Work in Progress

Samples from the first volumes and links to their Blackwell webpages are now available for viewing.

Rachel Nicholls kindly offers her stimulating paper on Wirkungsgeschichte, Is Wirkungsgeschichte ( or Reception History) a kind of intellectual Parkour (or Freerunning)?

At previous SBL meetings some authors and editors of the series have met to discuss the aims and progress of the volumes.

At SBL 2004, Scott Langston and David Gunn shared with other authors the joys and difficulties faced in completing their books, on Exodus and Judges respectively. Mary Callaway (Jeremiah) delivered a paper at the History of Interpretation session entitled 'What's the Use of Reception History?' that offered some very helpful and stimulating thoughts on the distinctive nature of Wirkungsgeschichte. You can download her paper here. A report of the meeting is available here.

At 2002 in Toronto, Scott Langston shared some of the developments on his Exodus volume. Read them here.

The previous year, series editor Judith Kovacs offered some further guidelines for authors with reference to her Revelation volume. Read them here.

At SBL 2000 John Sawyer offered a paper in the Art of Hebrew Bible Commentary Consultation session that helpfully unpacked the Wirkungsgeschichte ('impact history') concept in relation to the series. Read it here.