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Old Testament Commentaries I Recommend

Old Testament Commentaries I Recommend

July 2, 2020 by Bob Wilkin in Blog - Hermeneutics, Old Testament Commentaries

Derek Kidner. Genesis. Tyndale Series. 224 pages.

Allen P. Ross. Genesis.

R. Alan Cole. Exodus. Tyndale Series. 239 pages.

Allen P. Ross. Leviticus.

Gordon J. Wenham. Numbers. Tyndale Series. 240 pages.

Walter Riggans. Numbers. The Daily Study Bible Series. 251 pages.

Peter C. Craigie. Deuteronomy. NICOT. 424 pages.

J. A. Thompson. Deuteronomy. Tyndale Series. 320 pages.

Richard S. Hess. Joshua: An Introduction & Commentary. Tyndale Series. 320 pages.

Arthur Lewis. Judges/Ruth. Everyman’s Bible Commentary Series. 128 pages.

Leon Wood. Distressing Days of the Judges. 434 pages.

Arthur E. Cundall & Leon Morris. Judges and Ruth. Tyndale Series. 318 pages.

Arthur Lewis. Judges/Ruth. Everyman’s Bible Commentary Series. 128 pages.

Joyce G. Baldwin. 1 & 2 Samuel. Tyndale Series. 299 pages.

John Peter Lange. Samuel-Kings. This is Vol. 5 of Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures.

Donald J. Wiseman. 1 & 2 Kings. Tyndale Series. 318 pages.

Richard I. McNeely. First and Second Kings. EBC Series. 158 pages.

John Peter Lange. Samuel-Kings.

John Sailhammer. First and Second Chronicles. EBC Commentary Series. Moody Publishers.

Martin J. Selman. First Chronicles. Tyndale Series. 263 pages.

John Sailhammer. First and Second Chronicles. EBC Commentary Series.

Derek Kidner. Ezra & Nehemiah. Tyndale Series. 174 pages.

John C. Whitcomb. Esther: Triumph of God’s Sovereignty. EBC Series. Moody. 128 pages.

Roy Zuck. Job. Moody Press. 192 pages.

H. H. Rowley. The Book of Job. The New Century Bible Commentary. 281 pages.

Francis I. Anderson. Job. Tyndale Series. 294 pages.

A. A. Anderson. Psalms. 2 Volumes. The New Century Bible Commentary.966 pages.

Derek Kidner. Psalms. 2 Volumes. 492 pages.

Allen P. Ross. Commentary on the Psalms, 3 volumes.

Derek Kidner. Proverbs. Tyndale Series. 192 pages.

Kathleen A. Farmer. Proverbs & Ecclesiastes. International Theological Commentary. 220 pages.

Craig Glickman. Solomon’s Song of Love. 242 pages on the Song of Solomon.

Alfred Martin. Isaiah: The Salvation of Jehovah. Everyman’s Bible Commentary Series. 127 pages.

J. Alec Motyer. Isaiah. Tyndale OT Series. 408 pages.

R. K. Harrison. Jeremiah & Lamentations. Tyndale OT Series. 240 pages.

John B. Taylor. Ezekiel. Tyndale OT Series. 285 pages.

John F. Walvoord. Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation. 320 pages.

Joyce C. Baldwin. Daniel. Tyndale Series. 210 pages.

Leslie C. Allen. The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah. NICOT Series. 427 pages.

David W. Baker, Desmond Alexander, and Bruce Waltke. Obadiah, Jonah, Micah. 207 pages.

Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. The Preacher’s Commentary: Micah-Malachi. 518 pages.

Ralph L. Smith. Word Biblical Commentary: Micah-Malachi. 358 pages.

O. Palmer Robertson. The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. NICOT Series. 357 pages.

Joyce C. Baldwin. Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. Tyndale Series. 253 pages.

Eugene Merrill. Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. Chicago: Moody Press, 1994. 493 pages.

Most of these commentaries are not by Dispensationalists. Nor are they by Free Grace advocates. But there is still much excellent information in these commentaries.

Here is how I recommend using commentaries. Ask God to open His Word to your understanding. Study the verse or passage you are interested in before going to the commentary literature. Try to decide what it means. Underline or highlight key words. Do any word studies that you decide would be helpful. After doing your own study, then go to the commentaries. What you are looking for is observations about the text, not interpretations per se. Maybe the commentator has made some observations you missed. If his interpretation is different from yours, then give yourself some time to think about (meditate on) the text. You probably want to consult more than one commentary and maybe some study Bibles too. Talk to your pastor or other solid Bible teachers in your church about the passage. That is an often-overlooked step.

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by Bob Wilkin

Bob Wilkin (ThM, PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the Founder and Executive Director of Grace Evangelical Society and co-host of Grace in Focus Radio. He lives in Highland Village, TX with his wife, Sharon. His latest books are Faith Alone in One Hundred Verses and Turn and Live: The Power of Repentance.

If you wish to ask a question about a given blog, email us your question at ges@faithalone.org.

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