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Book or monograph Sparks: The Pentateuch: An Annotated BibliographyKenton L. Sparks, The Pentateuch: An Annotated Bibliography. IBR (Ibr Bibliographies, No. 1. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 080102398X. pp.160.

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Book or monograph G. Ch. Aalders [1880-1961], A Short Introduction to the Pentateuch. London: The Tyndale Press, 1949. Hbk. pp.173.
On-line Resource T. Desmond Alexander, Pentateuchal Criticism Today: A Guidebook for BeginnersT. Desmond Alexander, Pentateuchal Criticism Today: A Guidebook for Beginners. RTSF Monographs. Leicester: Religious and Theological Students Fellowship, 1998. ISBN: 01870137264. Pbk. pp.83. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the author]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly T. Desmond Alexander, From Paradise to the Promised LandT. Desmond Alexander, From Paradise to the Promised Land: An Introduction to the Main Themes of the Pentateuch. Grand Rapids: Baker. 2012. ISBN: 9781441238788. pp.256. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link] "Two virtues about From Paradise to the Promised Land have especially struck me. One is the comprehensiveness of the way it seeks to enable us to grasp the Pentateuch.... The other is the way Dr. Alexander shows us how different themes hold these books together - themes such as the sanctuary, kingship, and the land." - John Goldingay.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Dictionary of the Old Testament: PentateuchT. Desmond Alexander & David W. Baker, eds. Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2010. ISBN: 9780830867370. pp.800. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph Allis: The Five Books of MosesOswald T. Allis [1880-1973], The Five Books of Moses. Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 1949. Repinted: Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1579108512.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Bradford A. Anderson, An Introduction to the Study of the PentateuchBradford A. Anderson, An Introduction to the Study of the Pentateuch. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. ISBN: 9780567656407. pp.208. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Joel S. Baden, The Composition of the PentateuchJoel S. Baden, The Composition of the Pentateuch. Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis. London: Yale University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780300152647. pp.384. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Monika Bajić, "Authorship of the Pentateuch," Kairos Evangelical Journal of Theology 10.2 (Dec. 2015): 215-223. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Roger T. Beckwith, "The Unity and Diversity of God's Covenants," Tyndale Bulletin 38 (1987): 93-118.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Blenkinsopp: Wisdom and Law in the Old TestamentJoseph Blenkinsopp, Wisdom and Law in the Old Testament: The Ordering of Life in Israel and Early Judaism, 1983. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 019875504X.
Book or monograph Blenkinsopp: The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the BibleJoseph Blenkinsopp, The Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible. Anchor Bible Series. New York: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc., 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0385497881. pp.288.
On-line Resource Covenant (Robert I. Bradshaw)
Article in Journal or Book R.A. Brauner, "Some Aspects of Offense and Penalty in the Bible and the Literature of the Ancient Near East," Gratz College Annual of Jewish Studies 3 (1974): 9-18.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Gershon Brin, Studies in Biblical LawGershon Brin, Studies in Biblical Law: From the Hebrew Bible to the Dead Sea Scrolls. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series. Sheffield: London: Bloomsbury Publishing 1994. ISBN: 9780567490179. pp.309. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book Antony F. Campbell, "The Yahwist Revisited," Australian Biblical Review 27 (1979): 2-14.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Arthur Thomas Chapman [d. 1913], An Introduction to the PentateuchArthur Thomas Chapman [d. 1913], An Introduction to the Pentateuch. Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1911. Hbk. pp.339. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book Brevard S. Childs, "Study of the formula, "until this day"," Journal of Biblical Literature 82.3 (Sept. 1963): 279-292.
On-line Resource Greg Chirichigno, "A theological investigation of motivation in Old Testament law," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 24.4 (Dec. 1981): 303-313.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Duane L. Christensen & Marcel Narucki, "The Mosaic authorship of the Pentateuch," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 32.4 (Dec. 1989): 465-471. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Duane L. Christensen, "The Pentateuchal Principle within the Canonical Process," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39.4 (Dec. 1996): 537-548. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Ronald E. Clements, "The Ten Commandments: Law and Social Ethic," Epworth Review 16.3 (Sept. 1989): 71-81. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the author]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Clines: The Theme of the PentateuchDavid J.A. Clines, The Theme of the Pentateuch. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement 10. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1997. ISBN: 1850757925. pp.152. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book Daube: Studies in Biblical LawDavid Daube, Studies in Biblical Law. Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2004. Hbk. ISBN: 1584774312. pp.328.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Thomas B. Dozeman, The PentateuchThomas B. Dozeman, The Pentateuch. Introducing the Torah. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781506423319. pp.560. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource B.B. Edwards, "Remarks on the Authenticity and Genuineness of the Pentateuch," Bibliotheca Sacra 2 No. 6 (1845): 356-398. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource B.B. Edwards, "Remarks of the Divine Authority and Authenticity of the Pentateuch," Bibliotheca Sacra 2 No. 8 (1845): 668-682. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Peter Enns, "William Henry Green and the authorship of the Pentateuch: some historical considerations," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45.3 (Sept. 2002): 385-403.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Jay D. Fawver & R. Larry Overstreet, "Moses and Preventive Medicine," Bibliotheca Sacra 147: 587 (1990): 270-285.
Book or monograph Freedman: The Nine CommandmentsDavid Noel Freedman, The Nine Commandments: Uncovering the Hidden Pattern of Crime and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible. nchor Bible Commentary, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0385499876. pp.240.
Article in Journal or Book T. Frymer-Kenshy, "Tit for Tat: The Principle of Equal Retribution in Near Eastern and Biblical Law," Biblical Archaeologist 43 (1980): 230-34.
On-line Resource Philip Henry Gosse, "On the High Numbers in the Pentateuch," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 5 (1870-71): 349-378.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource George Buchanan Gray [1865-1922], Sacrifice in the Old Testament. Its Theory in PracticeGeorge Buchanan Gray [1865-1922], Sacrifice in the Old Testament. Its Theory in Practice. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925. Hbk. pp.434. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly William Henry Green, The Higher Criticism of the PentateuchWilliam Henry Green, The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 1997. ISBN: 9781725207530. pp.214. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Michael D. Guinan, The PentateuchMichael D. Guinan, The Pentateuch. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003. ISBN: 9781725208223. pp.138. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book James M. Hamilton, Jr., "God with Men in the Torah," Westminster Theological Journal 65.1 (2003):113-133.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Hamilton: Handbook on the PentateuchVictor P. Hamilton, Handbook on the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. ISBN: 9781585583003 . pp.468. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Walter J. Houston, The PentateuchWalter J. Houston, The Pentateuch. SCM Core Text. London: SCM Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780334052142. pp.256. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book B.S. Jackson, "The Ceremonial and the Judicial: Biblical Law as Sign and Symbol," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30 (1984): 25-50.
Article in Journal or Book Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., "The Promised Land: A Biblical-Historical View," Bibliotheca Sacra 138: 552 (1981): 302-311.
Article in Journal or Book Studies in Old Testament TheologyWalter C. Kaiser, "Images for Today: The Torah Speaks Today," Robert L. Hubbard, Robert K. Johnston & Robert P. Meye, eds., Studies in Old Testament Theology. Hardcover (April 1993) Dallas: Word, 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0849908655. pp.117-132.
Article in Journal or Book Robert S. Kawashima, "The Jubilee, Every 49 Or 50 Years?" Vetus Testamentum 53.1 (2003): 117-120.
On-line Resource Kenneth A. Kitchen, Pentateuchal Criticism and Interpretation. Notes of three lectures given at the Annual Conference ofthe Theological Students' Fellowship, held at The Hayes, Swanwick, Derbyshire from December 27 to 31, 1965. Leicester: TSF, 1965. Pbk. pp.51.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Meredith G. Kline, "Two Tables of the Covenant," Westminster Theological Journal 22.2 (May 1960): 133-146. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Meredith G. Kline, "Law and Covenant," Westminster Theological Journal 27.1 (1964): 1-20.
On-line Resource Meredith G. Kline, "Oath and Ordeal Signs—I" Westminster Theological Journal 27.2 (1964/65): 115-139.
On-line Resource Meredith G. Kline, "Oath And Ordeal Signs - Second Article," Westminster Theological Journal 28.1 (Nov. 1965): 1-37.
On-line Resource Meredith G. Kline, "The Correlation of the Concepts Canon and Covenant" John Barton Payne, ed., New Perspectives on the Old Testament. Waco, TX: Word Books, 1970, pp. 265-279.
On-line Resource Kenneth A. Kitchen, "The Fall and Rise of Covenant, Law and Treaty," Tyndale Bulletin 40.1 (1989): 118-135. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource G.H. Lang, "God's Covenants are Conditional," The Evangelical Quarterly 30.2 (1958): 86-97.View in PDF format pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the current copyright holder without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
Book or monograph Bernard M. Levinson, ed., Theory and Method in Biblical and Cuneiform Law: Revision, Interpolation and Development. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series. Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1994. Hbk. ISBN: 1850754985. pp.200.
On-line Resource E.C. Lucas, "Covenant, Treaty, and Prophecy," Themelios 8.1 (1982): 19-23.
On-line Resource J. Gordon McConville, "The Pentateuch Today," Themelios 8.3 (April 1983): 5-11.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book J. Gordon McConville, "Singular Address in the Deuteronomic Law and the Politics of Legal Administration," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 26.3 (2002): 19-36. [Abstract]
On-line Resource Walter J. Martin, Stylistic Criteria and the Analysis of the Pentateuch. London: Tyndale Press, 1955. pp.23.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book George Mendenhall, "Covenant Forms in Israelite Tradition," Biblical Archaeologist 17 (1954): 50-76.
Article in Journal or Book Jacob Milgrom, "Two Pericopes on the Purification Offering," Carol L. Meyers & M. O'Connor, eds, Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464196. pp.211-215.
On-line Resource Alan R. Millard, "Covenant and Communion in First Corinthians," W. Ward Gasque & Ralph P. Martin, eds., Apostolic History and the Gospel. Exeter: The Paternoster Press, 1970. Hbk. ISBN: 085364098X. pp.242-248.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource J. Alec Motyer [1924-2016], The Pentateuch and Criticism. Leicester: Religious & Theological Students Fellowship, 1978. Pbk. pp.22.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Georges Chawkat Moucarry, "The Alien According to the Torah," Themelios 14.1 (October / November 1988): 17-20.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Jeffrey J. Niehaus, "Covenant: An Idea in the Mind of God," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 52.2 (June 2009): 225-246.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Eckart Otto, A Critical Study of the Pentateuch: An Encounter Between Europe and Africa. Lit Verlag, 2006 Pbk. ISBN: 3825889823. pp.208.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Dale Patrick, Old Testament Law.Dale Patrick, Old Testament Law. London: SCM Press, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0334022282. pp.288. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book Dale Patrick, "The First Commandment in the Structure of the Pentateuch," Vetus Testamentum 45.1 (1995): 107-118.
On-line Resource David F. Payne, "The Everlasting Covenant," Tyndale Bulletin 7/8 (1961): 10-16.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book J. Dwight Pentecost, "The Purpose of the Law," Bibliotheca Sacra 128: 511 (1971): 227-233.
Book or monograph Anthony Phillips, Essays on Biblical Law. Edinburgh: T & T Clark International, 2004. Pbk. ISBN: 0567043800. pp.312.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Rolf Rendtorff, The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the PentateuchRolf Rendtorff, The Problem of the Process of Transmission in the Pentateuch. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990. ISBN: 9780567610492. pp.240. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Donald W.B. Robinson, Josiah's Reform and the Book of the Law. London: The Tyndale Press, 1951.. pp.40.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Cleon L. Rogers, Jr., "The covenant with Moses and its historical setting," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 14.3 (Summer 1971): 140-155.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book John H. Sailhamer, "The Mosaic Law and the Theology of the Pentateuch," Westminster Theological Journal 53.2 (1991): 241-261.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Sailhamer: The Pentateuch as NarrativeJohn H. Sailhamer, The Pentateuch as Narrative. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.. Pbk. ISBN: 0310574218. pp.522. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Edmund Kidley Simpson [1874-1961], "The Displacement of the Decalogue," The Evangelical Quarterly 16.3 (July 1944): 192-201. 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]
On-line Resource Joe M. Sprinkle, "The Rationale Of The Laws Of Clean And Unclean In The Old Testament," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43.4 (2000): 637-657.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph R.J. Thompson, Moses and the Law in a Century of Criticism Since Graf. Vetus Testamentum Supplements Series 19. Leiden: Brill, 1970. Hbk. ISBN: 9004023410. pp.219.
Article in Journal or Book Jeffrey L. Townsend, "Fulfillment of the Land Promise in the Old Testament," Bibliotheca Sacra 142: 568 (1985): 320-334.
On-line Resource Ernest H. Trenchard, "Grace, Covenant and Law," The Evangelical Quarterly 29.3 (1957): 131-148.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]
On-line Resource Erik Waaler, "A Revised Date for Pentateuchal Texts? Evidence from Ketef Hinnom," Tyndale Bulletin 53.1 (2002): 29-56. View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Harold M. Wiener [1875-1929], "The Legislations of Israel and Babylonia," Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute 41 (1909): 139-166. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book H. Weiss, "The Law in the Epistle to the Colossians," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 34 (1972): 294-314.
On-line Resource Gordon J. Wenham, "The Theology on Unclean Food," Evangelical Quarterly 53.1 (Jan.-Feb. 1981): 6-15.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Gordon Wenham, "The Perplexing Pentateuch," Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 7-22.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Gordon Wenham, "Pentateuchal Studies Today," Themelios 22:1 (October 1996): 3-13.
Book or monograph Wenham: A Guide to the PentateuchGordon J. Wenham, A Guide to the Pentateuch. Exploring the Old Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2003. Hbk. ISBN: 0830825517. pp.207.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly R. Norman Whybray, The Making of the Pentateuch. A Methodological StudyR. Norman Whybray, The Making of the Pentateuch. A Methodological Study. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1987. ISBN: 9780567594211. pp.272. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book Robert McLachlan Wilson, "Nomos: The Biblical Significance of Law," Scottish Journal of Theology 5 (1952): 36-
On-line Resource Donald J. Wiseman, "Law and Order in Old Testament Times," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 5-21.View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Wolf: An Introduction to the Old Testament PentateuchHerbert Wolf, An Introduction to the Old Testament Pentateuch. Chicago: Moody Press, 1995. Hbk. ISBN: 0802441297. pp.276.
On-line Resource John Stafford Wright [1905-1985], "Some Thoughts on the Composition of the Pentateuch," The Evangelical Quarterly 25.1 (1953): 2-17.View in PDF format pdf [ © 1953 The Estate of John Stafford Wright. Reproduced by kind permission of Christopher Stafford Wright.]
Article in Journal or Book Ronald Youngblood, "The Abrahamic Covenant: Conditional or Unconditional?" Morris Inch & Ronald Youngblood, eds., The Living and Active Word of God. Essays in Honor of Samuel J. Schultz. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464110. pp.31-46.

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