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Sermon on the Mount

An annotated bibliography for the Sermon on the Mount (= SM) and the history of its interpretation

Matthew 1-13 / edited by Manlio Simonetti.

Matthew 1-13 / edited by Manlio Simonetti. 0830814868 (cloth : alk. paper) series Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BS2575.3 .M29 2001

This is the first volume in the series, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. It is a modern "catena," a collection of noteworthy comments on verses in Matthew by church writers from the first century through the eighth. Each section is introduced by a summary, and then you see English translations of the comments from a fair variety of church writers.

Matthew : a commentary / Ulrich Luz ; translated by Wilhelm C. Linss.

Luz, Ulrich. . Matthew : a commentary / Ulrich Luz ; translated by Wilhelm C. Linss. 0806624027 (v. 1) series Minneapolis : Augsburg, c1989-
Call#: Van Pelt Library BS2575.3 .L8913 1989

An impressive commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, translated into English for the Hermeneia series. This commentary discusses the meaning of each section with reference to Jesus, with reference to Matthew's community, and with reference to its influence. Volume 1 contains the Sermon on the Mount.

Matthew and the margins : a sociopolitical and religious reading / Warren Carter.

Carter, Warren, 1955- . Matthew and the margins : a sociopolitical and religious reading / Warren Carter. 1570753245 (pbk.) series Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c2000.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BS2575.3 .C38 2000

Carter's commentary on the Gospel of Matthew has a sociopolitical emphasis.

Sermon on the Mount through the centuries / edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, Stephen R. Spencer.

Sermon on the Mount through the centuries / edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, Stephen R. Spencer. 9781587432057 (pbk.) series Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2007.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT380.3 .R43 2007

This is a survey of some major Christian interpreters of the Sermon on the Mount, including John Chrysostom, Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, Dante and Chaucer, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, C. H. Spurgeon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Howard Yoder, John Paul II, Leonardo Boff, and John R. W. Stott.

International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000 / B.R. Mitchell.

Mitchell, B. R. (Brian R.) . International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000 / B.R. Mitchell. 4th ed. 0333994124 series Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
Call#: Van Pelt Library HA4675 .M552 2003

With one voice : the Sermon on the mount and rabbinic literature = B'qol echad / Dennis Stoutenburg.

Stoutenburg, Dennis. . With one voice : the Sermon on the mount and rabbinic literature = B'qol echad / Dennis Stoutenburg. 1573090514 (cloth : alk. paper) series San Francisco : International Scholars Publications, 1996.
Call#: Ctr for Adv Judaic Studies Lib, 4th & Walnut Sts. CJS BT380.2 .S865 1996

Lord's Sermon on the mount, tr. by John J. Jepson, with an introd. and notes by the editors.

Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. . Lord's Sermon on the mount, tr. by John J. Jepson, with an introd. and notes by the editors. series Westminster, Md., Newman Press, 1948.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BR60 .A35 no.5

Martin Luther and John Wesley on the Sermon on the mount / Tore Meistad.

Meistad, Tore, 1942- . Martin Luther and John Wesley on the Sermon on the mount / Tore Meistad. 0810835673 (cloth : alk. paper) series Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BX8495.W5 M39 1999

Sermon on the Mount through the centuries / edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, Stephen R. Spencer.

. Sermon on the Mount through the centuries / edited by Jeffrey P. Greenman, Timothy Larsen, Stephen R. Spencer. 9781587432057 (pbk.) series Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2007.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT380.3 .R43 2007

Sermon on the mount in St. Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron / Martin Hogan.

Hogan, Martin. . Sermon on the mount in St. Ephrem's Commentary on the Diatessaron / Martin Hogan. 3906761622 series Bern ; New York : P. Lang, c1999.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BS2550.T2 H75 1999

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Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts

Lists major releases of historical census data online for the country, states, cities, metro areas, etc. Very useful starting point for historical census questions.

Decennials - Census of Population and Housing

Decennials - Census of Population and Housing
PDF-format versions of historic US decennial census volumes, 1790 to present. Topics covered include basic counts of population and housing, with race and gender, for the nation, states, counties, townships and municipalities, and some small areas (e.g., wards). From 1840 to present, social and economic information is provided.
Holdings: 1790 to present (backfile in progress: 1790-1860, 1990-2000 available)

Sermon on the Mount, by Martin Dibelius.

Dibelius, Martin, 1883-1947. . Sermon on the Mount, by Martin Dibelius. New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1940.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT380 .D5

Commentary by one of the founders of form criticism.

What are they saying about Matthew's Sermon on the mount? / Warren Carter.

Carter, Warren, 1955- . What are they saying about Matthew's Sermon on the mount? / Warren Carter. [080913473X : ] New York : Paulist Press, c1994.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT380.2 .C35 1994

A simple introduction to critical scholarship of the Sermon.

Setting of the Sermon on the Mount / by W.D. Davies.

Davies, William David, 1911- . Setting of the Sermon on the Mount / by W.D. Davies. [1555404030 (alk. paper) ] Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, 1989, c1964.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT380.2 .D37 1989

Davies argues for the strong Jewish roots of Jesus' preaching.

Song of Songs: History of Interpretation

I've just started, but I plan to create an annotated bibliography of Song of Songs interpretation here. More later...

Historical gazetteer of the United States / Paul T. Hellmann.

Hellmann, Paul T., 1949- . Historical gazetteer of the United States / Paul T. Hellmann. [0415939488 (acid-free paper) ] New York : Routledge, 2005.
Call#: Van Pelt Library Reference Stacks E154 .H45 2005

Enumerator Instructions

Instructions given to census takers from 1850-2000. It's important to note that census takers filled out the forms until 1960, when self-enumeration began in part.

Five Gospels : the search for the authentic words of Jesus : new translation and commentary / by Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar.

Five Gospels : the search for the authentic words of Jesus : new translation and commentary / by Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and the Jesus Seminar. [0025419498] New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BS2553 .S24 1993

This book is the work of the Jesus Seminar, a group of about seventy scholars of the historical Jesus. It provides the text of the Gospel of Thomas and the four canonical gospels in a new translation (Scholar's Version). More famously, it color-codes each word to indicate whether the Seminar's scholars (voting individually) considered it authentic Jesus material.

Historical Jesus Studies: An Annotated Bibliography

This is an annotated bibliography of useful books and online resources for study of the historical Jesus. "Historical Jesus" is a term used to described what can be said of Jesus of Nazareth from a critical, historical perspective. Critical research into the historical Jesus is generally considered to have four phases.

1. The First Quest for the Historical Jesus was pursued primarily by nineteenth-century European Liberals, who sought to use gospel sources critically to write a biography ("Life of Jesus") to portray Jesus as he really was. Albert Schweitzer's research showed that most of this work tended to portray Jesus as a nineteenth-century European Liberal.

2. A period sometimes known as "No Quest for the Historical Jesus" followed, at least in Europe. Jesus scholars of this period typically considered it both historically impossible and theologically illegitimate to write a biography of Jesus. Rudolf Bultmann and Martin Dibelius are typical of this period.

3. The Second Quest (originally, the "New Quest") began in 1953. While agreeing that it was not possible to write a biography of Jesus in nineteenth-century terms, this quest considered it possible and necessary to discover what could be said about the historical Jesus. G|nther Bornkamm is typical of this period.

4. The Third Quest began in about the 1970s. Rejecting the anti-Semitism implicit in the Criterion of Dissimilarity, it places Jesus squarely within Judaism. It uses non-canonical texts as well as canonical texts, and it shows an interest in social history. While there is no real consensus in the Third Quest, there are noticeable tendencies. Some scholars (for example, E. P. Sanders and Gerd Theissen) see Jesus as an apocalyptic prophet and others (for example, Burton Mack and Dom Crossan) see him as a non-apocalyptic wisdom teacher. In addition, there are Third Quest dissenters (for example, Luke Timothy Johnson) who have a more conservative perspective.

Jesus and Judaism / E.P. Sanders.

Sanders, E. P.. Jesus and Judaism / E.P. Sanders. [0800607430] Philadelphia : Fortress Press, 1985.
Call#: BT590.J8 S26 1985

This book is an early major study of the Third Quest of the historical Jesus. It focuses on Jesus as a Jew. It emphasizes what Jesus did more than what he said. In particular, it sees the "Cleansing of the Temple" as a key to understanding Jesus as an eschatological prophet who saw himself as God's last messenger before the coming of the kingdom.

So-called historical Jesus and the historic, Biblical Christ / Translated, edited, and with an introd. by Carl E. Braaten. Foreword by Paul J. Tillich.

Kähler, Martin, 1835-1912. So-called historical Jesus and the historic, Biblical Christ / Translated, edited, and with an introd. by Carl E. Braaten. Foreword by Paul J. Tillich.Philadelphia, Fortress Press, [1964].
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT303.2 .K313

This book was an early and influential criticism of the first Quest of the Historical Jesus. It is also famous for referring to the Gospel of Mark as "a passion narrative with an extended introduction."

Quest of the historical Jesus / Albert Schweitzer.

Schweitzer, Albert, 1875-1965.. Quest of the historical Jesus / Albert Schweitzer. [0800632885 (alk. paper)] Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2001.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT303 .S42813 2001

First published in English translation in 1906 as The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede.

This critical study is the climax of the First Quest of the Historical Jesus. It presents Jesus as an apocalyptic prophet who attempted unsuccessfully to bring about the Kingdom of God.

Historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant / John Dominic Crossan.

Crossan, John Dominic..Historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant / John Dominic Crossan. [0060616075 (alk. paper) :] New York : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT301.2 .C76 1991

Dom Crossan is a member of the Jesus Seminar. This is a third-quest study. It depends heavily on the Gospel of Thomas and argues that the Gospel of Peter contains the most original passion narrative. It presents Jesus as a Jewish peasant cynic, a non-violent, counter-cultural protestor who tried to move people into unmediated ("unbrokered") contact with God and one another.

Jesus, a new vision : spirit, culture, and the life of discipleship / Marcus J. Borg.

Borg, Marcus J.. Jesus, a new vision : spirit, culture, and the life of discipleship / Marcus J. Borg. [0060608145 (alk. paper)] San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT202 .B644 1991

This is a major third-quest study, presenting Jesus as charismatic, non-apocalyptic healer and sage promoting "holiness as compassion." Borg is a member of the Jesus Seminar, and this was the first book-length study to emerge from the Jesus Seminar.

Historical Jesus : a comprehensive guide / Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz.

Theissen, Gerd.. Historical Jesus : a comprehensive guide / Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz. [0334026962] London : SCM Press, 1998.
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT297 .T4713 1998

This book is intended to be an introductory textbook in the area of historical Jesus studies. The authors take a critical approach, typical of the "Third Quest" for the historical Jesus. The textbook gives a good overview of scholarly approaches to the subject. It also provides a collection of primary sources in English translation. This book is a good place to begin one's own research into the historical Jesus.

Jesus of Nazareth. / By Günther Bornkamm.

Bornkamm, Günther. Jesus of Nazareth. Translated by Irene and Fraser McLuskey with James M. Robinson. New York, Harper [1960]
Call#: Van Pelt Library BT301.2 .B583 1960a

The critical study is the classic text from the early Second Quest of the Historical Jesus. As a Second Quest study, it puts a high priority on the Criterion of Dissimilarity. It is written for a popular audience.

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International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000 / B.R. Mitchell.

International historical statistics : Europe, 1750-2000 / B.R. Mitchell.