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Introductions

H.L. Ellison, Men Spake from God, 2nd edn.. Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1958. Pbk. ISBN: 085364 0165. pp.160. To read the whole book, click here.

Commentaries

	Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier, Nahum-Malachi. Interpretation. Louisville, KY: Presbyterian Publishing Corporation, 2001. ISBN: 9781611644760. pp.201. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	D.W. Baker, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0851118453. pp.121.
	Kenneth L. Barker, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture. The New American Commentary, Vol. 29. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 1998. ISBN: 9781433672651. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	L. Boadt, Jeremiah 26-52, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Nahum. Old Testament Message. Michael Glazier, 1982. Hbk. ISBN: 0894534106.
	James Bruckner, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010. ISBN: 9780310866411. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	R..J. Coggins & S.P. Re'emi, Nahum, Obadiah, Esther: Israel Among the Nations. International Theological Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0802800483. pp.140.
	A.B. Davidson [1831-1902], The Books of Nahum, Habbakuk and Zephaniah with Introduction and Notes. The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896. Hbk. pp.144. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Cunningham Monteath Douglas [1826-1904], The Six Intermediate Minor Prophets. Handbooks for Bible Classes. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, n.d.. Hbk. pp.157. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	J.H. Eaton, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. Torch Bible Commentary. London: SCM Press, 1961. pp.159.
	Arthur Charles Jennings [1847-?], "Nahum," Charles John Ellicott [1819-1905], editor, An Old Testament commentary for English Readers various writers, Vol. 5. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1884. Hbk. pp.513-520. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Walter Kaiser, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, Malachi. Mastering the Old Testament Vol 21. Word Publishing bibliographic records, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0849935598.
	Carl Friedrich Keil [1807-1888], The Twelve Minor Prophets, Vol. II. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1868. Hbk. pp.475. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Tremper Longman III, "Nahum," in T. McComisky, editor, The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary, Vol. 2.. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0801063078.
	W.A. Maier, The Book of Nahum. Concordia, 1959. Pbk. pp.386.
	R. Patterson. "Nahum," in Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary. Chicago: Moody Press, 1991. Hbk.
	J.J.M. Roberts, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. Old Testament Library. Westminster, 1991. Hbk. ISBN: 0664219373. pp.223.
	O. Palmer Robertson, The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990. ISBN: 080282532X. pp.367. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae or Discourses Digested Into One Continued Series and Forming a Commentary, Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 10: Hosea to Malachi, 6th edn. London: Henry G., Bohn, 1844. pp.348-359. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	John Merlin Powis Smith [1866-1932], William Hayes Ward [1835-1916] & Julius A. Bewer [1877-1953], A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Obadiah & Joel. The International Critical Commentary. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1911. Hbk. pp.448. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Ralph Smith, Micah-Malachi. Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 32. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018. ISBN: 9780310588382. pp.384. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	S.D. (Fanie) Snyman, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah. London: IVP, 2020. ISBN: 9781783599752. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	George Gordon Vigor Stonehouse [1879/80-1918] & George Woosung Wade [1858-1941], The Books of the Prophets Zephaniah, Nahum and Habakkuk with Introduction and Notes. Westminster Commentaries. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929. Hbk. pp.219. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Nahym (Bob Utley)
	John H. Walton, Carl E. Armerding & Larry L. Walker, Jonah, Nahum, Habukkuk, Zephaniah. The Expositor's Bible Commentary, rev. edn. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. ISBN: 9780310531968. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
	J.D.W. Watts, The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge, 1975. Pbk. ISBN: 052109870X. pp.190.

Other Studies

	Oswald T. Allis [1880-1973], "Nahum, Nineveh, Elkosh," The Evangelical Quarterly 27.2 (1955): 67-80. 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]
	Kevin J. Cathcart, Nahum in the Light of Northwest Semitic Philology. Rome: Pontifical Institute, 1973.
	Kevin J. Cathcart, "Treaty Curses and the Book of Nahum," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 35 (1973): 179-87.
	Kevin J. Cathcart, "The Divine Warrior and the War of Yahweh in Nahum," M. Ward, ed. Biblical Studies and Contemporary Thought. Somerville, Mass., 1975.
	J. Daryl Charles, "Plundering the lion's den--a portrait of divine fury (Nahum 2:3-11)," Grace Theological Journal 10.2 (Fall 1989): 183-201. pdf [Reproduced Courtesy of the Brethren Digital Archive]
	Duane L. Christensen, "The Book of Nahum: The Question of Authorship Within The Canonical Process," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 31.1 (1988): 51-58. pdf
	Duane L. Christensen, "The Book of Nahum as Liturgical Composition: A Prosodic Analysis," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 32.2 (1989): 159-169. pdf
	Gregory Cook. "Power, Mercy, and Vengeance: The Thirteen Attributes in Nahum," Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 5.1 (2016): 27-37.
	S.J. De Vries, "The Acrostic of Nahum in the Jerusalem Liturgy," Vetus Testamentum 16 (1966): 476-81.
	F.C. Fensham, "Legal Activities of the Lord According to Nahum," A.H. van Zijl, ed., Biblical Essays: Proceedings of the Twelfth Meeting of Die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Africa. Potchefstroom: Pro Rege-Pers, 1969. pp.13-20.
	Thomas Francis Glasson [1906-1998], "Final Question in Nahum and Jonah," Expository Times 81 (1969): 54-55.
	George Buchanan Gray [1865-1922], The Forms of Hebrew Poetry: Considered with Special Reference to the Criticism and Interpretation of the Old Testament. London: Hodder & Stroughton, 1915. Hbk. pp.303. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	A. Haldar, Studies in the Book of Nahum. Uppsala, 1947.
	Paul Haupt, "The Book of Nahum," Journal of Biblical Literature 26.1 (1907): 1-53. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	John R. Huddlestun, "Nahum, Nineveh, and the Nile: The Description of Thebes in Nahum 3:89," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 62.2 (April 2003).
	W. Janzen, Mourning Cry and Woe Oracle. Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 125. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1972.
	Gordon H. Johnston, "Nahum's Rhetorical Allusions To The Neo-Assyrian Lion Motif ," Bibliotheca Sacra 158: 631 (2001): 287-307.
	Gordon H. Johnston, "Nahum's Rhetorical Allusions To Neo-Assyrian Treaty Curses," Bibliotheca Sacra 158: 632 (2001): 415-36.
	Tremper Longman III, "The Divine Warrior: The New Testament Use of the Old Testament Motif," Westminster Theological Journal 44 (1982): 290-307.
	Tremper Longman III, "The Form and Message of Nahum: Preaching from a Prophet of Doom," Reformed Theological Journal 1 (1985): 13-24.
	Tremper Longman III & D. Reid, God is a Warrior. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995.
	R. Lowth, Lectures on the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews (1753; reprint, London: T. Tegg & Son, 1835).
	J.A. Naudé, "Massa ' in the Old Testament with Special Reference to the Prophets," Oud Testamentiase Werkgemeenschap in Suid Afrika 12 (1969): 91-100.
	Richard Patterson, "A literary look at Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah," Grace Theological Journal 11.1 (Spring 1990): 17-27. pdf [Reproduced Courtesy of the Brethren Digital Archive]
	Richard D. Patterson & Michael E. Travers, "Nahum: Poet Laureate Of The Minor Prophets," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 33.4 (1990): 437-444. pdf
	Aron Pinker, "On the Meaning of Htkbd in Nahum III 15," Vetus Testamentum 53.4 (2003): 558-561.
	Aron Pinker, "Descent of the Goddess Ishtar to the Netherworld and Nahum II 8," Vetus Testamentum 55.1 (2005): 89-100.
	A.S. Van der Woude, "The Book of Nahum: A Letter Written in Exile," Oud Testamentiase Werkgemeenschap in Suid Afrika 20 (1977).
	J. Van Doorslaer, "No Amon," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 11 (1949): 280-95.
	Michael Weigl, "Current Research on the Book of Nahum: Exegetical Methodologies in Turmoil?" Currents in Research: Biblical Studies 9 (2001): 81-130.
	Julie Woods, "The West as Nineveh: Hows Does Nahum's Message of Judgement Apply Today?" Themelios 31.1 (October 2005): 7-37. pdf
	Stefan Zawadzki, The Fall of Assyria and Median-Babylonian Relations in the Light of the Nabopalassar Chronicle. Delft: Eburon, 1988. ISBN: 8323201226. pp.176.