Publications
Professor Moshe Garsiel


Doctorate Thesis

Parallels Between the Book of Jeremiah and the Book of Psalms, Tel-Aviv University 1973.


Books

   1.       The Kingdom of David: Studies in History and Inquiries in Historiography, Tel-Aviv 1975 (Hebrew).

   2.       The Beginning of the Kingdom in Israel--A written course for The Open University, Israel 1982 (Hebrew).

   3.       The First Book of Samuel: A Literary Study of Comparative Structures, Analogies and Parallels, Ramat Gan 1983 (Hebrew); 1985 (English translation); 1990 (A second printing by Rubin Mass, Jerusalem.)

   4.       S. Abramski & M. Garsiel, The Book of 1 Samuel: Encyclopedia the World of the Bible, Ramat Gan 1985 (Hebrew).

   5.       Midrashic Name Derivations in the Bible, Ramat Gan 1987 (Hebrew).

   6.       S. Abramski & M. Garsiel, The Book of 2 Samuel: Encyclopedia the World of the Bible, Ramat Gan 1989 (Hebrew).

   7.       Biblical Names: A Literary Study of Midrashic Derivations and Puns, Ramat Gan: Bar-Ilan University Press 1991, 296 p.

   8.       The First Book of Kings: Encyclopedia of the World of the Bible, Tel Aviv 1994 (Hebrew).

   9.       G. Galil, M. Garsiel & M. Kochman, The First Book of Chronicles, The World of the Bible, Tel Aviv 1995 (Hebrew).

   10.       M. Garsiel et al, Psalms, vol. 2, The World of the Bible, Tel Aviv 1995 (Hebrew).



Articles

   1.       The Heroes of King David, in Braslavi Jub. Vol., The Society for Bible Research, Jerusalem 1970, pp. 149-159 (Hebrew).

   2.       The Story of Ehud Son of Gerah, Hagut Ba-Mikra, 2, Tel-Aviv 1976, pp. 57-77 (Hebrew).

   3.       The Story of David and Bath-sheba in the Book of Samuel--Its Nature and Purpose, Beit-Mikra 49 (1972), pp. 162-182 (Hebrew).

   4.       A Review of Recent Interpretations of the Story of David and Bath-sheba: II Samuel 11, Immanuel--Bulletin of Religion, Thought and Research in Israel, 2 (1973), pp. 19-20.

   5.       M. Garsiel & I. Finkelstein, The Westward Expansion of the House of Joseph in the Light of the Izbet-Sarta Excavations, Tel-Aviv, 5 (1978), pp. 192-198.

   6.       The Literary Structure, Art of the Storyteller and Development of Plot in the Book of Ruth, Hagut Ba-Mikra, 3, Tel-Aviv 1979, pp.66-83 (Hebrew).

   7.       The Battle at Michmash (I Samuel 13-14)--A Historical-Literary Analysis, in U. Simon & M. Goshen (eds.), Studies in Bible and Exegesis--Arie Toeg in Memoriam, Ramat Gan 1980, pp. 15-50 (Hebrew).

   8.       King Solomon's Trip to Gibeon and His Dream, in Ben-Yehudah Jub. Vol., The Society for Biblical Research, Tel-Aviv 1981, pp.181-218 (Hebrew).

   9.       Disturbances in Married Life in the Stories of S. Agnon, Niv Ha-Midrashiah, 1971, pp. 216-232 (Hebrew).

   10.       A New Commentary to the Book of Samuel--A Review, Immanuel, 16 (1983), pp. 25-31.

   11.       Literary Study of Structure and Message in Jacob's Stories, Hagut Ba-Mikra, 4 (1983), pp. 63-81 (Hebrew).

   12.       Models of Analogy and Sets of Comparison in the Bible, in MILET-- The Open University Studies in Jewish History and Culture, II, Tel-Aviv, 1985, pp. 35-48 (Hebrew).

   13.       Samuel's Speech Concerning "The Custom of the King" (1 Samuel 8), in Hagut Ba-Mikra, 5 (1988), pp. 112-136 (Hebrew).

   14.       Metaphorical and Metonymical Methods of Description in the Biblical Story, Bikoret U-Parshanut (Criticism and Interpretation), 23 (1987), pp. 5-40 (Hebrew).

   15.       Wit, Words and a Woman: 1 Samuel 25, in Y. T. Radday & A. Brener (eds.), On Humor and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible, JSOT Monograph Series, Sheffield Academic Press 1991, pp. 163-170.

   16.       Midrashic Name Derivations in the Book of Samuel, in M. Bar-Asher et. al. (eds.), Studies in Bible and Exegesis, 3, M. Goshen-Gotstein Jub. Vol., Ramat Gan 1993 (Hebrew), pp. 105-119.

   17.       Midrashic Name Derivations in the Elijah's Cycle, Gevaryahu Jub. Vol., Jerusalem 1989, pp. 149-155 (Hebrew).

   18.       Implicit Puns Upon Names as Subtle Colophons in the Bible, Gevaryahu Memorial Book, Jerusalem 1990 (English part), pp. 15-22.

   19.       Puns Upon Names as a Literary Device in 1 Kings 1-2, Biblica 72 (1991), pp. 379-386.

   20.       David's Battles Against the Philistines Near Jerusalem, Mechkerei Chag, 4, 1991, pp. 15-23 (Hebrew).

   21.       The Story of David and Bath-sheba -- A Different Approach, CBQ 55 (1993), pp. 244-262.

   22.       Homiletic Name-Derivations as a Literary Device in the Gideon Narrative: Judges vi-viii, VT 43 (1993), pp. 302-317.

   23.       Shaping and Meaning in the Book of Judges, Beit Mikra 38 (1993), pp. 376-380 (Hebrew).

   24.       Psalm 60 -- Its Historical Setting, Interpretation, Associations and Meaning, Beit Mikra 39 (1994), pp. 193-209 (Hebrew).

   25.       Puns Upon Letter Names in the Acrostic Units of the Hebrew Bible, Beit Mikra 39 (1994), pp. 313-334 (Hebrew).

   26.       The Biblical Origin of the Place Name of the Valley of Theropoeon in Jerusalem, Mentioned by Josephus Flavius, Beit Mikra 40 (1995), pp.127-134 (Hebrew).

   27.       Torn Between Prophet and Necromancer: Saul's Despair (1 Sam 28,3-15), Beit Mikra 41(1), pp. 172-194.

   28.       Elements of History and Reality in the Description of the Ela Valley Warfare and the Combat Between David and Goliath (1 Sam 17), Beit Mikra 41 (1997), pp. 293-316 (Hebrew).

   29.       The Battle of Mizpa (1 Sam 7) -- Between History and Historiography, in Y. Hoffman and F. Polak (eds.), A Light for Jacob in Memory of J.S. Licht, Bialik and Tel Aviv Un. Jerusalem 1997, pp. 78-89.(Hebrew).

   30.       The Structure and Contents of Chronicles as a Veiled Polemic Against the Samaritans, Beit Mikra 41 (1997), pp. 293-314. (Hebrew; English edition forthcoming).

   31.       Wordplays, Puns and Puns Upon Names as a Literary Rhetorical Device in the Book of Samuel, Beit Mikra 42 (1998), pp. 1-14 (Hebrew; English edition forthcoming).

   32.       David's Census in 1Chr. in the Light of 2Sam 24, in M. Garsiel et al (eds.), Studies in Bible and Exegesis 5 - Prof. U Simon Jub. Vol.(Hebrew, forthcoming).


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