* Avery-Peck, Alan, and Neusner, Jacob, (eds), "The Blackwell Companion to Judaism (Blackwell, 2003)* Boadt, Lawrence, "Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction" (Paulist Press, 1984)* Brettler, Marc Zvi, "The Creation of History in Ancient Israel" (Routledge, 1995), and also review at Dannyreviews.com* Cook, Stephen L., "The social roots of biblical Yahwism" (Society of Biblical Literature, 2004)* Day, John (ed), "In search of pre-exilic Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar" (T&T Clark International, 2004)* Gravett, Sandra L., "An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: A Thematic Approach" (Westminster John Knox Press, 2008)* Grisanti, Michael A., and Howard, David M., (eds), "Giving the Sense:Understanding and Using Old Testament Historical Texts" (Kregel Publications, 2003)* Hess, Richard S., "Israelite religions: an archaeological and biblical survey" Baker, 2007)* Kavon, Eli, "Did the Maccabees Betray the Hanukka Revolution?
==Further reading==*Avery-Peck, Alan, and Neusner, Jacob, (eds), "The Blackwell Companion to Judaism (Blackwell, 2003)*Boadt, Lawrence, "Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction" (Paulist Press, 1984)*Brettler, Marc Zvi, "The Creation of History in Ancient Israel" (Routledge, 1995), and also review at Dannyreviews.com*Cook, Stephen L., "The social roots of biblical Yahwism" (Society of Biblical Literature, 2004)*Day, John (ed), "In search of pre-exilic Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar" (T&T Clark International, 2004)*Gravett, Sandra L., "An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: A Thematic Approach" (Westminster John Knox Press, 2008)*Grisanti, Michael A., and Howard, David M., (eds), "Giving the Sense:Understanding and Using Old Testament Historical Texts" (Kregel Publications, 2003)*Hess, Richard S., "Israelite religions: an archaeological and biblical survey" Baker, 2007)*Kavon, Eli, "Did the Maccabees Betray the Hanukka Revolution?