18
Biblical Narrative Criticism
Contributors: Dr. James Edwards, Dr. Gary Martindale and Dr. Martin W. Mittelstadt
Compiled: Jennifer R. Stephenson
(Criticisms with bold call numbers are in Klaude Kendrick Library; criticisms with italic call numbers are in the Cordas C. Burnett Library.)
Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1981. (BS1171. 2 A45)
----. The Art of Biblical Poetry. New York: Basic Books. 1985. (BS1405. 2 A48 1985)
Alter, Robert and Frank Kermode. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1987.
(BS535. L54 1987)
Anderson, Janice Capel. Matthew’s Narrative Web: Over, and Over, and Over Again. Sheffield: JSOT P,
1994. (BS2575. 2. A64 1994)
Auerbach, Erich. Memesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature. Trans. W. R. Trask.
Princeton: Princeton UP, 1953. (PN56. R3 A83)
Bailey, Kenneth. Poet and Peasant: A Literary-Cultural Approach to the Parables
in Luke. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976. (BT325.2 B23 1983)
Bal, Mieke. Murder and Difference: Gender, Genre and Scholarship on Sisera’s Death. Trans. Matthew
Gumpert. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1988. (BS1305. 2. B35 1988)
Bar-Efrat, Shimon. Narrative Art in the Bible. Sheffield, England: Almond, 1989. (BS535. B3x 1989)
Beardslee, William A. Literary Criticism of the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1970. (BS2361. 2
B4)
Beck, Brian. Christian Character in the Gospel of Luke. London: Epworth, 1989. (BS259. 3 .B387 1989)
----. “’Imitatio Christi’ and the Lucan Passion Narrative.” Suffering and Martyrdom in the New Testament:
Studies Presented by G.M. Styler by the Cambridge New Testament Seminar. Edited by William
Horbury and Brian McNeil. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1981. (BS245. 59 583)
----. Reading the New Testament Today: An Introduction to New Testament Study. Atlanta: John Knox P,
1978. (BS2530. B4 1978)
Berlin, Adele. Poetics and Interpretations of Biblical Narrative. Sheffield, England: Almond, 1983. (BS535.
B39 1983)
Biblical Itinery: In Search of Mthod, Form and Content: Essays in Honor of George W. Coats. Ed. Eugene
E. Carpenter. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic P, 1997. (B1192. B459 1997)
Bilezikian, Gilbert G. The Liberated Gospel: A Comparison of the Gospel of Mark and Greek Tragedy.
Grand Rapids: Baker, 1977. (BS2585. 2 B54 1977)
Bloom, Harold. “’Before Moses Was, I Am’: The Original and Belated Testaments.” Notebooks in Cultural
Analysis 1 (1984): 3-14 (EU)
Bock, Darrell L. Jesus According to the Scriptures: Restoring the Portrait of the Gospels. Grand Rapids,
MI: Baker Academic, 2002. (BT301. 3 .B63 2002)
----. Proclamation from Prophecy to Pattern: Lucan Old Testament Christology. JSNT Sup 12.
Sheffield: JSOT, 1987. (BS259. 3 .B62x)
Book of Daniel: Composition and Reception. Eds. Collins, John Joseph, Flint, Peter W., and Cameron
VanEpps. Boston, MA: Brill Academic Pub., 2002. (BS1555. 2. B65 2002)
Brawley, Robert L. Centering on God: Method and Message in Luke Acts. Louisville: John Knox, 1990.
(BS2589. B72 1990)
----. Luke-Acts and the Jews: Conflict, Apology and Conciliation. SBLMS 33. Atlanta: Scholars , 1987.
(BS2589. B73 1987)
Brichto, Herbert Chanan. The Names of God: Poetic Readings in Bible Beginnings. New York: Oxford
UP, 1998. (BT301. 3 .B63 2002)
Brodie, Thomas L. “Luke-Acts as an Imitation and Emulation of the Elijah-Elisha Narrative.” New Views on
Luke and Acts. Edited by Earl Richard. Collegeville: Liturgical, 1990. (BS2589. N48 1990)
Brueggeman, Walter. David’s Truth in Israel’s Imagination and Memory. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress P,
2002. (BS580. D3 B78 2002)
----. Old Testament Theology: Essays on Structure, Theme, and Text. Ed. Patrick D.
Miller, Jr. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress P, 1992. (BS1192. 5. B78 1992)
Brown, Stephen James Meredith. Image and Truth: Studies in the Imagery of the Bible. Rome: Catholic
Book Agency, 1955. (BS537. B66)
Buber, M. Kingship of God. Trans. Richard Scheimann. New York: Harper, 1973. (BT94. B813 1973)
Burge, Gary M. The Anointed Community: The Holy Spirit in the Johanine Tradition. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1987. (BS2601.B87 1987)
Cadbury, Henry J. The Making of Luke-Acts. New York: Macmillan, 1927. (BS2595. C28 1958)
Caird, G. B. The Language and Imagery of the Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1980. (BS537. C33)
Campbell, Antony F. The Ark Narrative. Missoula, MT: Scholar’s, 1975. (BS1325. C35 2975)
Campbell, Ed. Ruth: A New Translation with Introduction, Notes and Commentary. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1975. (BS192. 2 .A1 1964 .G3vol7)
Carroll, J. T. and Green, Joel B. The Death of Jesus in Early Christianity. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995.
(BT450. C347 1995)
Cassuto, Umberto. A Commentary on the Book of Exodus. Trans. Israel Abraham. Jerusalem: Magnes
P, 1967. (BS1245. 3. C313)
----. A Commentary on the Book of Genesis. Trans. Israel Abraham. Jerusalem: Magnes P, 1964.
(BS1235. 3. C3)
Childs, Bervard S. Exodus: A Critical, Theological Commentary. Philadelphia: Westminster P, 1974.
(BS1245. 3. C45)
----. Myth and Reality in the Old Testament. London: SCM P, 1962. (BS1138. C5 1962)
Clines, David. Among the Prophets: Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings. Edited by
Clines, David and Philip R. Davies. Sheffield: JSOT P, 1993. (BS1505. 2 .A45 1993)
----. Art and Meaning: Rhetoric in Biblical Literature. Sheffield, England: V. of Sheffield,
1982. (BS1171. 2 .A7x)
----. Esther Scroll: The Story of the Story. Sheffield: JSOT P, 1984. (BS1375. 2 .C64x)
----. I, He, We and They: A Literary Approach to Isaiah 53. Sheffield: U of Sheffield, 1976. (BS1520. Z72
C6)
----. The New Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity P International,
1993. (BS1171. 2 .N49 1993)
----. The Theme of the Pentateuch. Sheffield: U of Sheffield, 1978. (Bs1225. 2. C58)
Coats, George W. From Canaan to Egypt : Structural and Theological Context for the Joseph Story.
Washington: Catholic Biblical Association of America, 1976. (BS580. J6 C6x)
----. Genesis: With an Introduction to Narrative Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983.
(BS1235. 2. C62)
----. Rebellion in the Wilderness: The Murmuring Motif in the Wilderness: Traditions of the Old Testament.
Nashville: Abingdon P, 1968. (BS1245. 2. C59)
----. Saga, Legend, Fable, Tale, Novella: Narrative Forms in Old Testament Literature. Sheffield: JSOT P,
1985. (BS1171. 2. S24x)
Cohn, Robert L. The Shape of Sacred Space: Four Biblical Studies. Chico, CA: Scholars P, 1981.
(BS630. C57)
Collins, Adela Yarbro. Beginning of the Gospel: Probings of Mark in Context. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress
P, 1992. (BS585. 2. C569 1992)
Collins, John Joseph. Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature. Grand
Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Pub., 1998. (BS646. C65 1998)
----. Daniel with an Introduction to Apocalyptic. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984. (BS1555. 3
.C64 1984)
Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Eds. Longman, Tremper III and Leland Ryken. Grand Rapids, MI:
Zondervan, 1993. (BS535. C56 1993)
Cook, Albert Spaulding. Myth and Language. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1980. (BL304. C66)
Craigie, Peter C. Old Testament: Its Background, Growth and Content. Nashville, TN: Abingdon P, 1986.
(BS1140. 2. C65 1986)
The Creation of Sacred Literature: Composition and Redaction of the Biblical Text. Ed. Richard Elliott
Friedman. Berkeley, CA: U of California P, 1981. (BS1192. C73)
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel. Baltimore, MD:
John Hopkins UP, 1998. (BS1171. 2. C77 1998)
Cross, Frank Moore, Jr. and David Noel Freedman. Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry. Grand Rapids,
MI: Eerdmans Pub., 1997. (BS1405. 2. C76 1996)
Crossan, John Dominic. Cliffs of Fall: Paradox and Polyvalence in Parables of Jesus. New York: Seabury
P, 1980. (BT375. 2.C75)
----. The Dark Interval: Towards a Theology of Story. Niles, IL: Argus, 1975. (PN49.
C7 1988)
Culley, Robert C. Labour of Reading : Desire, Alienation, and Biblical Interpretation. Eds. Black, Fiona C.,
Boer, Roland and Eric Runions. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 1999. (BS531. L53
1999)
----. Oral Formulaic Language in the Biblical Psalms. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 1967. (BS1430. 2. C8)
----. Studies in the Structure of Hebrew Narrative. Philadelphia: Fortress P, 1976. (BS1205. 2. C84)
----. Themes and Variations: A Study of Action in Biblical Narrative. Atlanta, GA: Scholars P, 1992.
(BS5217. C857 1992)
Culpepper, R. A. Anatomy of the Fourth Gospel: A Study in Literary Design. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1983.
(BS2615. 2. C85 1983)
Cunningham, Scott. “Through Many Tribulations”: The Theology of Persecution in Luke-Acts. JSNTSup 142.
Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1997. (BS2589. 6. 89 C86 1997)
Dahl, Nils. “The Story of Abraham in Luke-Acts.” Studies in Luke-Acts. Edited by Keck, Leander and Louis
Martyn. London: SPCK, 1968. (BS2589. K42 1980)
Darr, A. John. On Character Building : The Reader and Rhetoric of Luke-Acts. Louisville: Westminster/John
Knox , 1992. (B52589. D37 1992)
The David Myth in Western Literature. Eds. Frontain, Raymond-Jean and Jan Wojcik. West Lafayette, IN:
Purdue UP, 1980. (PN57. D38 D38)
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery. Eds. Duriez, Colin, Longman, Tremper III, Penney, Douglas, Reid, Daniel
G., Ryken, Leland, and James C. Wilhoit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity P, 1998. (BS537. D48
1998)
Doty, William G. Letters in Primitive Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1973. (BS2635. 2 D68)
Durber, Susan. “The Female Reader of the Parables for the Lost.” Journal for the Study of the New
Testament 45 (1992): 59-78 (AGTS)
Ellul, Jacques. Apocalypse: Book of Revelation. Trans. G. W. Schreiner. New York: Seabury P, 1977.
(BS2825. 2 E4413)
----. The Judg ment of Jonah. Trans. Geoffrey W. Jonah. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1971. (BS580. J55
E4413)
----. The Politics of God and the Politics of Man. Trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
1972. (BS1335. 4 E413)
Eskenazi, Tamara C. In an Age of Prose: A Literary Approach to Ezra-Nehemiah. Atlanta, GA: Scholars
P, 1988. (BS1355. 2. P65 1988)
Eslinger, Lyle M. House of God or House of David: The Rhetoric of 2 Samuel 7. Sheffield: JSOT P, 1994.
(BS13252. E84 1994)
----. Kingship of God in Crisis: A Close Reading of Samuel 1-12. Decatur, GA: Almond P, 1985. (BS1325.
2. E85 1985)
Exum, Cheryl. Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub) Versions of Biblical Narratives. Sheffield: JSOT P,
1993. (BS1199. W7 E88 1993)
----. Tragedy and Biblical Narrative: Arrows of the Almighty. New York: Cambridge UP, 1992. (BS1199.
T69 E98 1992)
Farrer, Austin. A Rebirth of Images: The Making of St. John’s Apocalypse. Gloucester: P. Smith, 1970.
(BS2825. F3 1970)
Fewell, Danna Nolan. Circle of Sovereignty: Plotting Politics in the Book of Daniel. Nashville, TN:
Abingdon P, 1991. (BS1555. 3. F49 1991)
Fewell, Danna Nolan and David M. Gunn. Compromising Redemption: Characters in the Book of Ruth.
Louisville, KY: Westminster/ John Knox P, 1990. (BS1315. 2. F48 1990)
----. Gender, Power and Promise: The Subject of the Bible’s First Story. Nashville: Abingdon P, 1993.
(BS1199. W7. F78 1993)
----. Narrative in the Hebrew Bible. New York: Oxford UP, 1993. (BS1325. 2. N37x1991)
Fields, Weston W. Sodom and Gomorrah : History and Motif in Biblical Narrative. Sheffield: Sheffield
Academic P, 1997. (BS521. 7. F53 1997)
Filson, Floyd. “Journey Motif in Luke-Acts.” Apostolic History and the Gospel. Edited by W. Gasque and R.
Martin. Exeter: Paternoster, 1970. (BS2395. A63 EU)
Fishbane, Michael. Text and Texture. New York: Schocken, 1979. (BS1171. 2 .F57)
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Acts of the Apostles. AB 31. New York: Doubleday, 1998. (BS192. 2 .F57)
----. The Gospel According to Luke X-XXIV. AB 28b. Garden City: Doubleday, 1985. (BS2595. 3 .F57x)
----. The Gospel According to Luke: Introduction, Translation, and Notes. (AB). New York: Doubleday, 1985.
(BS192. 2. AI 19864. G3)
Fokkelman, J. P. Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in the Hebrew Bible. Eds. de Regt, L. J.,
de Waard, J. and J. P. Fokkelman. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1996. (BS1171. 2. .L567
1996)
----. Major Poems in the Hebrew Bible: At the Interface of Hermeneutics and Structural Analysis. Assen,
The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1998. (BS1405. 2. .F65 1998)
----. Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel: A Full Interpretation Based on Stylistic
and Structural Analyses. Netherlands: Van Gorcum, Assen., 1981. (BS1325. 2 .F65x 1981)
----. Reading Biblical Narrative: An Introductory Guide. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox P, 1999.
(BS 1405. 2. .F67x 1999)
Fowler, R. M. Let the Reader Understand: Reader-Response Criticism and the Gospel of Mark.
Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991. (BS2585. 5. F68 1991)
----. Loaves and Fishes: The Function of the Feeding Stories in the Gospel of Mark. Chico, CA: Scholars
P, 1981. (BS2585. 2. F68)
Fox, Everett. “Can Genesis Be Read As a Book?” Semeia 49 (1989): 31-40 (AGTS)
Freedman, David Noel. Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy: Studies in Early Hebrew Poetry. Winona Lake, IN:
Eisenbrauns, 1980. (BS1405. 2. F43)
Frei, Hans W. Theology and Narrative: Selected Essays. Eds. Hunsinger, George, and William C.
Placher. New York: Oxford UP, 1993. (BT80. F74 1993)
Gordis, Robert. Koheleth: The Man and His World: A Study of Ecclesiastes. New York: Schocken, 1968.
(BS1475. 3 .G64 1974)
Green, Joel. “Acts of the Apostles.” Dictionary of Later New Testament and Its Developments. Ed. by
Ralph Martin and Peter Davids. Downers Grove: IVP, 1997. (BS2555. 2 .D53 1992)
Green, J. B. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
(BS2331. H43 1995)
Guelich, Robert. Mark 1:1-8:26. (WBC) Waco: Word, 1989. (BS2585. 3 .G8x 1989)
Gundry, R. Mark: A Commentary on His Apology of the Cross. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993. (BS2585.
3 .G85 1993)
----. Matthew: A Commentary on His Literary and Theological Art. Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans
Pub. Co., 1982. (BS2575. 3. G85)
Gunn, David M. Fate of King Saul: An Interpretation of a Biblical Story. Sheffield: U of Sheffield, 1980.
(BS580. S3 G84x)
----. Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies: Identity and the Book. Eds. Beal, Timothy K. and David M. Gunn.
New York: Routledge, 1997. (BS476. R358 1997)
----. The Story of King David: Genre and Interpretation. Sheffield: U of Sheffield, 1978. (BS580. D3
G84x)
Heschel, Abraham J. The Prophets. New York: Harper and Row, 1962. (BS1505. 2. H4)
Hurtado, L. Mark: New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody: Hendrickson, 1995. (BS2341. 2.
N48xvol. 2)
Hyatt, Darlene and Ben Witherington III. Paul’s Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary.
Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2004. (BS2665. 53. W58 2004)
Jobling, David. The Sense of Biblical Narrative: Structural Analyses in the Hebrew Bible. Sheffield: JSOT