Norman Gottwald, The Hebrew Bible—A Socio-Literary Introduction (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985); The Tribes of Yahweh (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1979) and “Were the Early Israelites Pastoral Nomads?” BAR 04:02. See also P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., “A Major New Introduction to the Bible,” Bible Review, Summer 1986.