A valuable review of the birth and life of children in the world of the Bible.

Ackerman, Susan. Gods, Goddesses, and the Women Who Serve Them. Eerdmans, 2022. A look at prominent female characters who participated in the cult in ancient Israel.

Amico Wilson, Eleanor. Women of Canaan: The Status of Women at Ugarit. Heartwell Productions, 2013. On the role of women in family, economy, public life, religion, and relationships with men at Ugarit.

Clark-Soles, Jaime. Women in the Bible (Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church). Westminster John Knox Press, 2020. One third of the book examines the lives of OT women through the lens of gender equality.

*Davidson, Richard M. Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament. Hendrickson Publishers, 2007. A thorough study of human sexuality as revealed in the Old Testament focusing on the Edenic paradigm in Genesis.

Ebeling, Jennie R. Women’s Lives in Biblical Times. T&T Clark, 2010. Reconstruction of the fictional life of an Israelite woman in Canaan in Iron Age I “from cradle to grave.”

Gafney, Wilda C. Daughters of Miriam : Women Prophets in Ancient Israel. Fortress Press, 2008. A survey of female prophets in the ANE, in the OT, and rabbinic literature.

Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl A. and Tina Pippin, eds. Mother Goose, Mother Jones, Mommie Dearest: Biblical Mothers & Their Children. SBL, 2009. A collection of articles on the roles of mothers in the Old Testament, including childbirth, surrogacy, sexuality, and the raising of children.

Marsman, Hennie J. Women in Ugarit & Israel: Their Social & Religious Position in the Context of the Ancient Near East. Brill, 2003. On the role of women in the family, society, and religion, as depicted in texts from Ugarit, Israel and Egypt.

Scholz, Susanne. Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible. Reprint. Fortress, 2014. Redemptive approach to reading the rape texts of the Old Testament.

Svärd, Saana. Women and Power in Neo-Assyrian Palaces. SAAS 23. The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2015. A cultural survey of the most powerful women in the world during much of the Old Testament period.

Svärd, Saana, and Agnès Garcia-Ventura. Studying Gender in the Ancient Near East. Eisenbrauns, 2018. A collection of articles on the interpretation of “gender” in ancient Near Eastern texts.

Azad, Anwarul, and Ida Glaser. Genesis 1-11 (Windows on the Text: Bible Commentaries from Muslim Contexts). Langham Global Library, 2022. A unique comparison of the major biblical interpretations of this key text in Islamic, Jewish, Christian, and critical traditions.

*Graybill, Rhiannon, John Kaltner, and Steven L. McKenzie. Jonah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AB). Yale, 2023. A model critical commentary reflecting the history of interpretation as well as detailed exegesis.

*Becking, Bob. Micah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AB). Yale, 2015. A detailed and thorough exegesis.

A new section, “Women in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East,” has been added to the document with several works included.

The following information has been added to the introduction:

For a current review of the major subject areas of Old Testament studies, see H. H. Hardy II and M. Daniel Carroll R. eds. The State of Old Testament Studies: A Survey of Recent Research. Baker, 2024.

Several Annotations have been updated.

Several entries have been updated to newer editions.

Joseph Turner

Changes in NT2025.0.0

The following resources have been removed from the new list:

Porter, Stanley E. and Andrew W. Pitts. Fundamentals of New Testament Textual Criticism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2015.

Shah, Abidan P. Changing the Goal of New Testament Textual Criticism. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2020.

Witherington, Ben III. Invitation to the New Testament: First Things. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Jeffers, James S. The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era. Downers Grove: IVP, 1999.

Vanhoozer, Kevin J. Is There a Meaning in this Text? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998.

Holmén, Tom and Stanley E. Porter, eds. Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 4 vols. Leiden: Brill, 2010.

Collins, Raymond F. First Corinthians (SP). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, 1999.

*deSilva, D. A. Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

The following resources have been added to the new list:

Bunning, Alan. Restoration of the New Testament: The Case for Scientific Textual Criticism. GlossaHouse, 2024.

*Quarles, Charles L. New Testament Textual Criticism for the 21st Century: A Practical Guide. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2025.

Levinsohn, Stephen. Discourse Features of New Testament Greek. 2nd ed. Rev. Dallas: SIL, 2024. [The 2nd edition is available].

*Longenecker, Bruce W., Elizabeth F. Shively and T. J. Long, eds. Behind the Scenes of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2024.

*VanderKam, James C. An Introduction to Early Judaism. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022.

Simkovich, Malka Z. Discovering Second Temple Literature: The Scriptures and Stories that Shaped Early Judaism. Philadelphia: JPS, 2018.

*Vanhoozer, Kevin J. Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2024.

Powell, Mark A. Fortress Introduction to the Gospels. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2019.

Walton, Steve. Reading Acts Theologically. London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2022.

*Walton, Steve. Acts 1-9:42 (WBC). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2024.

Tucker, J. Brian. I Corinthians: A Social-Identity Commentary. London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2024.

Tuckett, Christopher M. Galatians: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (ICC). London: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2024.

*Moo, Douglas J. Hebrews (ZECNT). Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2024.

Tony Walker

thanks again for this hard work, especially for someone like me who isn’t an expert on all the specific volumes and where they rank