Resources for NT 1023 (Prof. Soards, Spring 2020) Final Exegesis Paper

An Introduction to the E.M. White Digital Library (video) and How to Find Full-text Scholarly Articles and Ebook Commentaries for Final Exegesis Paper for NT 1023 (Prof. Soards, Spring 2020)

 

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Two exhaustive guides have been created  specially to help Prof. Soards NT 1023 class write their final Exegesis Paper on Luke 9:28-36, with step by step directions and screenshots.

Finding Articles in the ATLA Religion Database Using the Assigned Passage Luke 9:28-26

Finding Ebook Commentaries in the EBook Religion Collection, Ministry Matters, and Oxford Biblical Studies Online databases

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Texts for Exegesis Recommended by Prof. Reed

Coloring Sheet, Serenity Prayer, Chapel Ministers

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT HOW TO CITE EBOOKS AND E-RESOURCES FOR THE ORDINATION EXAMS (Updated 04/23/20):

Do not include a web address in your citations that indicates a library or commercial bibliographic database that is available only through subscription or library account (e.g. ezproxy.presbyseminary.edu). Especially be careful not to identify LPTS or lpts urls in your answers and reference lists/bibliographies.

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Exegetical texts recommended by Prof. Reed for the Ordination Exam in Spring 2020

Bible Book:  Exodus

1. Brenner, Athalya. 2000. A Feminist Companion to Exodus to Deuteronomy. The Feminist Companion to the Bible. Second Series. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press. 
2. Cassuto, Umberrto. 1952. Commentary on the Book of Exodus. [S.l.]: The Hebrew University Magnes Press.
3. Davies, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Exodus 1-18 (forthcoming)
4. Dozeman, Thomas B., Craig A. Evans, and Joel N. Lohr. 2014. The Book of Exodus : Composition, Reception, and Interpretation. Vetus Testamentum, Supplements. Boston: Brill. 
5. Dozeman, Thomas B. 2010. Methods for Exodus. Methods in Biblical Interpretation. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. 
6. Janzen, Waldemar. 2000. Exodus : Believers Church Bible Commentary. Believers Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale, Pa: Herald Press.
7. Johnstone, William. 1998. Chronicles and Exodus : An Analogy and Its Application. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series. Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press.
8. Johnstone, William. 2014. Exodus 20-40. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Macon, Georgia: Smyth & Helwys Publishing.
9. Kürle, Stefan. 2013. The Appeal of Exodus : The Characters God, Moses and Israel in the Rhetoric of the Book of Exodus. Paternoster Biblical Monographs. Milton Keynes, England: Paternoster.
10. Meyers, Carol L. 2005. Exodus. New Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
11. Miller, William T. 2009. The Book of Exodus : Question by Question. Question by Question Bible Study Commentary. New York: Paulist Press. 
12. Schmidt, Maurice. 2009. The Tabernacle of Exodus As a Work of Art : An Aesthetic of Monotheism. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press. 
13. Smith, Mark S. 2011. Exodus : Volume 3. New Collegeville Bible Commentary. Old Testament. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press.
14. Smith, Mark S., and Elizabeth Bloch-Smith. 1997. The Pilgrimage Pattern in Exodus. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. Supplement Series. Sheffield [England]: Sheffield Academic Press.
15. Surls, Austin. 2017. Making Sense of the Divine Name in the Book of Exodus : From Etymology to Literary Onomastics. Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplements. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. 

Related Resources: 

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT HOW TO CITE EBOOKS AND E-RESOURCES FOR THE ORDINATION EXAMS (Updated 04/23/20):

Do not include a web address in your citations that indicates a library or commercial bibliographic database that is available only through subscription or library account (e.g. ezproxy.presbyseminary.edu). Especially be careful not to identify LPTS or lpts urls in your answers and reference lists/bibliographies.


The PC(USA) Ordination Examinations Guide for LPTS Students (Spring 2020)

Remote Access and Use of Commentaries and ATLA Religion Database for Exegesis of Exodus: A Pictorial Guide 

Remote Access and Use of Commentaries and the ATLA Religion Database for Exegesis

This guide is for the use of LPTS students, and learning community. It shows step by step how to remotely access and use ebook Commentaries as well as the Scripture hierarchy in the ATLA Religion Database for exegesis. 

Download the Guide (4 pages, 9 steps).Generic - for use with any OT or NT Book

Download the Remote Access and Use of Commentaries and the ATLA Religion Database for Exegesis of Exodus - This is a copy of the guide with Exodus as examples and prepared for the Ordination Exams of Spring 2020.  

IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT HOW TO CITE EBOOKS AND E-RESOURCES FOR THE ORDINATION EXAMS (Updated 04/23/20):

Do not include a web address in your citations that indicates a library or commercial bibliographic database that is available only through subscription or library account (e.g. ezproxy.presbyseminary.edu). Especially be careful not to identify LPTS or lpts urls in your answers and reference lists/bibliographies.

Additional Resources for the Spring 2020 Ordination Exam: 

Prof. Justin Reed's Recommended Exegetical Texts for Exodus 

PC(USA) Ordination Examination Guide for LPTS Students (Spring 2020)