Top 12 books for intermediate Old Testament study you need to consider

Here I offer you "12 Disciples," as it were, 12 Apostles, to guide you in your journey toward understanding the Old Testament! These are books I own, from my shelves, and this is my own idiosyncratic list and not an objective list. More than anything, these books are associated with core learning and teaching memories I have, and they will occupy a place in my heart forever. So I offer them to you here. Do what you will.
A companion video: The world of the Old Testament: Primary sources you need to go deeper! • Video
(1) Two for one to start!
Augustine, On Christian Teaching: www.amazon.com...
Origen, On First Principles: www.amazon.com...
(2) Julius Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel: www.gutenberg....
(3) John Hayes, An Introduction to Old Testament Study: www.amazon.com...
(4) J. Maxwell Miller and John Hayes, A History of Ancient Israel and Judah: www.amazon.com...
(5) Pick one of these:
John Walton and D. Brent Sandy, The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority: www.amazon.com...
Dale Martin, Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-First Century: www.amazon.com...
(6) Jon Levenson, The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies: www.amazon.com...
(7) James Kugel, How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now: www.amazon.com...
(8) Weems, Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets: www.amazon.com...
(9) An intense commentary on your favorite biblical book! From a series like Anchor Bible, Old Testament Library, Hermeneia, Smith & Helwys, etc.:
I showed:
Patricia K. Tull, Isaiah 1-39: www.amazon.com...
Susan Niditch: Judges: A Commentary: www.amazon.com...
And mentioned:
Ron Hendel, Genesis: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary: yalebooks.yale...
(10) Amihai Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, 10,000-586 B.C.E.: www.amazon.com...
(11) James Barr, The Concept of Biblical Theology: An Old Testament Perspective: www.amazon.com...
(12) Othmar Keel and Christoph Uehlinger, Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel: www.amazon.com...
WILD CARD PICKS:
Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination: www.amazon.com...
Timothy Beal, The Rise And Fall Of The Bible: The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book: www.amazon.com...
Peter Enns, Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament: www.amazon.com...
Originally created for SBIS 510 Introduction to the Old Testament at Portland Seminary
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