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XV. Commentaries

Genesis

Baker (forthcoming)
Currid
Hamilton (moderate)
Hartley
Sarna (Jewish)
Waltke (moderate)
Walton (OEC; strong on ANE background)
Wenham (moderate)
Youngblood (OEC)

Exodus

Alexander (forthcoming)
Currid
Enns
Kaiser
Longman (forthcoming)
Motyer (popular)
Ross (forthcoming)
Sarna (Jewish)
Stuart

Leviticus

Baker (forthcoming)
Currid
Harrison
Hartley
Hess (forthcoming)
Ross
Wenham

Numbers

Ashley
Currid (forthcoming)
Harrison
Sailhamer (forthcoming)
Wenham

Deuteronomy

Block (forthcoming)
Craigie
Currid
Duguid (popular)
Merrill
Thompson

Joshua

Hess
Woudstra

Judges

Block (includes Ruth)
Younger

Ruth

Duguid (popular)
Hubbard
Younger

1-2 Samuel

Arnold
Baldwin
Block (forthcoming)
Tsumura
Youngblood

1-2 Kings

Hess (forthcoming)
Provan (moderate)
Wiseman

1-2 Chronicles

Dillard (moderate)
Pratt
Thompson

Ezra-Nehemiah

Fensham
Kidner
Yamauchi

Esther

Baldwin
Duguid

Job

Clines (learned, liberal)
Hartley
Smick
Longman (forthcoming)

Psalms

Allen (moderate)
Craigie (moderate)
Goldingay (learned, liberal)
Kidner
Tate (moderate)
VanGemeren
Wenham (forthcoming)

Proverbs

Garrett
Longman
Waltke

Ecclesiastes

Garrett
Hubbard
Kaiser
Kidner (moderate)
Longman (liberal)
Provan (moderate)

Canticles

Garrett
Gledhill
Longman (moderate)
Provan (moderate)

Isaiah

Motyer
Oswalt
Ridderbos (moderate)
Smith
Young

Jeremiah-Lamentations

Craigie (Jer 1-25)
Feinberg
Harrison
Kaiser (on Lamentations)
Kidner
Thompson

Ezekiel

Allen (moderate)
Bock
Duguid

Daniel

Baldwin
Longman (moderate)
Mitchell (forthcoming)
Young

Minor Prophets

Baldwin (Haggai-Malachi)
Garrett (Hosea, Joel)
Hubbard (Hosea, Joel-Amos)
Kidner (Hosea)
McComiskey, ed. (Hosea-Malachi)
Merrill (Haggai-Malachi)
Robertson (Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah)
Robertson (Jonah)
Smith (Hosea-Micah)
Stuart (Hosea-Jonah)
Verhoef (Haggai-Malachi)
Waltke (Micah)

Matthew

Blomberg
Carson
Evans (forthcoming)
France (moderate-conservative, NICNT)
Keener (advanced. moderate-conservative)
Morris
Nolland (moderate, advanced)
Turner (forthcoming)

Mark

Edwards
Evans (moderate, advanced)
France (advanced)
Horsley (learned, liberal, forthcoming)
Lane
Stein (forthcoming)
Witherington

Luke

Bauckham (moderate, forthcoming)
Bock
Garland (forthcoming)

John

Bauckham (moderate, forthcoming)
Bruce
Carson.
Keener (advanced)
Kostenberger
Morris.
Ridderbos (moderate)

Robinson, J. The Priority of John

Acts

Bock
Bruce (both commentaries)
Gasque (forthcoming)
Keener (forthcoming)
Porter (forthcoming)
Witherington (advanced)

Alexander, L. Acts
Porter, Paul in Acts

Romans

Barnett
Cranfield (Barthian, advanced)
Fitzmyer (Roman Catholic)
Longenecker (NPP, forthcoming)
Murray (Reformed, postmil)
Porter (forthcoming)
Schreiner (Reformed, premil)
Piper, The Justification of God (Rom 9)

1 Corinthians

Blomberg
Ellis (forthcoming)
Fee (Charismatic)
Garland
Keener
Thiselton (advanced)

2 Corinthians

Barnett
Garland
Harris (technical)
Seifrid (forthcoming)

Galatians

Bruce
Carson (forthcoming)
Longenecker (NPP)
Ryken (popular, Reformed)
Silva (forthcoming)
Vine
Wright (NPP, forthcoming)

Ephesians

Bruce
Hoehner (advanced)
O'Brien

Philippians

Bockmuehl
Bruce
Fee
O'Brien
Silva (2nd ed.)

Colossians

Beale
Fitzmyer (Philemon)
Garland
Moo (forthcoming)
O'Brien
Wilson (learned, liberal)
Wright

Thessalonians

Beale
Bruce (moderate)
Vine (premil)

Pastorals

Johnson (Catholic)
Knight
Liefeld
Mounce
Quinn (Catholic)
Towner (moderate, advanced)
Yarbrough (forthcoming)

Hebrews

Bruce
Carson (forthcoming)
DeSilva (strong on background)
Ellingworth (advanced)
Lane. (Arminian)
O’Brien (forthcoming)
Witherington (uneven)

James

Davids (Anabaptist)
Moo
Witherington (uneven)

1 Peter

Clowney (popular)
Davids (Anabaptist)
Grudem
Jobes
Marshall (popular—with scholarly touch)
Schreiner (Reformed Baptist)

2 Peter &/or Jude

Bauckham (liberal, learned)
Davids (moderate)
Green (forthcoming)
Moo
Schreiner (Reformed Baptist)
Witherington (uneven)

1-3 John

Bruce
Carson (forthcoming)
Kruse
Marshall (Arminian)
Yarbrough (forthcoming

Revelation

Aune (liberal, technical)
Beale (amil, technical)
Caird (liberal, learned)
Carson (forthcoming)
Keener (popular—with scholarly touch)
Michaels (moderate, popular)
Poythress (amil, popular)
Smalley (moderate)
Thompson (liberal, brief but scholarly)
Witherington (semi-popular, premil, erudite)

*New Testament Commentary series by W. Hendriksen and S. Kistemaker). A very readable series in the Dutch-Reformed tradition. Nothing unpredictable, but sound and sober-minded.

Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha

Tobit

Fitzmyer

Wisdom of Solomon

Winston

Daniel/Esther/Jeremiah

Carey

XVI. Reference Works

Augustine Through the Ages
Baker Theological Dictionary of the Bible
Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity
Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought
Calvin's Commentaries
Cambridge Companions (series)
Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology (M. Erickson)
Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation
Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
Dictionary of Christian Biography
Dictionary of Evangelical Biography
Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period
Dictionary of New Testament Background
Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books

Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism
Encyclopedia of Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
Encyclopedia of Christianity
Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects & New Religions
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity
Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy & Religion
Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism
Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
Encyclopedia of Religion
Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith
Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire
Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Evangelical Dictionary of Theology
Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament
Handbook of Metaphysics & Ontology
Historical Dictionary of the Orthodox Church
Illustrated Bible Dictionary
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament
IVP New Testament Dictionary Set
New Bible Dictionary
New Catholic Encyclopedia
New Dictionary of Biblical Theology
New Dictionary of Theology
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology
New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
Oxford Dictionary of Popes
Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Oxford Companion to Christian Thought
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
Pocket Dictionary of Apologetics & Philosophy of Religion (C. Evans)
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Papacy: an encyclopedia
Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible

XVII. Devotional reading

Richard Baxter
John Bunyan
William Cowper
Martin Lloyd-Jones
Abraham Kuyper
J.I. Packer
John Piper
Christian Rossetti
Samuel Rutherford
John Ryle
Richard Sibbes
Spurgeon

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