In the academic world, the word "criticism" has a slightly different definition. When we refer to "criticism" or a "critical source," it often means an analysis of a literary or artistic work - an evaluation of the work's characteristics. Much like commentaries, critical works and interpretations of specific biblical texts can be easily found in Quick Find using an Advanced Search. Use the same pattern of entering your search terms as Commentaries, except enter Criticism instead of Commentaries. Again, some of the books on your results page will be available electronically, but many are only available in print and you may need to request access to them (using the instructions on this page).
This video will demonstrate how to search for critical works on a biblical text.
You may find the ebooks listed below a good starting point.
Click on each image to get taken to the information for how to locate the book. If you need help accessing the book, see the previous tab on "Finding Books".
Remember: this is a small sample of the ebooks about the Hebrew Bible that we have in our catalogue. You will want to search Quick Find using the methods in the previous tab to ensure you are doing a thorough search for critical works on your biblical text.
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Is there Theology in the Hebrew Bible? Schmid, Konrad |
Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible: Patronymic, Metronymic, Legitimate and Illegitimate Relations Gur-Klein, Thalia |
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The Hebrew Bible: New Insights and Scholarship Greenspahn, Frederick E. |
War in the Hebrew Bible: A Study in the Ethics of Violence Niditch, Susan |
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Why did they Write this Way? Reflections on References to Written Documents in the Hebrew Bible and Ancient Literature Stott, Katherine M. |
The New Literary Criticism and the Hebrew Bible Exum, J. Cheryl and David J. A. Clines |
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Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible Toorn, K. van der. |
Patterns of Destiny Narrative: Structures of Foundation and Doom in the Hebrew Bible Sharon, Diane M. |
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Disability in the Hebrew Bible: Interpreting Mental and Physical Differences Olyan, Saul M. |
Gender and Law in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East Matthews, Victor Harold, et al. |
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Persons and Other Things: Exploring the Philosophy of the Hebrew Bible Glouberman, M. |
In God's Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible Walzer, Michael |
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When Brothers Dwell Together: The Preeminence of Younger Siblings in the Hebrew Bible Greenspahn, Frederick E |
Literary Motifs and Patterns in the Hebrew Bible: Collected Studies Talmon, Shemaryahu and Michael Segal |
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Creation, Sin and Reconciliation: Reading Primordial and Patriarchal Narrative in the Book of Genesis Letellier, Robert Ignatius |
The Names of God: Poetic Readings in Biblical Beginnings Brichto, Herbert Chanan |
Political Philosophy and the God of Abraham Pangle, Thomas L. |
The Appeal of Exodus: The Characters God, Moses, and Israel in the Rhetoric of the Book of Exodus Kurle, Stefan |
The Book of Exodus: Composition, Reception and Interpretation Dozeman, Thomas B., et al., eds. |
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Be a Blessing: The Theology of Work in the Narrative of Genesis Ostring, Elizabeth Ellen |
Banned Birds: The Birds of Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 Altmann, Peter |
Melchizedek Passages in the Bible: A Case Study for Inner-Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation Chan, Alan Kam-Yau |
Gleaning Ruth: A Biblical Heroine and her Afterlives Koosed, Jennifer L. |
The Faces of David Noll, K.L |
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Scripture as Logos: Rabbi Ishmael and the Origins of Midrash Yadin, Azzan |
The Nowhere Bible: Utopia, Dystopia, Science Uhlenbruch, Frauke |
Adopting the Stranger as Kindred in Deuteronomy Glanville, Mark R. |
Human Rights in Deuteronomy: With Special Focus on Slave Laws Tsai, Daisy Yulin |
"Israel Served the Lord": The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel Billings, Rachel M. |
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Women of War, Women of Woe: Joshua and Judges through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters Taylor, Marion Ann and Christiana De Groot, eds. |
The Book of Judges Brettler, Marc Zvi |
A Feminist Companion to Judges Brenner, Athalya, ed. |
The Naomi Story - The Book of Ruth: From Gender to Politics Giles, Terry and William J. Doan |
Three Faces of Saul: An Intertextual Approach to Biblical Tragedy Nicholson, Sarah |
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The Books of Esther: Structure, Genre, and Textual Integrity Dorothy, Charles V. |
The Invasion of Sennacherib in the Book of Kings: A Source-Critical and Rhetorical Study of 2 Kings 18-19 Evans, Paul S. |
From Carmel to Horeb: Elijah in Crisis Hauser, Alan J and Russell Gregory |
Chronicles through the Centuries French, Blaire A. |
Chronicling the Chronicler: The Book of Chronicles and Early Second Temple Historiography Evans, Paul S. and Tyler F. Williams |
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New Perspectives on Ezra-Nehemiah: History and Historiography, Text, Literature and Interpretation Kalimi, Isaac |
Ezra the Scribe: The Development of Ezra 7-10 and Nehemiah 8 Pakkala, Juha |
Esther: The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading Grossman, Jonathan |
The Book of Hiding: Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther Beal, Timothy K. |
The Book of Job: A Contest of Moral Imaginations Newsom, Carol A. |
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David in Distress: His Portrait through the Historical Psalms Johnson, Vivian L. |
The Book of Job: Aesthetics, Ethics, Hermaneutics Batnitzky, Leora, and Ilana Pardes, eds. |
The Persuasive Appeal of the Chronicler: A Rhetorical Analysis Duke, Rodney Kent |
The Shape and Shaping of the Book of Psalms: The Current State of Scholarship DeClaisse-Walford, Nancy L. |
Competing for Honor: A Social-Scientific Reading of Daniel 1-6 Kirkpatrick, Shane |
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The End of the Psalter: Psalms 146-150 in the Masoretic Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint Brodersen, Alma |
A More Perfect Torah: At the Intersection of Philology and Hermeneutics in Deuteronomy and the Temple Scroll Levinson, Bernard |
Toward an Interpretation of the Book of Proverbs: Selfishness and Secularity Reconsidered Schwab, Zoltan S. |
Interpreting Ecclesiastes: Readers Old and New Dell, Katharine J |
Qoheleth: The Ironic Wink Crenshaw, James L. |
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Body as Landscape, Love as Intoxication: Conceptual Metaphors in the Song of Songs Gault, Brian P. |
Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes: Sex and Sophistry in the Old Testament :A New English Translation Givon, Talmy |
Genesis and the Moses Story: Israel's Dual Origins in the Hebrew Bible Schmid, Konrad |
The Tale of the Prophet Isaiah: The Destiny and Meanings of an Apocryphal Text Biliarski, Ivan |
See and Read all these Words: The Concept of the Written in the Book of Jeremiah Eggleston, Chad L. |
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Jeremiah Carroll, Robert P. |
The Open Book and the Sealed Book: Jeremiah 32 and its Hebrew and Greek Recensions Shead, Andrew G. |
Daughter Zion Talks Back to the Prophets: A Dialogic Theology of the Book of Lamentations Mandolfo, Carleen |
Jonah & Lamentations Salters, R. B. |
Ezekiel McKeating, Henry. |
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Ezekiel and the Ethics of Exile Mein, Andrew |
Biblical Hebrew in Transition: The Language of the Book of Ezekiel Rooker, Mark F. |
Dreams, Riddles and Visions: Textual, Contextual, and Intertextual Approaches to the Book of Daniel Segal, Michael |
God at War: Power in the Exodus Tradition Dozeman, Thomas B.
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The Prostitute and the Prophet: Hosea's Marriage in Literary-Theoretical Perspective Sherwood, Yvonne |
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Prophecy, Poetry and Hosea Morris, Gerald |
From the Depths of Despair to the Promise of Presence: A Rhetorical Reading of the Book of Joel Barker, Joel |
Joel: Scope, Genre(s), and Meaning Troxel, Ronald L. |
The Theology of the Book of Amos Barton, John |
Finding Meaning in the Text: Translation, Technique and Theology in the Septuagint of Amos Glenny, W. Edward |
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In Conversation with Jonah: Conversation, Analysis, Literary Criticism and the Book of Jonah Person, Raymond F. |
The Conceptual Coherence of the Book of Micah Jacobs, Mignon R. |
Six Minor Prophets through the Centuries: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi Coggins, R. J. and Jin Hee Han |
Prophets, Priests, and Promises: Essays on the Deuteronomistic history, Chronicles, and Ezra-Nehemiah Knoppers, Gary N, et al. |
Introduction to the Hebrew Prophets Nogalski, James D |
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Visions and Eschatology: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Zechariah 1-6 Finitsis, Antonios |
A Message from the Great King: Reading Malachi in Light of Ancient Persian Royal Messenger Texts from the Time of Xerxes Fox, Michael R. |
From Chaos to Restoration: An Integrative Reading of Isaiah 24-27 Johnson, Dan G. |
Samuel and Kings: A Feminist Companion to the Bible Brenner, Athalya, ed. |
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