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N/A | Hebrew Old Testament | Hebrew Old Testament. |
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Ahituv | Canaanite Toponyms in Ancient Egyptian Documents | An encyclopedic collection of placenames with interpretation where possible |
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Alexander | Abraham in the Negev | A largely textual analysis of certain Genesis passages |
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Alter | The Art of Biblical Poetry | A literary analysis of Old Testament poetry. |
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Alter | The Art of Biblical Narrative | A literary analysis of Old Testament prose. |
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Bar-Efrat | Narrative Art in the Bible | A literary analysis of Old Testament prose, earlier than Alter's work. |
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Block | The Gods of the Nations | A comparative study of national deities in the early Old Testament era |
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Bovati | Re-establishing Justice (JSOT Sup) | An exhaustive study of words and concepts relating to justice and its administration in ancient Israel |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs | BDB Hebrew/English Lexicon | A classic lexicon. |
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Caplice and Snell | An Introduction to Akkadian | One of several introductory books, this seems to be more often in print than some others. |
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Collier and Manley | How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs | A good and much-appreciated introduction. |
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Coogan | Scripture and Other Artifacts: Essays on Archaeology and the Bible in Honor of Philip J.King | A collection of essays on various Old Testament textual and archaeological topics |
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Craigie | Ugarit and the Old Testament | A short and eminently readable discussion |
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Cross | Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic | A classic study of the links between Canaanite and Israelite religious thought |
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Cross | From Epic to Canon | A later development from the above work |
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Cross and Freedman | Ancient Yahwistic Poetry | An early work seeking to date early Old Testament poetry by textual indicators |
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Currid | Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament | A study of specific textual connections between Egypt and Israel including Shoshenk's campaign |
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Faulkner | Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian | A classic and beautifully organised and presented work |
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Freedman | Pottery, Poetry and Prophecy | A series of textual studies investigating Old Testament poetry |
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Gardiner | Egyptian Grammar | One of the classic works for learning hieroglyphics |
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Gillam | Performance and Drama in Ancient Egypt | An exploratory review of material from all Egyptian periods into ceremonies and public festivals |
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Gurney | The Hittites | Slightly dated but very readable |
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M. Healey | Qadesh, 1300BC: Clash of the Warriors | Concerned with military rather than chronological issues but a good read |
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Herzog and Gichon | Battles of the Bible | Covers the whole Biblical period, written from a military rather than chronological approach. |
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Kelley | Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar | A thorough introductory treatment with exercises, but for solutions to these the handbook below is also required. |
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Kelley, Burden and Crawford | Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar (Handbook) | Handbook to the above, containing solutions and other additional material. |
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Lambdin | Introduction to Biblical Hebrew | A classic and highly regarded introductory treatment. |
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Malamat | Mari and the Early Israelite Experience | A good and very accessible treatment |
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Mazar | The Early Biblical Period | A series of essays published in various journals collected into one volume for convenience |
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Miller | Chieftains of the Highland Clans | Exploring pre-monarchy Israel from an anthropological perspective |
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Pardes | The Biography of Ancient Israel | A different and fascinating approach to Pentateuchal study. |
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Segert | A Basic Grammar of the Ugaritic Language | A course-accompaniment book, compact but covering all major language features. |
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Spalinger | Aspects of the Military Documents of the Ancient Egyptians | An important study of Egyptian conquest literature, mostly in the New Kingdom |
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The Times | The Times Concise Atlas of the Bible | A useful and visually interesting presentation of many of the major themes and events of the Bible. |
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Tubb | Canaanites | A mainly archaeological survey of the Canaanite peoples through the Old Testament period. |
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Wood | In Search of the Trojan War | A fascinating adapatation of a television series of the same name, exploring various theories about the historical basis of this war and its protagonists. |
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Wood | In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great | Another book by the same author as above, this time exploring Alexander the Great's conquests. |
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Wyatt | Religious Texts from Ugarit | A translation (with plentiful footnotes) of some of the main Ugaritic texts describing religious drama or ritual. |
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