Forms of the Old Testament Literature

Forms of the Old Testament Literature is a series of biblical commentaries published by Eerdmans. The first volume was Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther by Roland E. Murphy (1981). They were initially edited by Rolf Knierim and Gene M. Tucker; Marvin A. Sweeney took over from Tucker in 1997. The series focuses on a form-critical approach to the text.{{cite book|author1-last=Longman III|author1-first=Tremper|author1-link=Tremper Longman|title=Old Testament Commentary Survey|publisher=Baker Academic|date=1995|page=51}} Each volume examines the genre, structure, setting, and intention associated with biblical texts.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=R. A. |title=Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch |date=2020 |publisher=Inter-Varsity Press |page=477 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmjnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA477 |access-date=28 October 2023 |chapter=Form criticism}}{{cite book |last1=Ho |first1=Peter C. W. |title=The Design of the Psalter: A Macrostructural Analysis |date=2019 |publisher=Wipf and Stock |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRK4DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 |access-date=28 October 2023}} Henry T. C. Sun calls it "the only serious and sustained discussion of Old Testament form criticism available in English."{{cite book |last1=Sun |first1=Henry T. C. |title=Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim |date=1997 |publisher=Eerdmans |page=ix |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tu9MAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |access-date=28 October 2023 |chapter=Preface}}

Titles

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scope="col" | Year

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! scope="col" | Vol.

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scope="row" align="center" | 1981

| Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther

| XIII

| Murphy, Roland E.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-1877-5}}

| {{OCLC search link|1056586342}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1983

| Genesis: with an Introduction to Narrative Literature

| I

| Coats, George W.

| {{ISBNT|978-0-8028-1954-3}}

|{{OCLC search link|976893731}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1984

| 1 Kings: with an Introduction to Historical Literature

| IX

| Long, Burke O.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-1920-8}}

| {{OCLC search link|612745122}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1984

| Daniel: with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature

| XX

| Collins, John J.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0020-6}}

| {{OCLC search link|11043368}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1988

| Psalms, Part 1: with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry

| XIV

| Gerstenberger, Erhard S.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0255-2}}

| {{OCLC search link|16901173}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1989

| 1 and 2 Chronicles

| XI

| De Vries, Simon J.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0236-1}}

| {{OCLC search link|17917323}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1989

| Ezekiel

| XIX

| Hals, Ronald M.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0340-5}}

| {{OCLC search link|19127833}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1991

| 2 Kings

| X

| Long, Burke O.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0535-5}}

| {{OCLC search link|24502934}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1996

| Isaiah 1-39: with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature

| XVI

| Sweeney, Marvin A.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-4100-1}}

| {{OCLC search link|851047060}}

scope="row" align="center" | 1998

| Exodus 1-18

| IIA

| Coats, George W.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0592-8}}

| {{OCLC search link|246136013}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2000

| Micah

| XXIB

| Ben Zvi, Ehud

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-4599-3}}

| {{OCLC search link|838086787}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2000

| Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations

| XV

| Gerstenberger, Erhard S.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0488-4}}

| {{OCLC search link|313780761}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2003

| 1 Samuel

| VII

| Campbell, Antony F.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-6079-8}}

| {{OCLC search link|971430885}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2005

| Numbers

| IV

| Knierim, Rolf P. & Coats, George W.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-2231-4 }}

| {{OCLC search link|892706375}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2005

| 2 Samuel

| VIII

| Campbell, Antony F.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-2813-2}}

| {{OCLC search link|845836340}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2005

| Hosea

| XXIA/1

| Ben Zvi, Ehud

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-0795-3}}

| {{OCLC search link|494042584}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2013

| Judges

| VIB

| Frolov, Serge

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-2967-2}}

| {{OCLC search link|955551299}}

scope="row" align="center" | 2016

| Isaiah 40-66

| XVII

| Sweeney, Marvin A.

|{{ISBNT|978-0-8028-6607-3}}

| {{OCLC search link|1020473960}}

References