Journal: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Volume: JETS 63:3 (Sep 2020)
Article: Jewish Intertestamental And Early Rabbinic Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Resource Updated Again (Part 1)
Author: David W. Chapman

JETS 63:3 (September 2020) p. 559

Jewish Intertestamental And Early Rabbinic Literature: An Annotated Bibliographic Resource Updated Again (Part 1)

David W. Chapman

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Andreas J. Köstenberger

David Chapman is professor of New Testament and Archaeology at Covenant Theological Seminary, 12330 Conway Road, St. Louis, MO 63141. He may be contacted at [email protected]. Andreas Köstenberger is research professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 5001 North Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64118. He may be contacted at [email protected].

Twenty years ago, we first published a bibliography that is now due for a substantial second update.1 The field of Jewish literature can be mystifying to the non-specialist. The initial obstacle often is where to go for texts, translations, concordances, lexica, and bibliography. Even researchers familiar with these materials often fail to take advantage of the best critical editions, translations, and helps currently available. The goal of this article is to summarize in a single location the principal texts, translations, and foundational resources for the examination of the Jewish literature pertinent to the study of early Judaism and the background of early Christianity.

Generally, the procedure followed for each Jewish writing is to list the most important works in the categories of bibliography, critical text, translation, concordance/index, lexical or grammatical aides, introduction, and commentary. Where deemed helpful, more than one work may be included. English translations, introductions, and helps are preferred. It is hoped that the listed bibliographies, introductions, and commentaries will connect the reader with additional monographs, Festschriften, congress volumes, and other studies that do not fall within the boundaries of this resource. Most entries are listed alphabetically by author, but bibliographies and texts are typically listed in reverse chronological order from date of publication. Also provided in many instances are the language(s) of extant manuscripts and the likely dates of composition reflecting the current scholarly consensus. While the emphasis is on printed editions, some computer-based resources are noted. Many older printed texts have been scanned and are now available online; we will note when these appear on http://archive.org (often further links can be found through JSTOR, HathiTrust, http://books.google.com, or http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu). Of course, many recent works are available as ebooks direct from the publisher (or through Amazon). Space did not permit entries on Samaritan texts or early Jewish liturgies, ...