Research Guides: Homiletics and Exegesis: Exegesis

Introduction to Exegesis

Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner's Handbook by John H. Hayes; Carl R. Holladay
ISBN: 9780664266981

Publication Date: 2022-10-04

This is a beginner's guide to biblical exegesis, providing exegetical methods, practices, and theories. This book provides simple, helpful information and guidance about doing exegesis, without being overly prescriptive; succinctly introduces students to various methods; provides basic bibliographies that take students beyond an introductory discussion; and emphasizes exegesis as an everyday activity based on common-sense principles rather than as an esoteric enterprise.
A Handbook to Old Testament Exegesis by William P. Brown
ISBN: 9780664259938

Publication Date: 2017-03-17

Designed for both Hebrew and non-Hebrew students, A Handbook to Old Testament Exegesis offers a fresh, hands-on introduction to exegesis of the Old Testament. William P. Brown begins not with the biblical text itself but with the reader, helping students to identify their own interpretive lenses before engaging the biblical text. Brown guides the student through a wide variety of interpretive approaches, including modern methodologies alongside more traditional methods. While covering a wide range of biblical passages, Brown also highlights two common biblical texts throughout the work to help show how each interpretive approach highlights different dimensions of the same texts.
New Testament Exegesis: a Handbook for Students and Pastors by Gordon D. Fee
ISBN: 0664223168

Publication Date: 2002-02-01

Building on the belief that the task of exegesis is to understand the divine-human intention locked within the biblical text, Gordon Fee provides a lucid step-by-step analysis of exegetical procedures that has made New Testament Exegesis a standard textbook for nearly two decades.
One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies by Susan E. Gillingham
ISBN: 0802846610

Publication Date: 1999-03-01

Advocating a pluralistic reading that acknowledges the many voices speaking in the Bible, Susan Gillingham offers theological, historical, and literary insights into the compilation of Scripture and the development of biblical studies.

Word Study Tools

STEP Bible
A website with the Bible in Hebrew, Greek, and multiple translations, along with lexical and grammatical information.

The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible by James Strong
ISBN: 0785211950

Publication Date: 1997-01-14

The classic concordance for the King James Version. Includes Greek and Hebrew dictionaries.
The NRSV Exhaustive Concordance by Bruce M. Mwetzger (Editor)
ISBN: 0840768001

Publication Date: 1991-06-01

A comprehensive concordance for the New Revised Standard Version.

Reference Works

The Anchor Bible Dictionary by David Noel Freedman; Anchor Bible Staff
ISBN: 0385193513

Publication Date: 1998-12-01

A six-volume dictionary that offers a comprehensive treatment of biblical subjects and scholarship.
The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld (Editor)
ISBN: 9780687054275

Publication Date: 2006-12-01

A five-volume dictionary providing entries on a comprehensive range of topics from the Old and New Testaments, the Deuterocanonical books, and from contextual studies of the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman worlds and their literatures.
Oxford Bible Atlas by Adrian Curtis
ISBN: 9781281145192

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

This atlas will help readers of the Bible understand the contexts in which its stories are set and to appreciate the world from which it emerged and which formed its background. Maps show the geographical setting of the Bible's stories and reflect the successive stages of the Bible's accounts, while full-colour illustrations bring the countries and their peoples to life. The accompanying text describes the land of Palestine, and its wider ancient Near Eastern and east Mediterranean settings. It outlines clearly the successive historical periods, and describes the major civilizations with which Israelites, Jews, and early Christians came into contact. There is also an illustrated survey of the relevance of archaeology for the study of the Bible.
Oxford bibliographies: Biblical studies by Christopher R. Matthews (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195393361

Publication Date: 2010

Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.

Commentary Series

Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries
A major academic commentary series that features book-by-book translation and exegesis in the historical-critical tradition. The link above goes to the Theology and Religion Online database, which has digital versions of each volume in the series. For print copies, search the library catalogue for "Anchor Yale Bible Commentary" and the name of the biblical book that you're interested in (e.g., Anchor Yale Bible Commentary Genesis).
Hermeneia: A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible
An academic commentary series that provides extensive analysis of original languages and historical-critical scholarship.
International Critical Commentary series
A longstanding academic commentary that includes linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological exegesis.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
A commentary series focused on helping ministers and other readers understand biblical texts and their connections to the world today. Rather than providing verse-by-verse commentary, this series focuses on passages that are used in teaching and preaching and interprets them through expository essays.
New International Commentary series
The New International Commentary series combines critical scholarship with an Evangelical view of biblical inspiration.
Word Biblical Commentary series
Word Biblical Commentary engages in biblical scholarship from a conservative Protestant perspective. The commentary provides textual, linguistic, structural, and theological exegesis.

Single Volume Commentaries

The Africana Bible by Valerie Bridgeman (Editor); Hugh R. Page (Editor); Stacy Davis (Editor)
ISBN: 9781506483030

Publication Date: 2023-11-07

The Africana Bible gathers multicultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on the Hebrew Bible. It opens a critical window into the world of interpretation on the African continent and in the multiple diasporas of African peoples, including the African American experience, with attention to Africana histories, literatures, cultures, and backgrounds for understanding biblical literature. It highlights issues of concern to the global Black community (such as globalization and the colonial legacy) and the distinctive norms of interpretation in African and African-diaspora settings.
The Bible and Disability: a Commentary by Sarah J. Melcher (Editor); Mikeal C. Parsons (Editor); Amos Yong (Editor)
ISBN: 9781602586215

Publication Date: 2017-10-30

The first comprehensive commentary on the Bible from the perspective of disability. Examines how the Bible constructs or reflects human wholeness, impairment, and disability in all their expressions.
The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary by Esau McCaulley (Editor)
ISBN: 9780830818297

Publication Date: 2024

The New Testament in Color is a one-volume commentary on the New Testament written by a multiethnic team of scholars holding orthodox Christian beliefs. Each scholar brings exegetical expertise coupled with a unique interpretive lens to illuminate the ways social location and biblical interpretation work together.
The Queer Bible Commentary by Robert Goss (Editor); Mona West (Editor)
ISBN: 9780334060789

Publication Date: 2022-09-30

First published over ten years ago, The Queer Bible Commentary brings together the work of several scholars and pastors known for their interest in the areas of gender, sexuality and Biblical studies.Contributors draw on feminist, queer, deconstructionist, utopian theories, the social sciences and historical-critical discourses. The focus is both how reading from lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender perspectives affect the reading and interpretation of biblical texts and how biblical texts have and do affect LGBTQ+ communities.This revised 2nd edition includes updated bibliographies and chapters taking into account the latest literature relating to queer interpretation of scripture.
South Asia Bible Commentary by Brian Wintle (General Editor)
ISBN: 9780310286868

Publication Date: 2015-10-06

A one-volume commentary, written and edited by South Asian Biblical scholars on all the books of the Bible.
True to Our Native Land: an African American New Testament Commentary by Brian K. Blount (Editor); Gay L. Byron (Editor); Emerson B. Powery (Editor)
ISBN: 9781506483009

Publication Date: 2024-10-22

A pioneering commentary on the New Testament that sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. In this second edition, the scholarship is cutting-edge, updated, and expanded to be in tune with African American culture, education, and churches. The book calls into question many canons of traditional biblical research and highlights the role of the Bible in African American history, accenting themes of ethnicity, class, slavery, and African heritage as these play a role in Christian Scripture and the Christian odyssey of an emancipated people.
Women's Bible Commentary by Carol A. Newsom (Editor); Sharon H. Ringe (Editor); Jacqueline E. Lapsley (Editor)
ISBN: 9780664237073

Publication Date: 2012-09-28

A classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book of the Bible, including the apocryphal books; essays on the reception history of women in the Bible; and essays on feminist critical method. The contributors raise important questions and explore the implications of how women and other marginalized people are portrayed in biblical texts, looking specifically at gender roles, sexuality, political power, and family life, while challenging long-held assumptions. This commentary brings modern critical methods to bear on the history, sociology, anthropology, and literature of the relevant time periods to illuminate the context of these biblical portrayals and challenges readers to new understandings.

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