There is considerable debate in matters concerning literary criticism within Christianity, so many sources will reflect a certain perspective on the historicity of accounts and how genre interplays with such hermeneutic approaches. As such, a great deal of subjectivity is to be expected with such recommendations depending on one's a priori theological assumptions about the biblical texts. With that said, I have seen these texts widely recommended, but is by no means a comprehensive bibliography.

• Alter, Robert. The Art of Biblical Narrative, rev. & updated ed. (New York: Basic Books, 2011).

• Dinkler, Michal Beth, and John Collins. Literary Theory and the New Testament. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2020).

• Freedman, David Noel, ed. "Form Criticism." The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

• Friedman, Richard. Who Wrote the Bible? (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019).

• Gerhart, Mary. “Generic Competence in Biblical Hermeneutics.” Edited by Mary Gerhart and James G. Williams. Semeia 43 (1988).

• Osborne, Grant R. The Hermeneutical Spiral, rev. and expanded (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2006).

• Pritchard, James Bennett, ed. The Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed. with Supplement. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969 (read the Introduction).

• Stowers, S. K. Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Vol. 5. Library of Early Christianity. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986.

• Thiselton, Anthony C. Hermeneutics: An Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2009.

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