Bibliography

Note: Commentaries on each wisdom book and the Psalms will be uploaded in due course.

Bergant, Dianne. Israel's Wisdom Literature. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997.


Brown, William P. Character in Crisis: A Fresh Approach to the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament. Grand Prapids, Michigan - Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmands, 1996.


Ceresko, Anthony R. Introduction to Old Testament Wisdom: A Spirituality for Liberation. Quezon: Claretian, 1999.


Clifford, Richard. "Introduction to Wisdom Literature" in The New Interpreter's Bible Vol. 5, pp. 1-16.
________. The Wisdom Literature. Nahsville: Abingdon, 1998.


Crenshaw, James L. Old Testament Wisdom: An Introduction. Atlanta: John Knox, 1981.


Estes, Daniel J. Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms. Grand Rapids, Mi.: Baker Academic, 2005.


Murphy, Roland E. "Introduction to Wisdom Literature" in New Jerome Biblical Commentary, 27:1-37.
1990.
________. Wisdom Literature: Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Canticles, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, The Forms of Old Testament Literature 13 (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1981).

________.The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature. 3rd Edition. Grand Rapids, Mi.: Eerdmans, 2000.

________. "Wisdom Literature in OT" in Anchor Bible Commentary Vol. 6, pp. 920-931.

O'Connor, Katheen M. The Wisdom Literature. Message of Biblical Spirituality 5; Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1988.

Perdue, Leo G. Wisdom and Creation: The Theology of Wisdom Literature. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994.

________.Wisdom Literature: A Theological History (Louisville: John Knox, 2007).

von Rad, Gerhard. Wisdom in Israel. (Nashville/New York: Abingdon Press, 1972).