OT550 EXODUS TO RETURN FROM EXILE

Biblical Theological Seminary

Winter Semester 2007

Dr. J. Robert Vannoy

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY KEYED TO CLASS LECTURE OUTLINE

GENERAL RESOURCES

HISTORICAL ISSUES

Arnold, Bill T. and Williamson, H. G. M. Dictionary of the Old Testament Historical Books. Downers Grove: InterVarsityPress, 2005.

Bartholomew, Craig; Evans, C. Stephen; Healy, Mary; Murray, Rae (Editors). "Behind" the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation. Scripture and Hermeneutics Series, Vol. 4. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.

Howard, David M., Jr. An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Chicago: Moody Press, 1993.

Kitchen, K. A. On the Reliability of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.

Long, V. P., Baker, D. W., Wenham, F. J., Editors. Windows into Old Testament History. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.

Long, V. Philips (Editor). Israel's Past in Present Research. Essays on Ancient Israelite Historiography. Sources for Biblical and Theological Study, Vol. 7. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1999.

. "How Reliable are Biblical Reports? Repeating Lester Grabbe's Comparative Experiment," VT 52 (2002) 367384.

Millard, A. R., Hoffmeier, James K., Baker, David W. Faith, Tradition, and History. Old Testament Historiography in Its Near Eastern Context. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1994.

Provan, I., Long, V. P., Longman, III, T. A Biblical History of Israel. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.

I. THE DELIVERANCE FROM EGYPT - EXODUS 1-11

I.A. Leder, Arie C. "Reading Exodus to learn and Learnming to Read Exodus," CTJ 34(1999) 11-35.

. "The Coherence of Exodus. Narrative Unity and Meaning," CTJ 36/2 (2001) 251-269.

Millard, Alan. "How Reliable is Exodus?" BAR July/Agusut (2000) 51-57.

I.B. Archer, G. L. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Chicago: Moody

Press, 1964, 212-223.

. "An 18th Dynasty Rameses." JETS 17 (1974) 49-50.

Bienkowski, P. "Jericho Was Destroyed in the Middle Bronze Age, Not

the Late Bronze Age," BAR 16/5 (1990) 45-49.

Bimson, J. J. Redating the Exodus and Conquest. Sheffield: Almond,

1981, 2nd edition.

. Livingston, D. "Redating the Exodus," BAR 13/5 (1987) 40-53,

66-68.

. " Merenptah's Israel and Recent Theories of Israelite Origins,"

JSOT 49 (1991) 3-29.

Finegan, J. Light From the Ancient Past. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1959, second edition, 108, 109, 113, 116, 153.

Halpern, B. "Biblical Exodus Redating Fatally Flawed," BAR 13/6 (1987)

56-61.

Harrison, R. K. Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1969, 175, 176, 315-327.

Hoffmeier, J. K.. Israel in Egypt. The Evidence for the Authenticity of

the Exodus Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Kitchen, K. A. Ancient Orient and Old Testament. London: Tyndale

Press, 1966, 57-75.

Livingston, D. "Location of Biblical Bethel and Ai Reconsidered." WTJ

33 (1970) 20-44.

. "Traditional Site of Bethel Questioned," WTJ 34/1 (1971) 39-50.

Mattingly, G. “The Exodus-Conquest and the Archaeology of

TransJordan: New Light on an Old Problem." GTJ 4/2 (1983) 245-262.

Merrill, E. Kingdom of Priests. Baker, 1987, 58-64.

Miller, J. M. "W. F. Albright and Historical Reconstruction," BA 42/1

(1979) 39,40.

Unger, M. C. Archaeology and the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 1954, 140-152.

Waltke, B. "Palestinean Artifactual Evidence Supporting the Early Date of the Exodus." BibSac 129 (1972) 33-47.

Wood, B. G. "Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho?" BAR 16/2 (1990) 44-

58.

. "Jericho's Destruction: Bienkowski is Wrong on All Counts,"

BAR 16/5 (1990) 45-49.

, "The Rise and Fall of the 13^th-Century Exodus-Conquest Theory," JETS 48/3 (2005) 475-490.

Wood, L. A Survey of Israel's History. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1970,

91.

I.C. MacRae, A. A. "The Relation of Archaeology to the Bible." In Modern

Science and Christian Faith. Wheaton: Van Kampen Press, 1950,

215-219.

Motyer, J. A. Old Testament Covenant Theology. Unpublished lectures.

London: Theological Students Fellowship, 1973, 9.

I.D. Albright, W. F. Archaeology and the Religion of Israel. Anchor Books.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1969, 94.

Bright, J. A History of Israel. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1981

(third edition), 127.

Vos, G. Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948, reset ninth

printing, 1975, 103,104.

I.E. Beale, G. K. "An Exegetical and Theological Consideration of the Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart in Exodus 4-14 and Romans 9," TrinJ 5 NS (1984) 129-154.

Calvin, J. Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the

Form of A Harmony. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979 (reprint), 102,

141, 210.

Chisholm, R. B., Jr. “Divine Hardening in the Old Testament.” BibSac

153 (1996) 410-434.

Cole, R. A. Exodus. TOTC. Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 71,72.

Block, J. "Ten Plagues of Egypt." RelEd 71 (1976) 519-526.

Gottwald, N. A Light to the Nations. New York, 1959, 121.

Helfmeyer, F.J. "toa" TDOT, Vol. I. G. J. Botterweck, J. Ringgren, editors. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974, 170.

Pfeiffer, C. F. Egypt and the Exodus. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1964, 47-49.

I.F Motyer, J. A. Old Testament Covenant Theology. Unpublished lectures.

London: Theological Students Fellowship, 1973, 13-15.

Payne, J. B. The Theology of the Older Testament. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 1962, 404,405.

Routledge, R. "Passover and Last Supper," Tyndale Bulletin 53/2 (2002), 203-221

I.G. Hoffmeier, James K. Israel in Egypt. The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.

. Ancient Israel in Sinai. The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Kerkeslager, Allen, "Mt. Sinai – in Arabia?" BR 16/2 (2000) 32-39, 52.

Kitchen, K. A. "Red Sea" In New Bible Dictionary. J. D. Douglas,

editor. London: Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1962, 1077, 1078.

Nof, D., Paldor, N. "Are There Oceanographic Explanations for the

Israelites' crossing the Red Sea?" Bulletin American

Meteorological Society 73/3 (1992) 305-314.

II. ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS - EXODUS 15:22 TO THE END OF DEUTERONOMY

II.B.2. Kaiser, W. "The Promise Theme and the Theology of Rest," BibSac 130

(1973) 135-149

II.C.1. Keil, C. F. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol. 2. The

Pentateuch. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959, 67.

II.D.1.a. Kaiser, W. Toward an Old Testament Theology. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 1978, 110-113.

II.D.1.c. Baker, David W. "Aspects of Grace in the Pentateuch, " ATJ 29 (1997 7-22.

Kaiser, W. Toward Old Testament Ethics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983, 76,77.

Kline, M. G. Treaty of the Great King. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963,

24.

Motyer, J. A. Old Testament Covenant Theology. Unpublished lectures.

London: Theological Students Fellowship, 1973, 17.

Provan, I., "'All These I Have Kept Since I Was a Boy' (Luke 18:21): Creation, Covenant, and the Commandments of God," Ex Auditu 17 (20031-46.1)

Vos, G. Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948 reset ninth

printing, 1975, 126-128.

Wenham, G. "Grace and Law in the Old Testament." In Law Morality

and the Bible. B. Kaye, G. Wenham, Editors. Downers Grove:

InterVarsity, 1978, 3-23.

II.D.1.e. Dyrness, W. Themes in Old Testament Theology. Downers Grove:

InterVarsity Press, 1979, 133,134.

Hillers, D. R. Covenant. The History of a Biblical Idea. Baltimore: The

Johns Hopkins Press, 1969, 89-93.

DeVaux, R. Ancient Israel. Its Life and Institutions. New York:

McGraw-Hill, 1961.

II.D.1.f. Motyer, J. A. Old Testament Covenant Theology. Unpublished lectures.

London: Theological Students Fellowship, 1973, 19.

II.D.2 Baker, D. W. "Aspects of Grace in the Pentateuch." Ashland Theological Review 29 (1997) 7-22.

Baltzer, K. The Covenant Formulary. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971.

Hillers, D. R. Covenant. The History of a Biblical Idea. Baltimore: The

Johns Hopkins Press, 1969.

Kitchen, K. A. Ancient Orient and Old Testament. London: Tyndale

Press, 1966, 90-102.

Kline, M. G. Treaty of the Great King. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963.

. By Oath Consigned. Grand Rapids; Eerdmans, 1968.

Mendenhall, G. E. "Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near

East." BA 17.2 (1954) 26-46; 17.3 (1954) 49-76.

McCarthy, D. J. Treaty and Covenant. Analecta Biblica 21A. Rome:

Biblical Institute Press, 1978.

Payne, J. B. "The B'rith of Yahweh." In New Perspectives on the Old Testament. J. B. Payne, editor. Waco: Word Books, 1970, 240-264.

Thompson, J. A. The Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and the Old

Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1964.

Vannoy, J. R. Covenant Renewal at Gilgal. Cherry Hill: Mack Publishing

Company, 1977.

Wenham, G. "Grace and Law in the Old Testament." In Law Morality

and the Bible. B. Kaye, G. Wenham, Editors. Downers Grove:

InterVarsity, 1978, 3-23.

II.D.3.a. Motyer, J. A. Old Testament Covenant Theology. Unpublished lectures.

London: Theological Students Fellowship, 1973, 20.

II.D.4.a. Hodge, C. Systematic Theology. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1952

(reprint of 1872), 290-293.

Keil, C. F. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol. 2. The

Pentateuch. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959 (reprint), 222.

II.D.4.b. Wilson, M. R. "<j^n*." In TWOT. Vol. 2. R. L. Harris, G. Archer, B.

Waltke, editors. Chicago: Moody Press, 1980, 570-571.

Calvin, J. Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses arranged in the

Form of A Harmony. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids: Baker, reprint, 1979,

340,343.

II.D.4.c. Gispen, W. H. Exodus. Bible Students Commentary. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 1982 (Dutch original, 1964), 297.

Thompson, J. A. The Ancient Near Eastern Treaties and the Old

Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1964, 34.

II.D.4.d. Keil, C. F. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol. 2. The

Pentateuch. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959 (reprint), 230.

II.D.4.e. Berkouwer, G. C. Divine Election. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960, 110-

114.

Calvin, J. Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses arranged in the

Form of A Harmony. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids: Baker, reprint, 1979,

361,362.

Gispen, W. H. Exodus. Bible Students Commentary. Grand Rapids:

Zondervan, 1982 (Dutch original, 1964), 302.

Hengstenberg, E. W. Christology of the Old Testament. Vol. 1. Grand

Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1956 (reproduction of British edition

of 1872-1878), 127,128.

Keil, C. F. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Vol. 2. The

Pentateuch. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1959 (reprint), 234.

Vos, G. Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948, reset ninth

printing, 1975, 107.

II.D.5. Fairbairn, P. The Typology of Scripture. Two Volumes in One, Complete

and Unabridged. Vol. 2. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, no date, 201-

223.

Vos, G. Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948, reset ninth

printing, 1975, 145-148, 154-155.

Woudstra, M. H. "The Tabernacle in Biblical-theological Perspective." In

New Perspectives on the Old Testament. J. B. Payne, editor.

Waco: Word Books, 1970, 88-103.

II.D.7.b. Leder, Arie C., Vroege, David A. "Reading and Hearing Leviticus," CTJ 34 (1999) 431-442.

II.D.8 Schultz, S. The Old Testament Speaks. Harper and Row, 1980, 65-68.

II.D.11 Ibid., 70-73.

II.D.12.b. Breasted, H. Ancient Records of Egypt. Vol. 3. Chicago: University of

Chicago Press, 1906, 127, 129.

Clark, R. E. D. "The Large Numbers of the Old Testament." Journal of

the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 87 (1955) 82ff.

Colenso, J. W. The Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua. London:

Longman, Green, 1863.

Fouts, D. M. "A Defense of the Hyperbolic Interpretation of Large

Numbers in the Old Testament." JETS 40 (1997) 377-387.

Harrison, R. K. Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1969, 633.

Humphreys, C. J. "The Number of People in the Exodus from Egypt:

Decoding Mathematically the Very Large Numbers in Numbers I

and XXVI." VT 48/2 (1988) 196-213.

Humphreys, C. J. "The Numbers in the Exodus from Egypt: A Further Appraisal," VT 50/3 (2000) 323-328.

Humphreys, C. J. "How Many People Were in the Exodus from Egypt?" Science and Christian Belief 12/1 (2000) 17-34.

MacRae, A. A. "Numbers." In The New Bible Commentary. F.

Davidson, Editor. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1953, 165.

Mendenhall, G. E. "The Census Lists of Numbers 1 and 26." JBL 77

(1958) 52-66.

Petrie, Flinders. Egypt and Israel. New York: E. S. Gorham, 1911, 42.

DeVaux, R. Ancient Israel. Its Life and Institutions. New York:

McGraw-Hill, 1961, 65.

Wenham, J. W. "Large Numbers in the Old Testament." TynBul 18

(1967) 19-53.

Young, E. J. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, revised edition, 1960, 85.

II.D.12.c. Davis, J. J. Biblical Numerology. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1968, 78.

II.H.1. Schultz, S. J. Deuteronomy. The Gospel of Love. Chicago: Moody,

1971, 7, 47,48.

III. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA

III.A.3. Finegan, J. Light From the Ancient Past. Princeton: Princeton University

Press, 1959, second edition, 108-112, 115,116.

Kitchen, K. A. Ancient Orient and Old Testament. London: Tyndale

Press, 1966, 70.

III.A.4. Albright, W. F. "Archaeology and the Date of the Hebrew Conquest of

Palestine," BASOR 58 (1935) 10-18.

. "The Israelite Conquest of Canaan in the Light of Archaeology,"

BASOR 74 (1939) 11-23.

Aharoni, Y. "The Israelite Occupation of Canaan," BAR 7/3 (1982) 14-

23.

Alt, A. "The Settlement of the Israelites in Palestine," in Essays on Old

Testament History and Religion. Anchor Books. New York:

Doubleday & Co. 1968, 173-221.

Bienkowski, P. "Jericho Was Destroyed in the Middle Bronze Age, Not

the Late Bronze Age," BAR 16/5 (1990) 45-46, 69.

Bimson, J. J. "The Origins of Israel in Canaan: An Examination of Recent

Theories," Themelios, 15/1 (1989) 4-15.

Bright, J. A History of Israel. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960,

1972, 1981.

Gottwald, N. The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of

Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 B.C.E. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis,

1979.

. The Hebrew Bible - A Socio-Literary Introduction. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

Hess, R. S. "Fallacies in the Study of Early Israel: An Onamastic

Perspective." TynBul 45/2 (1994) 339-354.

Malamat, A. "How Inferior Israelite Forces Conquered Fortified

Canaanite Cities," BAR 7/2 (1982) 24-35.

McCarter, P. K. "Norman Gottwald's Sociological-Literary Perspective: A

Major New Introduction to the Bible," Bible Review 2/2 (1986)

42-50.

Mendenhall, G. E. "The Hebrew Conquest of Palestine," BA 25 (1962)

66-87 = BAR 3, 1970, 100-126.

Merrill, E. H. "The Late Bronze/Early Iron Age Transition and the

Emergence of Israel." BibSac 152 (1995) 145-162.

Miller, J. M. "The Israelite Occupation of Canaan." In Israelite and

Judaean History. J. H. Hayes, J. M. Miller, Editors. OTL.

Philadelphia: Westminster, 1977, 213-284.

Noth, M. The History of Israel. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1958,

141-163.

Noort, E. "Geschiedenis als Brandpunt over de Rol van de Archeologie

bij de Vestiging van Israël in Kanaän," GTT 78 (1987) 84-102.

Waltke, B. "The Date of the Conquest," WTJ 52 (1990) 181-200.

Weippert, M. The Settlement of the Israelite Tribes in Palestine. SBT.

Second Series, 21. London: SCM Press Ltd. 1971.

Wood, B.G. "Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho?" BAR 16/2 (1990) 44-

58.

. "Dating Jericho's Destruction: Bienkowski is Wrong on All

Counts," BAR 16/5 (1990) 45-49, 68,69.

. "The Rise and Fall of the 13^th-Century Exodus-Conquest Theory," JETS 48/3 (2005) 475-490.

Yadin, Y. "Is the Biblical Account of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan

Historically Reliable?" BAR 7/2 (1982) 16-23.

III.B.3. Barnes, P. “Was Rahab's Lie a Sin?” RThR 54/1 (1995) 1-9.

Chisholm, Robert B. Jr., "Does God Deceive?" BibSac 155 (1998) 11-28.

Hodge, C. Systematic Theology. Vol. 3. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1952 (reprint of 1872), 440-443.

Kaiser, W. Toward Old Testament Ethics. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,

1983, 224-225, 271-272.

Smith, B. L. "The Bible and Morality." Themelios 6 (1969) 44-52.

III.C. Lilley, J. P.U. "The Judgment of God. The Problem of the Canaanites," Themelios 22/2 (1997) 3-12.

III.C.1 Bienkowski, P. "Jericho Was Destroyed in the Middle Bronze Age, Not

the Late Bronze Age," BAR 16/5 (1990) 45-46, 69.

Harrison, R. K. Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1969, 318.

Kelso, J. L. "Jericho," IDB, Vol.2. G. A. Buttrick, Editor. Nashville:

Abingdon Press, 1962, 837.

Kenyon, K. M. Digging Up Jericho. London: 1957.

. Archaeology in the Holy Land. Nashville: Nelson, 1985⁴.

. "Jericho: II. Archaeology of Jericho of the Bronze and Iron

Ages." In ISBE. Vol. 2. G. W. Bromiley, Editor. Grand Rapids:

Eerdmans, 1982, 993-995.

Schaeffer, F. A. Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History. Downers

Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1975, 105,106.

Wood, B.G. "Did the Israelites Conquer Jericho?" BAR 16/2 (1990) 44-

58.

. "Dating Jericho's Destruction: Bienkowski is Wrong on All

Counts," BAR 16/5 (1990) 45-49, 68,69.

. "The Rise and Fall of the 13^th-Century Exodus-Conquest Theory," JETS 48/3 (2005) 475-490.

Yamauchi, E. The Stones and The Scriptures. Philadelphia: Lippincott,

1972, 57,58.

III.C.2. Finegan, J. Light From the Ancient Past. Princeton: Princeton University

Press, 1959, second edition, 160.

Bimson, J., Livingston, D. "Redating the Exodus," BAR 13/5 (1987) 40-

53, 66-68.

Free, J. P. Archaeology and Bible History. Wheaton: Van Kampen Press,

1950, 134.

Halpern, B. "Biblical Exodus Redating Fatally Flawed," BAR 13/6 (1987)

56-61.

Kitchen, K. A. Ancient Orient and Old Testament. London: Tyndale

Press, 1966, 63,64.

Livingston, D. "Location of Biblical Bethel and Ai Reconsidered." WTJ

33 (1970) 20-44.

. "Traditional Site of Bethel Questioned," WTJ 34/1 (1971) 39-

50.

. "Further Considerations on the Location of Bethel at El-Bireh."

PEQ 126 (1994) 154-159.

Rainey, A. "Bethel is Still Betin." WTJ 33 (1971) 175-188.

Waltke, B. "The Date of the Conquest," WTJ 52 (1990) 193.

III.C.4. Blair, H. J. "Joshua." In The New Bible Commentary: Revised. D.

Guthrie, J. A. Motyer, editors. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970,

244.

Keil, C. F., Delitzsch, F. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament:

Joshua, Judges, Ruth. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, reprint, 1956,

110.

Newman, R. C. "The Longest Day," United Evangelical, (Aug. 23, 1974)

8-11.

IV. THE BOOK OF JUDGES

IV. Cundall, A. E., Morris, L. Judges, Ruth. TOTC. Downers Grove: Inter-

Varsity Press, 1968.

Wood, L. Distressing Days of the Judges. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,

1975.

IV. B. Washburn, David L. "The Chronology of Judges: Another Look," BibSac 147 (1990) 414-425.

V. THE BOOKS OF 1,2 SAMUEL

Birch, B.C. The Rise of the Israelite Monarchy: The Growth and

Development of 1 Sam 7-15. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Yale

University, 1970, 101.

Fokkelman, J. P. "Saul and David, Crossed Fates," Bible Review 5/3

(1989) 20-32.

Gordon, R. P. 1 & 2 Samuel. Old Testament Guides. Sheffield: JSOT

Press, 1984.

. 1 & 2 Samuel. A Commentary. Exeter: The Paternoster Press,

1986.

Klein, R. W. 1 Samuel. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco: Word

Books, 1983.

McCarter, P. K. 1 Samuel. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1980.

. II Samuel. Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1984.

Smith, H. P. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Samuel. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1912, 88.

Vannoy, J. R. Covenant Renewal at Gilgal. Cherry Hill: Mack Publishing

Co., 1978.

VI. THE UNITED KINGDOM

VI.A. Merrill, E. H. Kingdom of Priests. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987, 189-211.

Schultz, S. The Old Testament Speaks. Harper and Row, 1980, 122-126.

VI.B. Merrill, E. H. Kingdom of Priests. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987, 211-284.

Schultz, S. The Old Testament Speaks. Harper and Row, 1980, 127-141.

VI.C. Merrill, E. H. Kingdom of Priests. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1987, 285-313.

Schultz, S. The Old Testament Speaks. Harper and Row, 1980, 141-153.

VII. THE DIVIDED KINGDOM

VII.A. Payne, D. F. Kingdoms of the Lord. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981.

Wood, L. J. Israel's United Monarchy. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1979.

VII. A.2. Archer, G. L. A Survey of Old Testament Introduction. Chicago: Moody

Press, 1964, 275

RECOMMENDED COMMENTARIES ON THE HISTORICAL BOOKS – JOSHUA- KINGS

JOSHUA

Davis, D. R. No Falling Words. Expositions of the Book of Joshua. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988.

Hess, R. S. Joshua. TOTC. Downberes Grove:InterVarsity Press, 1996.

Howard D. M. Jr. Joshua. NAC. Nashville: Broadman, 1999.

Woudstra, M. The Book of Joshua. NICOT. Grand Rapids:Eerdmans, 1981.

JUDGES, RUTH

Davis D. R. Such a Great Salvation. Expositions of the Book of Judges. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1990.

Block, D. I. Judges, Ruth. NAC. Nashville: Boradman, 1999.

Hubbard, R. L., Jr. The Book of Ruth. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.

1, 2 SAMUEL

Arnold, B. T. 1 and 2 Sameul. NIVAC. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003.

Baldwin, J. 1 and 2 Samuel. TOTC. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1988.

Bergen, R. D. 1, 2 Samuel. NAC. Nashville: Broadman, 1996.

Davis, D. R. Looking on the Heart. Expositions of the book of 1 Samuel. Vol. 1: 1 Samuel 1-14. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.

Davis, D. R. Looking on the Heart. Expositions of the book of 1 Samuel. Vol. 2: 1 Samuel 15-31. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.

Davis, D. R. Out of Every Adversity. 2 Samuel. Christian Focus Publications: 1999.

Vannoy, J. R. 1, 2 Samuel. Cornerstone Biblical Commentary, Vol. 4. Wheaton: Tyndale House, (awaiting publication, projected, August 2007).

Youngblood, R. F. 1, 2 Samuel. EBC, Vol. 3. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

1, 2 KINGS

Davis, D.R. The Wisdom and the Folly. An Exposition of the Book of First Kings. Christian Focus Publications, 2002.

House, P. R. 1,2 Kings. NAC. Nashville: Broadman, 1995.

Provan, I. W. 1 and 2 Kings. NIBCOT. Peabody:Hendrickson/ Paternoster, 1995.