Post History

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.