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Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Andrew T. Abernethy, Interpreting the Old TestamentAndrew T. Abernethy, Interpreting the Old Testament. Theologically Essays in Honor of Willem A. VanGemeren. Grand Rapids: Zonervan, 2018. ISBN: 9780310535065. pp.320. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Craig Bartholomew, "Reading the Old Testament in Postmodern Times," Tyndale Bulletin 49.1 (1998): 91-114. View in PDF format pdf
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Broyles: Interpreting the Old TestamentCraig C. Broyles, ed. Interpreting the Old Testament: A Guide for Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001. ISBN: 9781441237774. pp.288. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book F.F. Bruce, The Christian Approach to the Old Testament. London: The Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1955. pp.20.
Article in Journal or Book F.F. Bruce, "The Earliest Old Testament Interpretation," Oudtestamentische Studiën 17 (1972): 37-52.
Article in Journal or Book F.F. Bruce, "The Theology and Interpretation of the Old Testament," G.W. Anderson, ed., Tradition and Interpretation. London: Oxford University Press, 1979. pp.385-416.
Article in Journal or Book Brevard S. Childs, "Jonah: A Study in Old Testament Hermeneutics," Scottish Journal of Theology 11 (1958): 53-
On-line Resource Stephen Clark, "The Use of the Bible in the Church," Foundations 60 (Spring 2011): 47-70.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Dan Cohn-Sherbok, "Paul and Rabbinic Exegesis," Scottish Journal of Theology 35 (1982): 117-
Article in Journal or Book John J. Davis, "The Rhetorical Use of Numbers in the Old Testament." Grace Theological Journal 8 (1967): 40-48.
On-line Resource Francis Foulkes, The Acts of God. A Study of the Basis of Typology in the Old Testament. London: The Tyndale Press, 1955. Pbk. pp.40.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource David M. Fouts, "A Defense of the Hyperbolic Interpretation of Large Numbers in the Old Testament," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40.3 (Sept. 1997): 377-387.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Gibson: Language and Imagery in the Old TestamentJ.C.L. Gibson, Language and Imagery in the Old Testament. London: SPCK, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0281050279. pp.176.
On-line Resource John E. Goldingay, "The Old Testament and Christian faith: Jesus and the Old Testament in Matthew 1-5: Part 1, Themelios 8.1 (1982): 4-10.
On-line Resource John E. Goldingay, "The Old Testament and Christian faith: Jesus and the Old Testament in Matthew 1-5 Part 2," Themelios 8.2 (1983): 5-12.
Book or monograph Goldingay: Approaches to Old Testament InterpretationJohn Goldingay, Approaches to Old Testament Interpretation, updated edn. Leicester: Apollos, 1990. ISBN: 0851114156.
Article in Journal or Book John Goldingay, "What Are the Characteristics of Evangelical Study of the Old Testament?" Evangelical Quarterly 73.2 (2001): 99-117.
Article in Journal or Book Robert M. Grant, "The Place of the OT in Early Christianity," Interpretation 5 (1951): 186-202.
On-line Resource Walter Kaiser, "Psalm 72: An Historical and Messianic Current Example of Antiochene Hermeneutical Theoria," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 52.2 (June 2009): 257-270.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Ernest F. Kevan, "The Covenants and the Interpretation of the Old Testament," The Evangelical Quarterly 26.1 (1954): 19-28.View in PDF format pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
Audio Resource - usually mp3 format Meredith G. Kline, Old Testament Exegesis (591mb) - (delivered at Amoskeag Presbyterian Church)
On-line Resource G.W.H. Lampe, "Hermeneutics And Typology," Symposium: The Old Testament in the Church Today. The London Quarterly & Holborn Review (January 1965): 17-25.
Article in Journal or Book

R. Loewe, "The 'Plain' Meaning of the Scriptures in Early Jewish Exegesis," Papers of the Institute of Jewish Studies London 141-142.. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1964.

Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Longman: Making Sense of the Old TestamentTremper Longman III, Making Sense of the Old Testament: Three Crucial Questions. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1999. Pbk. ISBN: 9781585586103. pp.160. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link] The three questions are: What are the keys to understanding the Old Testament? Is the God of the Old Testament also the God of the New Testament? How is the Christian to apply the Old Testament to life?
On-line Resource Gordon McConville, "Diversity and Obscurity in OT Books: A Hermeneutical Exercise Based on Some Later OT Books," Anvil 3.1 (1986): 33-47. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the Anvil Journal and the author]
On-line Resource Peter Naylor, "Lost in the Old Testament? Literary Genres and Evangelical Hermeneutics," Foundations 60 (Spring 2011): 15-38.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Richard D. Patterson, "The Old Testament Use of an Archetype: The Trickster," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 42.3 (Sept. 1999): 385-394.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph William Henry Propp, Baruch Halpern & David Noel Freedman, eds., The Hebrew Bible and Its Interpreters. Biblical & Judaic Studies 1. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464528. pp.225.
Article in Journal or Book John H. Sailhamer, "Exegesis of the Old Testament as a Text," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood, eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0802487807. pp.279-298.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Stuart: Old Testament ExegesisDouglas Stuart, Old Testament Exegesis: A Primer for Students and Pastors, 4th edn. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 2009. ISBN: 9781611640571. pp.200. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Theological Interpretation of the Old TestamentKevin J. Vanhoozer, gen.ed., Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament: A Book-By-Book Survey. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2008. ISBN-13: 978-9781441202024. pp.336. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource G. Douglas Young, "The Effects of Poetic and Literary Style on Interpretation of the Early Chapters of Genesis," Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society 2.4 (Fall 1959): 15-16.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]

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