Jim West

Bibliography
Books
In the Shadow of Martin Luther (Tentative), (eds. Jon Balserak, Jim West), Forthcoming.
Festschrift (Title Under Review), (eds. James Crossley, Jim West), Sheffield Phoenix Press,
Forthcoming.
Jeremiah, (ed., Jim West), World of the Bible, Bayard Presse, Forthcoming.
Finding Myth and History in the Bible: Scholarship, Scholars and Errors, (eds. Lukasz
Niesiolowski-Spano, Jim West, Chiara Peri), Equinox, Forthcoming.
Christ our Captain: An Introduction to Huldrych Zwingli, Quartz Hill Publishing, 2011.
Church Discipline: P.H. Mells Manual and its Meaning, Tennessee Baptist Historical Society,
2010.
Big Emory Baptist Association: 1875-2006, Quartz Hill Publishing, 2008.
The Humor of Huldrych Zwingli: The Lighter Side of the Protestant Reformation, Edwin Mellen
Press, 2007
Baptist Confessions of Faith: For the Person in the Pew, Quartz Hill Publishing, 2006
Petros Baptist Church: A History, Quartz Hill Publishing, 2006
Systematic Theology: Theology for the Person in the Pew, Quartz Hill Publishing 2006
Biblical Studies: A Beginners Guide to Significant Aspects of the Study of the Bible, Quartz Hill
Publishing, 2005.
The Person in the Pew Commentary Series, Quartz Hill Publishing, 2006-Present (Individual
volumes listed here- http://www.scribd.com/doc/60461296/Available-Volumes, and all available
from Quartz Hill Publishing House.)
Essays
Maurice Casey, My Friend: A Remembrance, Bible and Interpretation, May 2014.
Jesus The Reformer, Bible and Interpretation, May, 2014.
The Tale of the Lead Codices from Jordan: A Brief History, Bible and Interpretation, January, 2014
Beware the Angry Prophet: 2 Kings 2:23-25, Bible and Interpretation, March, 2013.
Christopher Rollston and Martin Luther: On Christian Academic Freedom, Bible and
Interpretation, October, 2012.
A (Very, Very) Short History of Minimalism: From the Chronicler to the Present, in Thompson,
Thomas L. & Thomas S. Verenna, eds., "Is This the Carpenters Son?" The Question on the
Historicity of the Figure of Jesus (CIS, London: Equinox) 2012.

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Blogging the Bible: A Short History, in the Bulletin For the Study of Religion, September, 2010.
A (Very, Very) Short History of Minimalism: From the Chronicler to the Present, Bible and
Interpretation, September, 2010.
Theological Exegesis, in Bible and Interpretation, July, 2010.
Whoring After Her Lovers: The Quest for Power, Control, Exploitative Domination, and The
Industry of Accreditation- Or, How Academic Manipulators Have Become the New Magisterium,
Bible and Interpretation, July, 2010.
The Sackgasse of A-Theistic Biblical Studies, Bible and Interpretation, June, 2010.
All in a Days Work in Teaching the Bible, January, 2010.
Blogging The Bible in Bible and Interpretation, December, 2009.
Source Criticism in Teaching the Bible, October 2009.
Stalemate: Archaeological Research, The Public, and Our Responsibility, in Bible and
Interpretation, 2009.
Bible Studies For Life Sunday School Commentary; September- November 2009 in the Baptist and
Reflector
Nineteenth-Century Baptists and Church Discipline: Case Studies from Georgia in Baptist
History and Heritage, Fall, 2009.
On Location: The 2009 Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association, in SBL Forum, Summer,
2009.
Thomas Thompson: A Word of Appreciation from a Pastor, in Scandinavian Journal of the Old
Testament, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2009
Oh What a Baptist Web We Weave in Ethics Daily, October, 2008.
Academics, Biblical Studies, and The Man on the Street: Whither Biblical Studies on the Web?,
in Bible and Interpretation, 2008.
The Bible in Wilson County, in Ethics Daily, October, 2006
Jesus The Reformer, in The Journal of Biblical Studies, Vol 6, No. 2, 2006
Competing Traditions and the Birth of Texts, Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Vol 19,
No. 2, 2005
Biblical Archaeology Review: Friend or Foe? in Bible and Interpretation, September 2005
A Very, Very Short Note in Response to James K. Hoffmeier, See J-Hiphil, (Volume 2), 2005
The Bible in the Pew: Congregations and Critical Scholarship from the Pastor's Perspective,
Expository Times, July 2005
The Copenhagen Boomerang: Deadly Weapon or the Retrieval of a Forgotten Truth? In Bible and
Interpretation, April 2005

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Family Bible Study Sunday School Commentary; March-May 2004 in the Baptist and Reflector
Huldrych Zwingli: A Contribution to the Open Theism Debate, for The Evangelical Theological
Society 2003
Scholars and the James Ossuary: A Reply to Bruce Chilton, in Bible and Interpretation, September
2003
Dictionary and Encyclopedia Entries
Divine Wrath, in the Lexham Theological Wordbook (Logos Bible Software, Forthcoming)
Free Will in The Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, Vol 9, (DeGruyter, 2014)
James in Global Perspectives on the New Testament (Pearson, 2014)
Jeremiah in Global Perspectives on the Old Testament (Pearson, 2014)
Bethlehem in The Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (Routledge Press, 2008)
Jericho in The Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (Routledge Press, 2008)
Jerusalem in The Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus (Routledge Press, 2008)
Patience in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Perceive in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Race (sport) in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Reaping in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Register/Registration in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Rehoboth in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Remain, To in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Rescue in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Reverence in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Rhetorical Question in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Rimmon-Perez in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Sentinel, Sentry in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Sail in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Sailor in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Scold in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
Second Coming in The New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible (Abingdon Press, 2008)
"Sheol" in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Eerdmans Publishing, 2000)
"Abaddon" in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Eerdmans Publishing, 2000)
"Apollyon" in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Eerdmans Publishing, 2000)
"Hades" in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Eerdmans Publishing, 2000)
Devotional Writings
Weekly Devotional column in the Morgan County News, 1994-Present
Book Reviews for the Center For Barth Studies
Resch, Dustin, Barths Interpretation of the Virgin Birth: A Sign of Mystery, October, 2014.
Book Reviews in the Society for Old Testament Study Book List
Numerous

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Book Reviews in the Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament
A Brief Guide to the Hebrew Bible, by Hans M. Barstad (1:1, 2012)
Book Reviews in Zwingliana
Jon Balsarek, John Calvin as Sixteenth Century Prophet, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014,
Forthcoming.
Peter Opitz, ed., The Myth of the Reformation, Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013
(41:2014)
Jon Balserak, Establishing the Remnant Church in France, 2011 (40:2013)
Schweizer Kirchengeschichte neu reflektiert: Festschrift fr Rudolf Dellsperger zum 65.
Geburtstag, hg. von Ulrich Gbler et al., Bern et al.: Peter Lang, 2010 (Basler und Berner
Studien zur historischen und systematischen Theologie 73) (39: 2012)
Tufer und Reformierte im Disput: Texte des 17. Jahrhunderts ber Verfolgung und Toleranz aus
Zrich und Amsterdam, hg. Und kommentiert von Philipp Wchli, Urs B. Leu und Christian
Scheidegger unter Mitarbeit von John D. Roth. Zrich: Achius Verlag, 2010, (38: 2011)
Book Reviews in the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament
Remembering Biblical Figures in the Late Persian & Early Hellenistic Periods: Social Memory
and Imagination, Diana V. Edelman & Ehud ben Zvi, eds. (Nr 1, 2014)
Gender Issues in Ancient and Reformation Translations of Genesis 1-4, by Helen Kraus (Nr. 2,
2012)
Reading Daniel as a Text in Theological Hermeneutics, by Aron B. Hebbard (Nr. 2, 2012)
The Hebrew Prophets: An Introduction, by Jack Lundbom (Nr. 1, 2011)
The Apocalypse: A Brief History, by Martha Himmelfarb (Nr.1, 2011)
The Logos Original Language Library and the Ugaritic Library (Software Review) (Nr. 2, 2007)
Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther, by Michael V. Fox (Nr. 1, 2007)
The Book of Job, by Carol Newsom, (Nr. 2, 2007)
The Bible Unearthed: DVD, by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman, (Nr. 2, 2007)
Book Reviews in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Vom offenbaren und verborgenen Gott, by Otto Kaiser (33.5)
Terror All Around, by Amy Kalmanofsky (33:5)
Book Reviews in the Review of Biblical Literature
The Historical Jesus? Necessity and Limits of an Inquiry
Nodet, Etienne: T&T Clark, 2008

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Voyages in Uncharted Waters: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Biblical Interpretation in
Honor of David Jobling, Wesley Bergen and Armin Siedlecki, Sheffield Phoenix, 2006
Leonhard Goppelt (19111973)Eine theologische Biographie: Exegese in theologischer und
kirchlicher Verantwortung
Simonsen, Horst: vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2004
Satan: A Biography
Kelly, Henry: Cambridge University Press, 2006
The Myth of the Lost Gospel
Powell, Evan: Symposium Press, 2006
Teologie nell' Antico Testamento
Gerstenberger, Erhard S. Bassani, Franco, translatorBrescia: Paideia Editrice, 2005
Evangelische Fundamentaltheologie: Theologie der Bibel
Hbner, Hans: Gttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2005
Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Literature
Vriezen, T. C. and A. S. van der Woude,: Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2005
Biblical Myth and Rabbinic Mythmaking
Fishbane, Michael: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
"Ho cercato e ho esplorato": Studi sul Qohelet
Mazzinghi, Luca: Bologna: Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2001
Deuteronomy: Issues and Interpretation
Rof, Alexander: London: T&T Clark, 2002
Dio E I Suoi Figli: Analisi retorica della Prima Raccolta Salomonica (Pr 10,1-22, 16)
Witek, Bernard: Rome: Editrice Pontificia Universita Gregoriana, 2005
Du vient le christianisme?
Taylor, Justin: Paris: Cerf, 2003
From Genesis to Chronicles: Explorations in Old Testament Theology
Rad, Gerhard von: Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005
He That Cometh: The Messiah Concept in the Old Testament and Later Judaism
Mowinckel, Sigmund: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005
Il libro del Qohelet: Tradizione, Redazione, Teologia
Bellia, Giuseppe and Angelo Passaro, editors: Milano: Paoline Editoriale Libri, 2001
Il processo di Gesu
Jossa, Giorgio: Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2002
Jerusalem's Rise to Sovereignty: Zion and Gerizim in Competition
Hjelm, Ingrid: London: T&T Clark, 2004
John's Use of the Old Testament in Revelation
Beale, G. K.: Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998

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L'Apocalisse e i suoi enigmi

Biguzzi, Giancarlo: Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2004
La Bibbia nel cristianesimo antico
Etcheverra, Ramon Trevijano: Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2003
Le Scritture prima della Bibbia
Maier, Johann: Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2003
Lettera ai Galati: Commentario Esegetico
Buscemi, Alfio Marcello: Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 2004
Quelle maison pour Dieu?
Focant, Camille, editor: Paris: Cerf, 2003
Storia d'Israele: Introduzione alla storia dIsraele e Giuda dalle origini alla rivolta di Bar Kochb
Soggin, J. Alberto: Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2002
Studien zu alttestamentlichen Texten und Situationen
Kilian, Rudolf: Stuttgart: Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1999
Une thologie du Nouveau Testament
Vouga, Francois: Geneva: Labor et Fides, 2001
Book Reviews in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
You Are My People: An Introduction to the Prophetic Literature
Stulman, Louis: Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2010.
Book Reviews in the Catholic Biblical Quarterly
Preliminary excavation reports: Sardis, Idalion, and Tell el-Handaquq North, 1998.
The flourishing of Jewish sects in the Maccabean era: an Interpretation, 1998.
Biblical Perspectives: Early Use and Interpretation of the Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
1999.
How Barisat Bellowed: Folklore, Humor, and Iconography in the Jewish Apocalypses and the
Apocalypse of John, 1999.
Turbulent Times? Josephus and Scholarship on Judaea in the First Century CE, 1999.
Early Christian Interpretation of the Scriptures of Israel: Investigations and Proposals, 1999.
Antikes Judentum und fruhes Christentum: Festschrift fur Hartmut Stegemann zum 65.
Geburtstag, 2000.
Bound for Freedom: The Book of Exodus in Jewish and Christian Traditions, 2000.
Recycling Biblical Figures: Papers Read at a Noster Colloquium in Amsterdam, 12-13 May 1997,
2001
Abraham et ses htes: le patriarche et les croyants au Dieu unique, 2003.

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Lamentations: A Commentary, 2003

Schriftauslegung: die Patriarchenerzhlungen bei den Kirchenvtern, 2003.
Book Reviews in Faith And Mission
Jeremiah, Lamentations, 1991.
First, Second Kings, 1990.
Jerusalem: The Temple and the New Age in Luke-Acts, 1989.
Book Reviews Online
https://theology.academia.edu/JimWest/Papers

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