RELG 202: Old Testament Survey: Bible Commentaries

The Old Testament Library from Westminster John Knox Press is a multi-volume commentary targeting students, pastors and teachers with a critical, theological interpretation.

An easy-to-read commentary with lots of enrichment material, visuals, and other useful material.

A scholarly commentary series that incorporates Hebrew studies.

A series of commentaries that focuses on theological and practical interpretation, these are also relatively easy to read.

The Old Testament Library from Westminster John Knox Press is a multi-volume commentary targeting students, pastors and teachers with a critical, theological interpretation.

An interpretive and theologically-focused commentary.

Focusing on word meanings and translation, this commentary is nonetheless quite readable and does a good job bringing Hebrew into the conversation for those who may not know it yet.

A scholarly commentary series that includes Hebrew studies.

Located in the Theological Reference Collection, and the stacks.

The Anchor Yale Bible is aimed at the general reader with no special formal training in biblical studies; yet it is written with the most exacting standards of scholarship, reflecting the highest technical accomplishment.

Shelved in the Theological Reference Collection

"A series of commentaries specifically designed for use by students, pastors, and teachers. Perhaps the most significant and enduring series in the field, the OTL presents a critically informed, theological reading of the Old Testament"

Shelved in the Theological Reference Collection

Written by accomplished scholars with all students of Scripture in mind, the primary goal of the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary is to make available serious, credible biblical scholarship in an accessible and less intimidating format...Our writers are reputable scholars who participate in the community of faith and sense a calling to communicate the results of their scholarship to their community...The Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary addresses Christians and the larger church.

Shelved in the Theological Reference Collection

Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation. Each volume in the NICOT series contains an introduction that discusses various facets - the authorship, date, historical setting, original text, structure, theology, etc.- of the biblical book; a select bibliography concludes the introduction. The commentary proper, based on the author's own translation of the Hebrew text, discusses the book section by section. Expository matters are the primary concern in these comments; details of textual criticism and translation usually appear only in the footnotes.