Theological Perspectives in Commentaries

Michael A. Mnich · 2025-07-04T21:51:41+00:00

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Michael A. Mnich

Dear Folk,

Brian Collins' recent WordbyWord article summarizing types of commentaries is very good.

How can we save this article for later use? I've starred it in my browser, but will Logos always keep it available somewhere?
Logos best commentaries site, usually has commentaries categorized as Advance, Intermediate, etc.; application, exegetical, etc. Is there a way to find out before purchase what theological perspectives INDIVIDUAL commentaries have (evangelical, Wesleyan, Dispensational, Reformed, etc.)? Many of the commentary series have different theological perspective authors in their individual commentary offerings. This would be helpful to me if Logos has this info somewhere, or if they could include it somewhere in their individual commentary offerings.

Thanks,

Mike

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Simon’s Brother

You could always copy and paste articles from the Logos Blog you want into Word and then create a personal book out of them. You will then always have it on hand in Logos when you want to reference it.

Doc B

Evernote. Done and done.

Michael A. Mnich

Thanks on 1., what about 2.?

Mike

Doc B

» what about 2.? «

There's a set of collection rules that Mark Barnes wrote before he was a Logos employee; I've used those for over ten years for this task. It is found here.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/88829/collection-rules-for-sorting-commentaries-updated-for-logos-9-libraries

Michael A. Mnich

Dear Doc B,

Great resource for types of commentaries.

My question 2 is about something that identifies theological perspectives or biases for each individual commentary. I don't believe Mark's plan does that.

How can we find out for each individual commentary, if it is Reformed, Lutheran, Wesleyan, Dispensational, Evangelical, Non-Evangelical, etc.?

Thanks,

Mike

Dave Hooton

How can we find out for each individual commentary, if it is Reformed, Lutheran, Wesleyan, Dispensational, Evangelical, Non-Evangelical, etc.?

Not guaranteed in advance unless you ask specifically in the forums. But Passage Guide will reveal its Denomination, and you can always return a book/series within 30 days!

Simon’s Brother

Sometimes the publishing house will give you a clue as to the author’s theological persuasion, sometimes it won’t. Sometimes the product description or author’s bio will answer your question, lots of times it won’t. If there is an entry on the author in Facebook it might help you out, but may not. Often as Dave suggested asking here on the forums might get you there. With some authors who have a lifetime of writings they may have even changed their views over time so the answer might not always be clear cut.