Book List

  1. Alter, Robert. The Art Of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1981.
  2. Alter, Robert. The Art Of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, Inc, 2011.
  3. ———. The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.
  4. Alter, Robert, and Frank Kermode, eds. The Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1987. Joel Rosenberg “1 and 2 Samuel”
  5. Aberbach, David. ” מנה אחת אפים‬ (1 Sam. I 5): A New Interpretation.” Vetus Testamentum Vol. 24, Fasc. 3 (Jul., 1974), pp. 350-353
  6. Aschkenasy, Nehama. Woman at the Window: Biblical Tales of Oppression and Escape. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1998.
  7. Bialik, Hayim Nahman, and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky, eds. Book of Legends/Sefer Ha-Aggadah: Legends from the Talmud and Midrash. Translated by William G. Braude. New York: Schocken Books, 1992
  8. Berlin, Adele, Marc Zvi Brettler, and Michael Fishbane, eds. The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2004. “2 Samuel” Shimon Bar-Efrat.
  9. Berlin, Adele, Marc Zvi Brettler, and Michael Fishbane, eds. The Jewish Study Bible: featuring The Jewish Publication Society TANAKH Translation. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 2004. “1 Kings” Ziony Zevit
  10. Brenner, Athalya, ed. A Feminist Companion to Samuel & Kings. Vol. 5. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1994.
  11. ———. Samuel and Kings: A Feminist Companion to the Bible (Second Series) Vol. 7. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.
  12. Driver, S. R. An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament. New York: Meridian Books, 1957.
  13. Driver, S. R. Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Book of Samuel. Varda Books, 2005
  14. Exum, J. Cheryl. Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives. Sheffield, England: JSOT Press, 1993.
  15. Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. 2nd ed. Vol. 12. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web.
  16. Fewell, Danna Nolan, ed. Reading between Texts: Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1992. “Taking Women in Samuel,” Tod Linafelt
  17. Fewell, Danna Nolan, ed. Reading between Texts: Intertextuality and the Hebrew Bible. 1st ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1992. “The Importunate Woman of Tekoa and How She Got her Way.” Patricia K. Willey.
  18. Fox, Everett Dr. Give Us a King!: Samuel, Saul, and David. New York: Schocken Books, 1999.
  19. Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. Reading the Women of the Bible: A New Interpretation of Their Stories. New York: Schocken Books, 2002.
  20. Goldstein, Rabbi Elyse, ed. The Women’s Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2004.
  21. Gunn, David M., and Danna Nolan Fewell. Narrative in the Hebrew Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
  22. Halpern, Baruch. David’s Secret Demons: Messiah, Murderer, Traitor, King. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001.
  23. Hertz, Dr J. H., ed. The Pentateuch and Haftorahs. Second Edition. Soncino Press, 1987.
  24. Kaminsky, Joel. Corporate Responsibility in the Hebrew Bible. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 196. Sheffield England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1995.
  25. Kaplan, Rabbi Aryeh. The Living Torah : The Five Books of Moses and the Haftarot. New York/Jerusalem: Moznaim Publ. Corp., 1981.
  26. Kugel, James L. How to Read the Bible: A Guide to Scripture, Then and Now. Free Press, 2007.
  27. Lieber, David L., ed. Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary. New York: Jewish Publication Society, 2001
  28. Mays, James L., ed. The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. USA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000. David M. Gunn “II Samuel.”
  29. Mays, James L., ed. The HarperCollins Bible Commentary. USA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2000. Richard D. Nelson “1 and 2 Kings.”
  30. McCarter, Jr. P. Kyle, trans. I Samuel. Vol. 8. Anchor Bible. New York: The Anchor Bible Doubleday, 1980.
  31. ———. II Samuel. Vol. 9. 1st ed. Anchor Bible. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1984.
  32. Meyers, Carol. Discovering Eve: Ancient Israelite Women in Context. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
  33. Michaelson, Jay. God Vs. Gay?: The Religious Case for Equality. Boston: Beacon Press, 2011.
  34. Newsom, Carol A., and Sharon H. Ringe, eds. The Women’s Bible Commentary – expanded. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. “1 and 2 Samuel,” Jo Ann Hackett
  35. Newsom, Carol A., and Sharon H. Ringe, eds. The Women’s Bible Commentary – expanded. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998. “1 and 2 Kings,” Claudia V. Cam;
  36. Pardes, Ilana. Countertraditions in the Bible: A Feminist Approach. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1992.
  37. Pinsky, Robert. The Life of David. New York: Schocken Books, 2005.
  38. Reimer, Gail Twersky, and Judith A. Kates, eds. Beginning Anew. Simon and Schuster, 1997.
  39. Rosenblatt, Jason P., and Joseph C. Sitterson, Jr, eds. “Not in Heaven”: Coherence and Complexity in Biblical Narrative. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1991. Regina Schwartz: “The Histories of David.”
  40. Scherman, Nosson, and Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz, eds. The Chumash: The Stone Edition. Art Scroll. Mesorah Pubns Ltd, 2000.
  41. Scherman, Nosson, ed. Tanach: The Torah, Prophets, Writings — The Twenty-Four Books of the Bible, Newly Translated and Annotated. 1st ed. ArtScroll. Brooklyn, NY: Mesorah Pubns Ltd, 1996.
  42. Shanks, Hershel, ed. Ancient Israel. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2010.
  43. Smith, Henry Preserved. The International Critical Commentary: SAMUEL I & II. Varda Books, 2005.
  44. Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Woman’s Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2002.