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Full List of Suggested Readings:

1. The Bible as Dialogue
Alter and Kermode, eds., The Literary Guide to the Bible
Drane, Introducing the Bible

2. Creation and Chaos in Genesis [Genesis 1-11]
Blenkinsopp, Creation, Un-creation, Re-creation
Brueggemann, Genesis

3. Abraham, Sarah, and the Promise [Genesis 12-25]
Blenkinsopp, Abraham
Levenson, Inheriting Abraham

4. Jacob, Joseph, and Reconciliation [Genesis 25-50]
Borgman, Genesis-. The Story We Haven’t Heard
Westermann, Joseph.

5. Moses and the Drama of the Exodus [Exodus 1-15]
Fretheim, Exodus
Langston, Exodus through the Centuries

6. Freedom and Law at Mount Sinai [Exodus 16-40]
Meyers, Exodus.
Miller, The Ten Commandments

7. Israel's Wandering in the Wilderness [Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy]
Miller, Deuteronomy
Olson, Numbers

8. Violence and Kindness in the Promised Land [Joshua, Judges, Ruth]
Gunn, Judges through the Centuries
Pressler, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth

9. Saul, the Tragic King [1 Samuel]
Green, King Saul’s Asking.
McKenzie and McMurray, “Saul, Son of Kish" in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, vol. 5, pp. 116-121

10. David and Nation Building [2 Samuel]
Birch, “The First and Second Books of Samuel” in The New Interpreter’s Bible, vol. 2
Steussy, David: Biblical Portraits of Power

11. Solomon, a Study in Contradictions [1 Kings 1-11]
Brueggemann, Solomon: Israel’s Icon of Human Achievement.
Weitzman, Solomon: The Lure of Wisdom

12. Psalms: The Bible's Songbook [Psalms]
Brown, ed., The Oxford Handbook of the Psalms
Jacobson and Jacobson, Invitation to the Psalms

13. Biblical Wisdom Literature [Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job]
Crenshaw, Reading Job
Murphy, The Tree of Life

14. Elijah, the Troubler of Israel [1 and 2 Kings]
Blenkinsopp, “Prophecy in the Northern Kingdom” in A History of
Prophecy in Israel, rev. ed., pp. 55-65
Hens-Piazza, 1—2 Kings

15. Justice and Love in Amos and Hosea [Amos, Hosea]
Heschel, The Prophets: An Introduction
Simundson, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah

16. Isaiah on Defiant Hope [Isaiah]
Clifford, “Isaiah, Book of” in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, vol. 3, pp. 75-91
Tull, Isaiah 1-39

17. Jeremiah on Anguish and Compassion [Jeremiah]
Brueggemann, To Pluck Up, To Tear Down and To Build, To Plant
Stulman, Jeremiah

18. Babylonian Conquest and Exile [2 Kings, Lamentations, Habakkuk]
Hiebert, “The Book of Habakkuk: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections” in The New Interpreter’s Bible , vol. 7, pp. 621-655
O’Connor, “The Book of Lamentations: Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections.” in The New Interpreter’s Bible , vol. 6, pp. 1011-1072

19. Ezekiel on Abandonment and Homecoming [Ezekiel]
Clements, Ezekiel
Petersen, “Ezekiel” in The Prophetic Literature: An Introduction, pp. 137—168

20. Jewish Identity and Rebuilding after Exile [Ezra, Nehemiah, Jonah]
Blenkinsopp, Ezra—Nehemiah
Limburg, Jonah: A Commentary

21. Esther, Daniel, and Life under Empire [Esther, Daniel]
Gowan, Daniel
Levenson, Esther: A Commentary

22. Resistance, Adaptation, and the Maccabees [1 Maccabees]
Doran, “The First Book of Maccabees” in The New Interpreter’s Bible, vol. 4
Trebolle, “Canon of the Old Testament” in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible , vol. 1, pp. 548—563

23. Jesus as Messiah in Mark [Mark 1-10]
Marcus, Mark 1-8
Rhoads, Dewey, and Michie, Mark as Story

24. Mark on the Crucifixion and Resurrection [Mark 11-16]
Marcus, Mark 8—16
Senior, The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark

25. The Dynamics of Forgiveness in Matthew [Matthew]
Powell, “Sermon on the Mount” in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, vol. 5, pp. 178-189
Senior, Matthew

26. Luke on a World Upside Down [Luke]
Carroll, “Luke, Gospel of” in The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, vol. 3, pp. 720-734
Culpepper, “Luke” in The New Interpreter’s Bible, vol. 9

27. John on the Word Made Flesh [John 1-12]
Culpepper, The Gospel and Letters of John
Koester, Symbolism in the Fourth Gospel

28. Self-Giving Love According to John [John 13-21]
Koester, The Word of Life
Moloney, Glory Not Dishonor

29. The Early Church in Acts [Acts 1-10]
Garrett, The Demise of the Devil
Gaventa, The Acts of the Apostles

30. PauI's Calling [Acts 9-17]
Parsons, Acts
Westerholm, ed., The Blackwell Companion to Paul

31. Paul and the Roman Empire [Acts 17-28,1 Thessalonians]
Rowe, World Upside-Down
Skinner, The Trial Narratives

32. PauI's Letters to a Community in Conflict [1 and 2 Corinthians]
Cousar, The Letters of Paul
Hays, First Corinthians

33. Freedom and the Law in PauI's Letters [Galatians, Romans]
Cousar, Galatians
Westerholm, Perspectives Old and New on Paul

34. Paul on Gender Roles and Slavery [Philippians, Philemon, Ephesians, 1 Timothy]
Johnson and Noel. Onesimus Our Brother
Osiek and Macdonald, A Womans Place

35. Letters for Sojourners [Hebrews, James,1 Peter]
Elliott, A Home for the Homeless
Koester, Hebrews

36. Revelation's Vision of New Creation [Revelation]
Bauckham, The Theology of the Book of Revelation
Koester, Revelation and the End of All Things