Anchor Bible Series

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The Anchor Bible project, consisting of a commentary series, Bible dictionary, and reference library, is a
scholarly and commercial co-venture begun in 1956, when individual volumes in the commentary series
began production. Having initiated a new era of cooperation among scholars in biblical research, over 1,000
scholarsrepresenting Jewish, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim, secular, and other traditions
have now contributed to the project. Their works offer discussions that reflect a range of viewpoints
across a wide theological spectrum. The Anchor Bible project continues to produce volumes that keep
readers current on recent scholarship and are grounded in analysis. The works bring advances in science and
technology to bear on biblical materials, making historical and linguistic knowledge related to the
interpretation of the biblical record available to experts and students alike. As of 2005, more than 120
volumes had been published, each edited by David Noel Freedman, General Editor and published by
Doubleday (part of Random House, Inc.), Freeman died in 2008. Since then John J. Collins has served as the
General Editor. In 2007, Yale University Press purchased the Anchor Bible Series. Yale now publishes
backlist titles and new titles as the Anchor Yale Bible Series.[1][2]

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Anchor Bible Commentary Series

Anchor Bible Dictionary
Anchor Bible Reference Library
Works in the Anchor Yale Bible commentary series
4.1 Tanakh ~ Old Testament ~ Hebrew Bible
4.2 New Testament
4.3 Intertestamental Books ~ Apocrypha
Works in the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
See also
References
External links

Anchor Bible Commentary Series

The Anchor Bible Commentary Series, created under the guidance of William Foxwell Albright (1891
1971), comprises a translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament and the
Intertestamental Books (the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Deuterocanon/the Protestant Apocrypha; not the
books called by Catholics and Orthodox "Apocrypha", which are widely called by Protestants
"Pseudepigrapha"). For each biblical book, the series includes an original translation (with annotations,
including alternative translations) of ancient texts, using modern knowledge of the ancient languages;
overviews of the historical, critical, and literary evolution of the text; an outline of major themes and topics;
a verse-by-verse commentary; treatment of competing scholarly theories; historical background; and
photographs, illustrations, and maps of artifacts and places associated with biblical figures and sites.
Lengthy or complex biblical books are covered in more than one volume.
A work in progress, as of 2006, the series has produced over 80 volumes, some of which are updates of
earlier works. The series is 99% complete; the second half of Exodus was released in early December 2006,
and the remaining volumes are in production. Others such as II Chronicles and Revelation are under

contract.

Anchor Bible Dictionary

The Anchor Bible Dictionary contains more than 6,000 entries from 800 international scholars. It has
illustrations and line-art throughout, and is also available for download from Logos Bible Software or
Accordance Bible Software. The "Dictionary" includes articles on the Dead Sea Scrolls, early JewishChristian relations, the historical Jesus, sociological and literary methods of biblical criticism, feminist
hermeneutics, and numerous entries on archaeological sites, as well as bibliographies with citations listed
individually at the end of each article.

Anchor Bible Reference Library

The Anchor Bible Reference Library is an open-ended series composed of more than thirty separate volumes
with information about anthropology, archaeology, ecology, geography, history, languages, literature,
philosophy, religions, and theology, among others.

Works in the Anchor Yale Bible commentary series

Works in the Anchor Yale Bible commentary series include:

Tanakh ~ Old Testament ~ Hebrew Bible

Speiser, E. A. (1964). Genesis. 1. ISBN 978-0-3001-4025-5. 454 pages.
Hendel, Ronald S. Genesis. (In production.)
Propp, William H. (1999). Exodus 1-18. 2. ISBN 978-0-3851-4804-7. 656 pages.
Propp, William H. (2006). Exodus 19-40. 2a. ISBN 978-0-3001-3939-6. 865 pages.
Milgrom, Jacob (1998). Leviticus 1-16. 3. ISBN 978-0-3001-3940-2. 185 pages.
Milgrom, Jacob (2000). Leviticus 17-22. 3a. ISBN 978-0-3001-4056-9. 656 pages.
Milgrom, Jacob (2001). Leviticus 23-27. 3b. ISBN 978-0-3855-0035-7. 720 pages.
Levine, Baruch A. (1993). Numbers 1-20. 4. ISBN 978-0-3001-4077-4. 544 pages.
Levine, Baruch A. (2000). Numbers 21-36. 4a. ISBN 978-0-3001-3942-6. 624 pages.
Weinfeld, Moshe (1991). Deuteronomy 1-11. 5. ISBN 978-0-3851-7593-7. 480 pages.
Weinfeld, Moshe. Deuteronomy 12-34., (in production, expected to be two more volumes)
Boling, Robert G.; Wright, G. Ernest (1982). Joshua. 6. ISBN 978-0-3850-0034-5. 608 pages.
Dozeman, Thomas B. (2015). Joshua 1-12. 6b. ISBN 978-0-3001-4975-3. 600 pages.
Boling, Robert G. (1974). Judges. 6a. ISBN 978-0-3850-1029-0. 376 pages.
Sasson, Jack M. (2014). Judges 1-12. 6d. ISBN 978-0300190335. 592 pages.
Replaced Campbell, Edward F., Jr. (1975). Ruth. 7. ISBN 978-0-3850-5316-7. 216 pages.
Schipper, Jeremy (2016). Ruth. 7. ISBN 978-0-3001-9215-5. 240 pages.
McCarter, P. Kyle, Jr. (1980). 1 Samuel. 8. ISBN 978-0-3850-6760-7. 504 pages.
McCarter, P. Kyle, Jr. (1984). 2 Samuel. 9. ISBN 978-0-3850-6808-6. 576 pages.
Cogan, Mordechai (2001). 1 Kings. 10. ISBN 978-0-3001-4053-8. 576 pages.
Cogan, Mordechai; Tadmor, Hayim (1988). 2 Kings. 11. ISBN 978-0-3001-4074-3. 408 pages.
Replaced Myers, Jacob M. (1965). 1 Chronicles. 12. ISBN 978-0-3850-1259-1. 336 pages.
Knoppers, Gary N. (2003). 1 Chronicles 19. 12. ISBN 978-0-3001-3952-5. 544 pages.
Knoppers, Gary N. (2004). 1 Chronicles 1029. 12a. ISBN 978-0-3001-3953-2. 608 pages.
Myers, Jacob M. (1965). 2 Chronicles. 13. ISBN 978-0-3850-3757-0. 312 pages.
Knoppers, Gary N. 2 Chronicles., (in production)
Myers, Jacob M. (1965). Ezra - Nehemiah. 14. ISBN 978-0-3850-4695-4. 360 pages.
Eskenazi, Tamara Cohn. Ezra - Nehemiah., (in production)

Moore, Carey A. (1971). Esther. 7b. ISBN 978-0-3850-0472-5. 192 pages.

Pope, Marvin H. (1965). Job. 15. ISBN 978-0-3001-4075-0. 507 pages.
Dahood, Mitchell (1966). Psalms I 150. 16. ISBN 978-0-3850-2765-6. 384 pages.
Dahood, Mitchell (1968). Psalms II 51100. 17. ISBN 978-0-3850-3759-4. 432 pages.
Dahood, Mitchell (1970). Psalms III 101150. 17a. ISBN 978-0-3850-0607-1. 544 pages.
Replaced Scott, R. B. Y. (1965). Proverbs, Ecclesiastes. 18. ISBN 978-0385021777. 257 pages.
Fox, Michael V. (2000). Proverbs 1-9. 18a. ISBN 978-0-3852-6437-2. 720 pages.
Fox, Michael V. (2009). Proverbs 10-31. 18b. ISBN 978-0-3001-4209-9. 704 pages.
Seow, Choon-Leong (1997). Ecclesiastes. 18c. ISBN 978-0-3001-3960-0. 448 pages.
Pope, Marvin H. (1977). Song of Songs. 7c ?. ISBN 978-0-3850-0569-2. 768 pages.
Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2000). Isaiah 1-39. 19. ISBN 978-0-3001-3961-7. 544 pages.
Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2002). Isaiah 40-55. 19a. ISBN 978-0-3854-9717-6. 432 pages.
Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2003). Isaiah 56-66. 19b. ISBN 978-0-3001-3962-4. 368 pages.
McKenzie, John L. (1969). Second Isaiah (Isaiah 34-35, 40-66). 20. ISBN 978-0-3001-4079-8. 304
pages.
Bright, John (1965). Jeremiah. 21. ISBN 978-0-3850-0823-5. 524 pages.
Lundbom, Jack R. (1999). Jeremiah 1-20. 21a. ISBN 978-0-3001-3963-1. 960 pages.
Lundbom, Jack R. (2004). Jeremiah 21-36. 21b. ISBN 978-0-3001-3964-8. 672 pages.
Lundbom, Jack R. (2004). Jeremiah 37-52. 21c. ISBN 978-0-3001-3965-5. 656 pages.
Hillers, Delbert R. (1972). Lamentations. 7a. ISBN 978-0385007382. 168 pages.
Hillers, Delbert R. (1992). Lamentations. 7c ? (2nd revised ed.). ISBN 978-0-3001-3947-1. 175 pages.
Greenberg, Moshe (1983). Ezekiel 1-20. 22. ISBN 978-0-3850-0954-6. 416 pages.
Greenberg, Moshe (1997). Ezekiel 21-37. 22a. ISBN 978-0-3001-3967-9. 372 pages.
Milgrom, Jacob. Ezekiel 3848. (In production.)
Hartman, Louis F.; DiLella, Alexander A. (1978). The Book of Daniel. 23. ISBN 978-0-3850-1322-2.
360 pages.
Andersen, Francis I.; Freedman, David Noel (1980). Hosea. 24. ISBN 978-0-3850-0768-9. 720 pages.
Crenshaw, James L. (1995). Joel. 24c. ISBN 978-0-3001-4076-7. 272 pages.
Andersen, Francis I.; Freedman, David Noel (1989). Amos. 24a. ISBN 978-0-3001-4070-5. 1024
pages.
Raabe, Paul (1996). Obadiah. 24d. ISBN 978-0-3001-3971-6. 336 pages.
Sasson, Jack M. (1990). Jonah. 24b. ISBN 978-0-3852-3525-9. 384 pages.
Andersen, Francis I.; Freedman, David Noel (2000). Micah. 24e. ISBN 978-0-3850-8402-4. 720
pages.
Christensen, Duane L. (2009). Nahum. 24f. ISBN 978-0-3001-4479-6. 464 pages.
Andersen, Francis I. (2001). Habakkuk. 25. ISBN 978-0-3001-3973-0. 416 pages.
Berlin, Adele (1994). Zephaniah. 25a. ISBN 978-0-3001-4080-4. 192 pages.
Meyers, Carol L.; Meyers, Eric M. (1987). Haggai and Zechariah 18. 25b. ISBN 978-0-3851-44827. 576 pages.
Meyers, Carol L.; Meyers, Eric M. (1992). Zechariah 914. 25c. ISBN 978-0-3001-3976-1. 864
pages.
Hill, Andrew E. (1998). Malachi. 25d. ISBN 978-0-3854-6892-3. 480 pages.

New Testament
Albright, W. F.; Mann, C. S. (1971). Matthew. 26. ISBN 978-0-3850-8658-5. 576 pages.
Meier, John P. Matthew., (in production)
Replaced Mann, C. S. (1986). Mark. 27. ISBN 978-0-3850-3253-7. 744 pages.
Marcus, Joel (2000). Mark 1-8. 27. ISBN 978-0-3854-2349-6. 592 pages.
Marcus, Joel (2009). Mark 8-16. 27a. ISBN 978-0-3001-4116-0. 672 pages.
Fitzmyer, Joseph (1982). Luke 1-9. 28. ISBN 978-0385005159. 864 pages.
Fitzmyer, Joseph (1985). Luke 10-24. 28a. ISBN 978-0385155427. 848 pages.
Brown, Raymond E. (1966). John 1-12. 29. ISBN 978-0385015172. 544 pages.

Brown, Raymond E. (1970). John 13-21. 29a. ISBN 978-0300140729. 688 pages.
Replaced Munck, Johannes (1967). Acts of the Apostles. 31. ISBN 978-0-3850-0914-0. 468
pages.
Fitzmyer, Joseph (1998). Acts of the Apostles. 31. ISBN 978-0-3854-6880-0. 824 pages.
Fitzmyer, Joseph (1993). Romans. 33. ISBN 978-0-3001-4078-1. 832 pages.
Replaced Orr, William F.; Walther, James Arthur (1976). 1 Corinthians. 32. ISBN 978-0-38502853-0. 408 pages.
Fitzmyer, Joseph (2008). 1 Corinthians. 32. ISBN 978-0-3001-4044-6. 688 pages.
Furnish, Victor P. (1984). 2 Corinthians. 32a. ISBN 978-0-3851-1199-7. 648 pages.
Martyn, J. Louis (1997). Galatians. 33a. ISBN 978-0-3850-8838-1. 608 pages.
Barth, Markus (1974). Ephesians 1-3. 34. ISBN 978-0-3001-4071-2. 464 pages.
Barth, Markus (1974). Ephesians 4-6. 34a. ISBN 978-0-3850-8037-8. 849 pages.
Reumann, J. (2008). Philippians. 33b. ISBN 978-0-3001-4045-3. 832 pages.
Barth, Markus; Blankes, Helmut (1995). Colossians. 34b. ISBN 978-0-3851-1068-6. 552 pages.
Malherbe, Abraham J. (2000). The Letters to the Thessalonians. 32b. ISBN 978-0-3851-8460-1. 640
pages.
Johnson, Luke Timothy (2001). The First and Second Letters to Timothy. 35a. ISBN 978-0-30013988-4. 512 pages.
Quinn, Jerome D. (1990). The Letter to Titus. 35. ISBN 978-0-3001-4026-2. 384 pages.
Fitzmyer, Joseph (2001). The Letter to Philemon. 34c. ISBN 978-0-3001-4055-2. 138 pages.
Replaced Buchanan, George Wesley (1972). To the Hebrews. 36. ISBN 978-0-3850-2995-7. 312
pages.
Koester, Craig G. (2001). Hebrews. 36. ISBN 978-0-3854-6893-0. 640 pages.
Reicke, Bo (1964). The Epistles of James, Peter, and Jude. 37. ISBN 978-0-3850-1374-1. 264 pages.
Johnson, Luke Timothy (1995). The Letter of James. 37a. ISBN 978-0-3854-1360-2. 608 pages.
Elliott, John H. (2001). 1 Peter. 37b. ISBN 978-0-3854-1363-3. 1200 pages.
Neyrey, Jerome H. (1993). 2 Peter and Jude. 37b. ISBN 978-0-3854-1362-6. 300 pages.
Brown, Raymond E. (1982). The Epistles of John. 30 ?. ISBN 978-0-3850-5686-1. 840 pages.
Replaced Ford, J. Massyngberde (1975). Revelation. 38. ISBN 978-0-3850-0895-2. 528 pages.
Koester, Craig G. (2014). Revelation. 38a. ISBN 978-0-3001-4488-8. 928 pages.

Intertestamental Books ~ Apocrypha

Skehan, Patrick W. (1995). Wisdom of Ben Sira. 39. ISBN 978-0-3851-3517-7. 624 pages.
Moore, Carey A. (1985). Judith. 40. ISBN 978-0-3851-4424-7. 288 pages.
Moore, Carey A. (1996). Tobit. 40a. ISBN 978-0-3001-3996-9. 368 pages.
Goldstein, Jonathan A. (1976). 1 Maccabees. 41. ISBN 978-0-3850-8533-5. 592 pages.
Goldstein, Jonathan A. (1983). 2 Maccabees. 41a. ISBN 978-0-3850-4864-4. 592 pages.
Myers, Jacob M. (1974). 1 and 2 Esdras. 42. ISBN 978-0-3850-0426-8. 352 pages.
Winston, David (1979). The Wisdom of Solomon. 43. ISBN 978-0-3001-3999-0. 360 pages.
Moore, Carey A. (1977). Daniel, Esther and Jeremiah: The Additions. 44. ISBN 978-0-3850-4702-9.
384 pages.

Works in the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library

Works in the Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library include:
Ackerman, Susan (1998). Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel.
ISBN 0-385-48424-0.
Blenkinsopp, Joseph (2000). Pentateuch: An Introduction to the First Five Books of the Bible.
ISBN 0-385-49788-1.
Baden, Joel S. (2012). The Composition of the Pentateuch: Renewing the Documentary Hypothesis.
ISBN 978-0-300-15263-0.

Brown, Raymond E. (1994). Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave (2 Vol. Boxed Set).
ISBN 0-385-47177-7.
Brown, Raymond E. (1997). An Introduction to the New Testament. ISBN 0-385-24767-2.
Brown, Raymond E.; Soards, Marion L. (2016). An Introduction to the New Testament: The Abridged
Edition. ISBN 978-0-300-17312-3.
Brown, Raymond E. (1999). Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the
Gospels of Matthew and Luke (2nd ed.). ISBN 0-385-49447-5.
Brown, Raymond E. (2003). An Introduction to the Gospel of John. ISBN 0-385-50722-4.
Charlesworth, James H. (1983). The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 1: Apocalyptic Literature
and Testaments. ISBN 0-385-09630-5.
Charlesworth, James H. (1985). The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Vol. 2: Expansions of the "Old
Testament" and Legends, Wisdom and Philosophical Literature, Prayers, Psalms and Odes,
Fragments of Lost Judeo-Hellenistic Works. ISBN 0-385-18813-7.
Charlesworth, James H. (1988). Jesus Within Judaism. ISBN 0-385-23610-7.
Charlesworth, James H. (1992). Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls. ISBN 0-385-24863-6.
Charlesworth, James H. (2006). The Good and Evil Serpent: The Symbolism and Meaning of the
Serpent in the Ancient World. ISBN 0-385-49696-6.
Collins, John J. (1995). Scepter and the Star: The Messiahs of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Ancient
Literature. ISBN 0-385-47457-1.
Crenshaw, James L. (1998). Education in Ancient Israel: Across the Deadening Silence. ISBN 0-38546891-1.
Dungan, David Laird (1999). A History of the Synoptic Problem: The Canon, the Text, the
Composition, and the Interpretation of the Gospels. ISBN 0-385-47192-0.
Freedman, David Noel (2000). The Nine Commandments: Uncovering the Hidden Pattern of Crime
and Punishment in the Hebrew Bible. ISBN 0-385-49986-8.
Garrett, Susan R. (2008). No Ordinary Angel: Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims about Jesus.
ISBN 978-0-300-14095-8.
Gibson, Shimon (2004). The Cave of John the Baptist: The Stunning Archaeological Discovery That
Has Redefined Christian History. ISBN 0-385-50347-4.
Goldstein, Jonathan A. (2002). Peoples of an Almighty God: Competing Religions in the Ancient
World. ISBN 0-385-42347-0.
Hahn, Scott W. (2009). Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God's
Saving Promises. ISBN 978-0-300-14097-2.
Hamori, Esther J. (2015). Women's Divination in Biblical Literature: Prophecy, Necromancy, and
Other Arts of Knowledge. ISBN 978-0-300-17891-3.
Johnson, Luke Timothy (2010). Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity.
ISBN 978-0-300-16810-5.
Layton, Bentley (1995). The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and
Introductions. ISBN 0-385-47843-7.
Lim, Timothy H. (2013). The Formation of the Jewish Canon. ISBN 978-0-300-16434-3.
Mazar, Amihai (1990). Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: Volume 1: 10,000586 B.C.E. ISBN 0385-23970-X.
Meier, John P. (1991). A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume 1: The Roots of the
Problem and the Person. ISBN 0-385-26425-9.
Meier, John P. (1994). A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume 2: Mentor, Message,
and Miracles. ISBN 0-385-46992-6.
Meier, John P. (2001). A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume 3: Companions and
Competitors. ISBN 0-385-46993-4.
Meier, John P. (2009). A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume 4: Law and Love.
ISBN 0-300-14096-7.
Meier, John P. (2016). A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Volume 5: Probing the
Authenticity of the Parables. ISBN 978-0-300-21190-0.
Meyers, Eric M.; Chancey, Mark A. (2012). Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: Volume 3:
Alexander to Constantine. ISBN 978-0-300-14179-5.

Mobley, Gregory (2005). The Empty Men : the Heroic Tradition of Ancient Israel. ISBN 0-385-498519.
Moss, Candida R. (2012). Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and
Traditions. ISBN 978-0-300-15465-8.
Neusner, Jacob (1994). Introduction to Rabbinic Literature. ISBN 0-385-47093-2.
Niditch, Susan (2015). The Responsive Self: Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the NeoBabylonian and Persian Periods. ISBN 978-0-300-16636-1.
Peckham, Brian (1993). History and Prophecy: The Development of Late Judean Literary Traditions.
ISBN 0-385-42348-9.
Schiffman, Lawrence H. (1995). Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls: The History of Judaism, the
Background of Christianity, the Lost Library of Qumran. ISBN 0-8276-0530-7.
Schniedewind, William M. (2013). A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins Through the Rabbinic
Period. ISBN 978-0-300-17668-1.
Segal, Alan F. (2004). Life after Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion. ISBN 0-38542299-7.
Smith, Mark S. (2016). Where the Gods Are: Spatial Dimensions of Anthropomorphism in the Biblical
World. ISBN 978-0-300-20922-8.
Sommer, Benjamin D. (2015). Revelation and Authority: Sinai in Jewish Scripture and Tradition.
ISBN 978-0-300-15873-1.
Stern, Ephraim (2001). Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: Volume 2: The Assyrian, Babylonian,
and Persian Periods (732332 BCE). ISBN 0-385-42450-7.
Wise, Michael Owen (2015). Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea: A Study of the Bar Kokhba
Documents. ISBN 978-0-300-20453-7.

See also
List of Biblical commentaries

References
1. "Yale University Press Acquires Anchor Bible Series from Doubleday" (http://blog.yupnet.org/2007/09/25/breakingnews-y/), Yale University Press, 2007
2. "The Anchor Yale Bible Series" (http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/SeriesPage.asp?Series=143), Yale University
Press, 2008.

External links
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sPage.asp?Series=143)
New York Times article on the Series (http://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/11/books/editing-the-anchor-b
ible.html)
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