14a. HERMENEUTICS: APPROACHES & METHODOLOGIES FOR EXPLORING THE BIBLE

In the books listed below, I have made no recommendations. These represent great variations of conclusions among scholars. I am attempting to avoid my prejudicing a reader's choices, without being able to explain adequately within the limited scope of this webpage the reasons for my conclusions.

• The Bible in Human Transformation: Toward a New Paradigm for Biblical Study, by Walter Wink (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1973)
• Biblical Interpretation in Preaching, by Gerhard von Rad, translated by John E. Steely (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1977)
• Biblical Hermeneutics: A Comprehensive Introduction to Interpreting Scripture, Second Edition, by Bruce Coreley, Steve W. Lemke, Grant I. Lovejoy (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1977)
• Candid Questions concerning Gospel Form Criticism: A Methodological Sketch of the Fundamental Problematics of Form and Redaction Criticism, by Erhardt Guttgemanns, translated by William G. Doty (Pittsburgh, PA: The Pickwick Press, 1978)
• The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance, by Bruce M. Metzger (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
• Common Sense: A New Approach to Understanding Scripture, by David W. Bercot (Tyler, TX: Scroll Publishing, 1992)
• The Corruption of the Word: The Failure of Modern New Testament Scholarship, by Kevin James (Williamsburge, NM: Micro-Load Press, 1990) - a KJV-only view.
• Early Christian Rhetoric: The Language of the Gospel, by Amos N. Wilder (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971)
• Encountering New Testament Manuscripts: A Working Introduction to Textual Criticism, by Jack Finegan (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1974)
• Exegetical Method: A Student Handbook, New, Revised Edition, by Otto Kaiser and Werner G. Kummel (New York: Seabury Press, 1981)
• The First Edition of the New Testament, by David Trobisch (NY: Oxford University Press, 2000)
• The Gospels and Contemporary Biographies in the Greco-Roman World, by Clyde Weber Votaw (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1970)
• Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, by Daniel B. Wallace (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996)
• A Greek Grammar of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Robert W. Funks revision of the work of F. Blass and A. DeBrunner, Grammatick des neutestamentlichen Griechisch (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961)
• The Hermeneutics of Histsorical Distance: Mapping the Terrain of American Biblical Criticism, 1880-1914, by Robert Moore-Juimonville (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2002)
• Historical Criticism and Theological Interpretation of Scripture, by Peter Stuhlmacher, translated by Roy A. Harrisville (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1977)
• History of New Testament Research, Volume Two: From Jonathan Edwards to Rudolf Bultmann, by William Baird (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2003)
• In Discordance with the Scriptures: American Protestant Battles over Translating the Bible, by Peter J. Thuesen (NY: Oxford University Press, 1999)
• The Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1986, by Stephen Neill and Tom Wright (NY: Oxford University Press, 1988)
• Introduction to New Testament Textual Criticism, Revised Edition, by J. Harold Greenlee (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1995; reprint of 1964 work)
• The King James Only Controversy: Can You Trust the Modern Translations? by James R. White (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1995) - An excellent resource.
• The Language of the New Testament, by Eugene Van Ness Goetchius (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965)
• Letters in Primitive Christianity, by William G. Doty (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1973)
• Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek, by Bruce M. Metzger (Princeton, NJ: Bruce M. Metzger, 1969)
• Literary Criticism of the New Testament, by William A. Beardslee (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1970)
• Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation, by Craig A. Evans (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1992)
• The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The effect of Early Christological controversies on the Text of the New Testament, by Bart Ehrman (NY: Oxford University Press, 1993)
• The Promise of Bultmann, by Norman Perrin (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1979)
• The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies, by Patrick H. Alexander, John F. Kutsko, James D. Ernest, Shirley A. Decker-Lukcke, and for the Society of Biblical Literature David L. Petersen (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1999)
• Searching the Scriptures: A Feminist Introduction, edited by Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza (NY: Crossroad, 1993)
• The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts, Corrected & Enlarged Edition, edited by Philip W. Comfort and David P. Barrett (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 2001) - an outstanding resource for those doing Greek textual criticism
• The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism, Second Edition, by Kurt Aland and Barbara Aland, translated by Erroll F. Rhodes (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989)
• The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, Third Edition, by Bruce M. Metzger (NY: Oxford University Press, 1992)
• A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament, Second Edition - by Bruce Metzger (New York: United Bible Societies, 1993) [book review] - an outstanding resource for those doing Greek textual criticism
• Textual Criticism in the Exegesis of the New Testament with an Excursus on Canon, by Eldon Jay Epp (Leiden: E.J. Brill)
• The Use of the Bible in Preaching, by Reginald H. Fuller (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1981)
• What is a Gospel? by Charles H. Talbert (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1977)
• What is Form Criticism? by Edgar V.McKnight (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1969)
• What is Redaction Criticism? by Norman Perrin (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1969)

• What is Structural Exegesis? by Daniel Patte (Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1976)

14b. TRANSLATION

• The Bible in the Twenty-First Century, by Howard Clark Kee (NY: American Bible Society, 1993)
• Bible Translating: An Analysis of Principles and Procedures, with Special Reference to Aboriginal Languages, Revised Edition, by Eugene A. Nida (NY: United Bible Societies,1961)
• Bible Translations for Popular Use, by William L. Wonderly (London: United Bible Societies, 1968)
• Creating and Crafting the Contemporary English Version: A New Approach to Bible Translation (NY: American Bible Society, 1996)
• From One Medium to Another: Basic Issues for Communicating the Scriptures in New Media, by Robert Hodgson and Paul A. Soukup (NY: American Bible Society, 1997)
• Good News for Everyone: How to Use the Good News bible (Today's English Version), by Eugene A. Nida (Waco, TX: Word Books, 1977) - explains TEV's "dynamic equivalence" approach
• Language, Society, and Bible Translation, by Ernst R. Wendland (Capetown: Bible Society of South Africa, 1985)
• Meaningful Translation: Its Implications for the Reader, edited by Johannes P. Louw (NY: United Bible Societies, 1991)
• The Practice of Translating: Drills for Training Translators, by Jacob A. Loewen (NY: United Bible Societies, 1980)
• Signs, Sense, Translation, by Eugene A. Nida (Capetown: Bible Society of South Africa, 1984)
• Style and DIscourse: with special reference to the text of the Greek New Testament, by E.A. Nida, J.P. Louw, A.H. Nynman, and J v W Congje (Capetown, SA: Bible Society of South Africa, 1983)
• The Translators to the Reader: The Original Preface of the King James Version of 1611 Revisited, by edited by Errol F. Rhodes and Liana Lupas (NY: American Bible Society, 1997). This is a very eye-opening writing, which was actually part of the original 1611 KJV. It explains the purpose, methods, expectations, and limitations of the King James Version. It includes photocopies of each of the original pages plus modern English transcription of those pages, to enable readers today to more easily read this original preface, where letters, spelling, and punctuation were quite different than they are today.
• Translation Citicism -- The Potentials & Limitations: Categories and Criteria for Translation Quality Assessment:, by Katharina Reiss, translated by Errol F. Rhodes (NY: American Bible Society, 2000)

14c. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF BIBLE STUDY RESOURCES

• An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry, by David R. Bauer (Hendrickson Publishers, 2003)
  
• A Basic Bibliographic Guide for New Testament Exegesis, Second Edition, by David M. Scholer (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1973)
• A Bibliography of New Testament Bibliographies, by John Coolidge Hurd, Jr. (NY: Seabury Press, 1966)
• Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources, by John Glynn (Kregel, 2003)
• Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study, by Frederick W. Danker (St. Louis: Concordia, 1970)
• Old Testament Books for Pastor & Teacher, by Brevard S. Childs (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1977)
• So Many Versions: Twentieth Century English Versions of the Bible, by Sakae Kubo & Walter Specht (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1975)
• Subsidia Biblica: Basic Tools of Biblical Exegesis, 2nd Edition, by Stanley B. Marrow (Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978)

OTHER RELEVANT BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LISTS

• (See also Commentaries - Entire Bible.)
• (See also Commentaries - Old Testament.)
• (See also Commentaries - New Testament.)
• (See also Dictionaries and Special Indices.)
• (See also Theology.)