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.^[1] Each volume examines the genre, structure, setting, and intention associated with biblical texts.^[2][3] Henry T. C. Sun calls it "the only serious and sustained discussion of Old Testament form criticism available in English."^[4]

Titles

Year	Title	Vol.	Author	ISBN	OCLC
1981	Wisdom Literature:Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther	XIII	Murphy, Roland E.	978-0-8028-1877-5	1056586342
1983	Genesis: with an Introduction to Narrative Literature	I	Coats, George W.	978-0-8028-1954-3	976893731
1984	1 Kings: with an Introduction to Historical Literature	IX	Long, Burke O.	978-0-8028-1920-8	612745122
1984	Daniel: with an Introduction to Apocalyptic Literature	XX	Collins, John J.	978-0-8028-0020-6	11043368
1988	Psalms, Part 1: with an Introduction to Cultic Poetry	XIV	Gerstenberger, Erhard S.	978-0-8028-0255-2	16901173
1989	1 and 2 Chronicles	XI	De Vries, Simon J.	978-0-8028-0236-1	17917323
1989	Ezekiel	XIX	Hals, Ronald M.	978-0-8028-0340-5	19127833
1991	2 Kings	X	Long, Burke O.	978-0-8028-0535-5	24502934
1996	Isaiah 1-39: with an Introduction to Prophetic Literature	XVI	Sweeney, Marvin A.	978-0-8028-4100-1	851047060
1998	Exodus 1-18	IIA	Coats, George W.	978-0-8028-0592-8	246136013
2000	Micah	XXIB	Ben Zvi, Ehud	978-0-8028-4599-3	838086787
2000	Psalms, Part 2, and Lamentations	XV	Gerstenberger, Erhard S.	978-0-8028-0488-4	313780761
2003	1 Samuel	VII	Campbell, Antony F.	978-0-8028-6079-8	971430885
2005	Numbers	IV	Knierim, Rolf P. & Coats, George W.	978-0-8028-2231-4	892706375
2005	2 Samuel	VIII	Campbell, Antony F.	978-0-8028-2813-2	845836340
2005	Hosea	XXIA/1	Ben Zvi, Ehud	978-0-8028-0795-3	494042584
2013	Judges	VIB	Frolov, Serge	978-0-8028-2967-2	955551299
2016	Isaiah 40-66	XVII	Sweeney, Marvin A.	978-0-8028-6607-3	1020473960

References

1. Longman III, Tremper (1995). Old Testament Commentary Survey. Baker Academic. p. 51.
2. Taylor, R. A. (2020). "Form criticism". Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch. Inter-Varsity Press. p. 477. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
3. Ho, Peter C. W. (2019). The Design of the Psalter: A Macrostructural Analysis. Wipf and Stock. p. 8. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
4. Sun, Henry T. C. (1997). "Preface". Problems in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Rolf Knierim. Eerdmans. p. ix. Retrieved 28 October 2023.