Handbooks of the Bible and Its Reception (Online)Provides comprehensive introductions to individual topics in biblical reception history. Includes handbook on biblical reception in Jewish, European Christian, and Islamic folklores (volume 1).
Isaiah: Interpreted by Early Christian and Medieval Commentators by Robert L. WilkenWilken's selection of ancient commentators clearly illuminates how Isaiah was used by the New Testament writers and understood by the early church fathers. Each chapter begins with a modern English translation of the septuagint, prepared by Moises Silva. Editorial comments provide a foundation for understanding the excerpted commentaries and other writings that follow for each chapter.
Persuading God: Rhetorical Studies of First-Person Psalms by Davida H. CharneyWritten by a scholar of rhetoric, Persuading God demonstrates that the first-person psalms that make up over a third of the Book of Psalms were designed not simply to express the feelings of individual Israelites but to persuade God to act.