Thursday, April 7, 2022

BH Commentary list

 

Years ago, it was here http://www.biblicalstudiescenter.org/bhwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.CommentaryRecommendations

But that is WAY out of date. It needs a new home.


 Michael Bull
Apr 6   

I saved this in 2015, but I think it's the 2014 version.
Don't know if it's newer or older than what Tim has online.


Previous Results

(JBJ recommends everything by Keil & Delitzsch, Homer Hoeksema, Hirsch, and Lange, so those are not included below.)

GENESIS
First team
   Wenham
   Hamilton
Second team
   Cassuto

EXODUS
First Team
  Cassuto
Second Team
  Houtman
  Enns

LEVITICUS
First Team
   Wenham
   Kiuchi
   Milgrom (Anchor)
Second Team
   Gorman
Honarable Mention
   Bonar

NUMBERS
   Wenham
   Milgrom

DEUTERONOMY
First Team
   Christensen
Second Team
   Cragie
   C. Wright
   Brueggemann
Honorable Mention
   North

JOSHUA
First Team
   Woudstra
   Sinnema
Second Team
   Dale Ralph Davis
   David Howard

JUDGES
First Team
   Jordan
Second Team
   Dale Ralph Davis
   Block

RUTH
   Block
   Hubbard

SAMUEL
First Team
   Leithart
   Gordon (1 Sam only)
   Youngblood
Second Team
   McCarter
   Fokkelman
   Dale Ralph Davis
Honorable Mention
   Alter
   Fox (Give Us a King)
   Baldwin

KINGS
   Leithart
   Davis

CHRONICLES

First Team
   Johnstone
   Japhet
Second Team
   Hill

EZRA-NEHEMIAH
First Team
   Hugh Williamson (WBC)
   Ralph Klein (NIB)
Second Team
   Hannah Harrington (NICOT)
Honorable Mention
   Doug Green (NIV Application Commentary, forthcoming)

ESTHER
   Jordan (forthcoming)
   Wiskerke (Purim)

JOB
First Team
   Sumpter (Through New Eyes series, forthcoming)
   Norman Habel (The Old Testament Library series; Toby said it might complement his best)
Second Team
   William Green (Conflict and Triumph)

PSALMS
First Team
   J. A. Alexander (The Psalms Translated and Explained)
   James L. Mays (Interpretation)
Second Team
   Gerald H. Wilson (NIV Application Commentary)
   Willem VanGemeren (Expositor's Bible Commentary)

Honorable Mention
   Michael Wilcock (BST)
   Kidner (IVP)
   John Calvin

PROVERBS
First Team
   Waltke (NICOT)
   Kidner (IVP)
Second Team
   Ross (EBC)

ECCLESIASTES
First Team
   Meyers
   Kaiser
Second Team
   Wilson
   Moore
Honorable Mention
   Choon-Leong Seow

SONG OF SOLOMON
First Team
   Lloyd Carr
   Robert Jenson
   Ellen Davis
Second Team
   Cheryl Exum
   Christopher Mitchell
Honorable Mention
   Craig Glickman
   Christopher Mitchell

ISAIAH
First Team
   Alec Motyer (IVP)
Second Team
   Allan Harman (Focus on the Bible)
   E. J. Young
Honorable Mention
   J.A. Alexander
   Brevard Childs
   Alec Motyer (Tyndale)

JEREMIAH
   Harrison (Tyndale)
   Brueggemann (Exile and Homecoming)

LAMENTATIONS
   Robert Hubbard (NICOT)
   Paul House (WBC)
   Iain Provan (NCBC)

EZEKIEL
   Daniel Block
   Robert Jenson

DANIEL
   Jordan
   Young

HOSEA

Honorable Mention
   Duane Garrett (NAC)
   Andrew Dearman (NICOT)
   Gary Smith
   Douglas Stuart (WBC)
   David Hubbard
   Derek Kidner
   Veldkamp

JOEL
   None

AMOS
Second Team
   Gary V. Smith (Menor or, alternatively, the NIVAC series)
Honorable Mention
   Shalom Paul (Hermeneia) 
   James Luther Mays (OTL)
   Meindert Dijkstra (HCOT)
   M. Daniel Carroll R. (NICOT)

OBADIAH
   
David Field (Obadiah: A Practical Commentary)


JONAH
First Team 
   Patrick Fairbairn
   Hugh Martyn
Second Team 
   James Limburg (OTL)
Honorable Mention 
   Terrence E. Fretheim (The Message of Jonah: A Theological Commentary; Augsburg, 1977)
   Philip Cary (Brazos)
   Phyllis Trible (NIB)
   Jack M. Sasson (AB)

MICAH
Honorable Mention
   Bruce Waltke (2007)
   James Luther Mays (OTL)
   Ralph Davis (EPSC)

NAHUM
   None

HABAKKUK
Honorable Mention
   O. Palmer Robertson (NICOT, also includes Nahum & Zephaniah)
   Richard D. Patterson (Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary, also includes Nahum & Zephaniah)
   John D. Currid (Welwyn Commentary Series)

ZEPHANIAH
   O. Palmer Robertson (NICOT, includes Nahum and Habakkuk)
   Richard D. Patterson (Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary, includes Nahum and Habakkuk)

HAGGAI
First Team
   Jordan (Brazos, Haggai & Zechariah, forthcoming)
Honorable Mention
   J. Alec Motyer

ZECHARIAH
First Team
   Jordan (Brazos, Haggai & Zechariah, forthcoming)
Honorable Mention
   Joyce Baldwin (TOTC)
   Thomas McComiskey (in vol. 3 of The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical & Expository Commentary, edited 
   by McComiskey)

MALACHI
Honorable Mention
   Andrew Hill (Anchor)
   Peter Verhoeff (NICOT, also includes Haggai)
   Douglas Stuart (in 3rd volume of McComiskey set on MP)

MATTHEW
First Team
   France (NICNT, 2007)
   David Garland (Reading Matthew: A Literary and Theological Commentary)
   Davies & Allison (ICC, three volumes)
Second Team
   N.T. Wright (Matthew for Everyone)
   Ben Witherington (Matthew, Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary)
Honorable Mention
   D.A. Carson (EBC)

MARK
First Team
   Mark Horne (The Victory According to Mark)
   France (NIGTC)
Second Team
   Ben Witherington (The Gospel of Mark: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary)
   Eugene LaVerdier (The Beginning of the Gospel)
   Joel Marcus (Anchor Bible, 2 vols)
   N.T. Wright (Mark for Everyone)
Honorable Mention
   Austin Farrer (A Study in Saint Mark)
   Lane (NICNT)
   Edwards (Pillar)

LUKE
First Team
   Arthur A. Just (Lutheran Commentary, 2 vols)
   Joel B. Green (NICNT)
   Luke Timothy Johnson (Sacra Pagina)
Second Team
   Wright (for Everyone)
   LaVerdiere (New Testament Message series)
Honorable Mention
   Joseph Fitzmyer (Anchor Bible, 2 vols.)
   Frederick Danker (Jesus and the New Age)

JOHN
First Team
   Raymond Brown (Anchor Bible
   Thomas Brodie (Oxford)
Second Team
   Gary Burge (NIV Application Bible)
   Ridderbos
   Mark W.G. Stibbe (Readings: A New Biblical Commentary -- ISBN: 1-85075-433-0)
   Carson (good antidote to biblical skepticism)
Honorable Mention
   Morris

ACTS
Honorable Mention
   Joseph Fitzmyer (Anchor Bible) - sequel to his excellent 2 volumes on Luke
   Richard Longnecker (Expositor's Bible Commentary) - evangelical to balance Fitzmyer
   Eckhard Schnabel (ZECNT)
   Marshall (TNTC)

 

   John Stott (BST)


ROMANS
First Team
   Wright
   Cranfield
Second Team
   Davies/Allison
Honorable Mention
   Moo

1
CORINTHIANS
First Team
   Richard Hays (Interpretation)
   David Garland (BECNT)
Second Team
   Gordon Fee (NICNT)
Honorable Mention
   Gregory Lockwood (Concordia Popular Commentary)
   Witherington (Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 
   Corinthians

 

2 CORINTHIANS
First Team
   Scott Hafeman (NIV Application)
Second Team

   David Garland (NAC)

GALATIANS
First Team
   Witherington (Grace in Galatia)  
Second Team
   Hays
   Garlington
Honorable Mention
   Bruce

   McKnight

EPHESIANS
First Team
   Thielman (ECNT)
   Stott (BST)
   Mark Horne (Through New Eyes, forthcoming)
Second Team   
   O'Brien (PNTC)  
   Hoehner (Baker)

Honorable Mention
   Lincoln (Word)
   Markus Barth (Anchor)
   John Paul Heil

PHILIPPIANS
First Team
   Fee
   Wright (audio commentary)
Second Team
   Lightfoot
Honorable Mention
   Silva   
   Fowl
   O'Brien
   Thielman
   Heir

 



What's the password, Tim?

And Mike, do you have the rest of the list, past Philippians?

Cheers,
Chris W


 Michael Bull
1:52am   



Well, let me help with some of the others...

Hebrews - Doug Wilson (kinda weird in places, but still worth a read)
2 Peter - Peter Leithart
1-3 John - Peter Leithart
Revelation - Peter Leithart (plus James B Jordan, David Chilton)

Chris W


2:13am   

Password should be 44bhonly

Tim


2:14am   

That wiki is a really out of date app. If we really want this, we should probably start over with something better.

Tim


2:16am   

IIRC, it was Jeremy Sexton who kept up with this stuff the most, and for the longest. I take it he's no longer on the list?

Tim


 Dan Dillard
5:40am   

You need to update the entry for Matthew by putting Peter’s Jesus As Israel 2 vol commentary at the top of the list.
Pro Rege,
Dan


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