Commentary Set
The Commentary Set is online! It is a free download for all interested parties until I find someone who wants to publish it. Tell all your friends. [Download Here]
There are many commentaries on the shelves of my local bookstore. The problem is that they are not all on the shelves in my home. I cannot purchase them all at once, and I am guessing that you cannot either. While there are many commentary bibliographies and purchasing guides, I could not find any that guided me to the books I should purchase first.
I also hate shelling out $40-$60 only to find out that a book is not engaging or an author has an idiosyncratic point of view. I bet you do too. That is why you need this list. This list answers the question, “If can only buy one right now, which should it be?”
If you follow the list, you will end up with a 52 volume eclectic biblical commentary comprised of the best of contemporary evangelical scholarship. Not everyone will agree with all of my selections. That is fine by me; I am self-constrained by the purpose and criteria detailed in the document. However, I will say this: you will not regret owning any of these commentaries.
If you have any comments about the list, please leave them below. I would like to know what you think about the list, as well as your other suggestions on particular commentaries.
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Posted on March 7, 2007 at 11:28 am
Comment by j cyrus
Great work. I gave you a link in a recent post over at the “Steeple.” Press on!
Posted on March 8, 2007 at 8:37 am
Comment by blestou
Jon, thanks for the link and the encouragement!
Posted on March 17, 2007 at 9:42 am
Comment by blestou
Andreas Köstenberger (SEBTS) has released a list of his favorite NT commentaries. His list compares favorably with mine, but the weakness (from the perspective of this page’s list) is that he lists several commentaries for each biblical book with no ranking.
However, it is a quite solid list and will be of service to you as you continue to add volumes to your library.
Köstenberger’s Favorite NT Commentaries
Let me know if you find other similar online lists.
Posted on March 23, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Comment by Dave Miller
you are a hoot my friend a real hoot
Posted on July 26, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Comment by blestou
Dave, thanks for dropping by and downloading my stuff. Hope all is going well. Let me know when you want to move out here and I will get you a job.
Posted on July 28, 2007 at 9:10 am
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Commentary Recommendations…
Updated September 2007 to fix broken links
There are a number of websites with lists of recommended commentaries, but not all are that helpful. Here I will post a list of what I believe to be the most useful sets of commentary recommendations on the…
Posted on September 17, 2007 at 4:48 am
Comment by blestou
I have evaluated commentaries in my list. Mark Heath has evaluated lists of commentaries. See his recommendations of other commentary lists here.
Posted on September 17, 2007 at 8:01 am
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