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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish

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• Their Hollow Inheritance: A Comprehensive Refutation of Christian Missionaries (third edition), by Michoel Drazin (frame-dependent HTML in Israel)

• Nachman Krochmal: Guiding the Perplexed of the Modern Age (New York and London: New York University Press, 1991), by Jay Michael Harris (HTML with commentary at NYU Press)

• Die Königsgleichnisse des Midrasch, Beleuchtet Durch die Römische Kaiserzeit (in German; Breslau: S. Schottlaender, 1903), by Ignaz Ziegler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Tales and Maxims From the Midrash, by Samuel Rapaport (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Legends of the Jews (6 public domain volumes), by Louis Ginzberg, trans. by Henrietta Szold and Paul Radin, contrib. by Isaac Husik (Gutenberg and Internet Archive texts and page images)

• Rabbinic Judaism in the Making: The Halakhah from Ezra to Judah I (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, c1970), by Alexander Guttmann (multiple formats at Wayne State)
• Der Leidende und der Sterbende Messias der Synagoge im Ersten Nachchristlichen Jahrtausend (in German; Berlin: H. Reuther, 1888), by Gustaf Dalman (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Asherah in the Old Testament (Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1949), by W. L. Reed (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom As Indicated in Law, Narrative and Metaphor (1933), by R. H. Kennett (PDF in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
• The "Higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments (London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. and J.B. Young and Co., 1894), by A. H. Sayce
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The "Higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments (reprint of revised 7th edition; London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1910), by A. H. Sayce (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline (Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2006), by John F. Ashton and David Down (HTML with commentary at answersingenesis.org)

• Die Alttestamentlichen Lektionen der Griechischen Kirche (in German; Berlin: Weidmann, 1915), by Alfred Rahlfs (PDF at the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen)

• Levirate Marriage and the Family in Ancient Judaism (Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, c2009), by Dvora E. Weisberg (PDF with commentary at Brandeis)
• The Failure of the "Higher Criticism" of the Bible (London: J. Nisbet, 1905), by Emil Reich (page images at Google; US access only)
• The "Higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments (London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. and J.B. Young and Co., 1894), by A. H. Sayce
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The "Higher Criticism" and the Verdict of the Monuments (reprint of revised 7th edition; London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1910), by A. H. Sayce (multiple formats at archive.org)
• History of the People of Israel (5 volumes; Boston: Roberts Bros., 1896), by Ernest Renan, trans. by Joseph Henry Allen and Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I (Till the Time of King David): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (From the Reign of David up to the Capture of Samaria): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV (From the Rule of the Persians to That of the Greeks): multiple formats at archive.org
• Human Nature in the Bible, by William Lyon Phelps (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• Outline Studies in the Books of the Old Testament (second edition; New York et al.: F. H. Revell, 1894), by William G. Moorehead (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Biblical Prose Prayer, As a Window to the Popular Religion of Ancient Israel (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983), by Moshe Greenberg (HTML at UC Press)
• Israel, Its Life and Culture: I-II (only public domain volume of this series (in the US); London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press; Copenhagen: P. Branner, 1926), by Johannes Pedersen, trans. by Aslaug Møller
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • reprint edition: multiple formats at archive.org
• Folk-Lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law (3 volumes; London: Macmillan, 1919), by James George Frazer
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
• From the Garden of Eden to the Crossing of the Jordan (Cairo: Printed by the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, ca. 1918), by William Willcocks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A Key to The Old Testament: or, A Summary View its Several Books, Pointing Out the Instructions and Mysteries Which They Contain (London: J. Booker; et al., 1817), by Henry Rutter
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Prolegomena to the History of Israel, With a Reprint of the Article "Israel" from the "Encyclopaedia Britannica", by Julius Wellhausen, trans. by J. Sutherland Black and Allan Menzies, contrib. by W. Robertson Smith (Gutenberg text)
• Prolegomena to the History of Israel, With a Reprint of the Article "Israel" from the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" (Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1885), by Julius Wellhausen, trans. by J. Sutherland Black and Allan Menzies, contrib. by W. Robertson Smith
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com

• Rabbi Davidis Kimchi Radicum Liber: sive, Hebraeum Bibliorum Lexicon, Cum Animadversionibus Eliae Levitae (in Hebrew with Latin notes; Berlin: Impensis G. Bethge, 1847), by David Kimhi, ed. by Johann Heinrich Biesenthal and F. Lebrecht, contrib. by Elijah Levita (page images at HathiTrust)

• Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition, by L. W. King (Gutenberg text)
• Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition (London: Pub. for the British Academy by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1918), by L. W. King (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Promise of the Land: The Inheritance of the Land of Canaan by the Israelites (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Moshe Weinfeld (HTML at UC Press)

• The Bible History: Old Testament, by Alfred Edersheim (HTML at biblestudytools.com)
• The Biblical Antiquities of Philo, trans. by M. R. James (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• From the Garden of Eden to the Crossing of the Jordan (Cairo: Printed by the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, ca. 1918), by William Willcocks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• History of the Old Covenant (3 volumes; Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1859), by J. H. Kurtz, trans. by Alfred Edersheim and James Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Testament Narratives (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1911), ed. by George Henry Nettleton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Prophets and Kings, by Ellen G. White (HTML at whiteestate.org)
• Old Testament Life and Literature, by Gerald A. Larue (HTML at infidels.org)

• Introduction to the Old Testament, by John Edgar McFayden (Gutenberg text)
• A Key to The Old Testament: or, A Summary View its Several Books, Pointing Out the Instructions and Mysteries Which They Contain (London: J. Booker; et al., 1817), by Henry Rutter
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Old Testament Life and Literature, by Gerald A. Larue (HTML at infidels.org)
• The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament, by Charles Foster Kent (Gutenberg text)

• Judaic Logic: A Formal Analysis of Biblical, Talmudic and Rabbinic Logic (1997), by Avi Sion (frame-dependent HTML at thelogician.net)
• An Attempt to Delineate the Characteristic Structure of Classical (Biblical) Hebrew Poetry, by Donald Broadribb (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters, from Various Sources (New York: American Book Exchange, 1881), by S. Baring-Gould (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Legends of the Jews (6 public domain volumes), by Louis Ginzberg, trans. by Henrietta Szold and Paul Radin, contrib. by Isaac Husik (Gutenberg and Internet Archive texts and page images)

• Syllabus for Old Testament Study (fourth edition, revised and enlarged; New York: G. H. Doran Co., c1922), by John R. Sampey (page images at HathiTrust)

• Testament of Women (2006), by Johanna Drucker (page images with commentary at artistsbooksonline.org)

• Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (partial serial archives)
• Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (partial serial archives)

• Essays and Miscellanies: Choice Cullings From the Manuscripts of Grace Aguilar (Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1853), by Grace Aguilar, ed. by Sarah Aguilar (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Jewish Utopia (Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1932), by Michael Higger (multiple formats at archive.org)

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