Identifying Commentaries for Collections

Aaron Young

I am in the process of creating collections and I was wondering if there was an easy/quick way to tell if the commentary is exegetical, expository, or homiletical.  Obviously I can look at the description or even inside the resource itself but many times it is hard to tell.  When the resource and description are not clear what is a good way to tell the difference?

Thanks

Aaron

Jerry M

Suggested Logos 4

Commentary Collections

and

Parallel Resources
Sets

 

Below are
four categories of commentaries:

·       
Language focuses on the word meanings,
grammar, syntax, etc. of the biblical text.

·       
Scholar or Critical also emphasizes original languages as well as academic
insights into the text.

·       
Pastoral or Exegetical highlights the meaning of the text, provides contextual
information, and often contains outlines of the passage.

·       
Application or Devotional suggests practical applications of the text while also
providing stories and illustrations.

 

The
commentaries in each category will make an excellent collection and parallel
resources set. As you view the lists please keep these observations in mind:

 

·       
Some
of the commentaries are included in Logos Bible Software 4 base collections
while others must be purchased separately while still others are on Pre-Pub.

·       
The
placement of commentaries in a category is somewhat subjective so you may
choose to organize the resources differently.

·       
The
listing of a commentary does not mean its contents are endorsed by Morris
Proctor or Logos.

·       
Tagging
the commentaries in the Library is perhaps the most effective way of creating
the collections and subsequent parallel resources sets.

·       
Suggested
commentary tags include:

o      
Language:
Language Commentaries

o      
Scholar
or Critical: Critical Commentaries

o      
Pastoral
or Exegetical: Exegetical Commentaries

o      
Application
or Devotional: Application Commentaries

 

Language

 

• Analytical Key to the Old
  Testament
• Grammatical Analysis of the
  Greek NT
• International Critical
  Commentary         
• New International Greek
  Testament Commentary
• Textual Commentary on Greek NT
• United Bible Societies’ (UBS) Handbook
  
• Word Pictures in the NT
  (Robertson)
• Word Studies in the NT
  (Vincent)
• Wuest Word Studies in the Greek
  NT
  
  
  
  

Scholar or Critical

 

• Analytical Bible Expositor
• Anchor Yale Bible Commentary
• Ancient Christian Commentary on
  Scripture
• Ariel’s Bible Commentary
• Baker Exegetical Commentary
• Catena
  Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels (Thomas Aquinas)
• Charles Hodge Commentary
• Classic Commentaries on the
  Greek New Testament
• Commentary on the OT (Keil
  & Delitzsch)
• Critical and Exegetical
  Commentary
• Eerdmans Critical Commentary
• Form of the OT Literature
• Greek Testament (Henry Alford)
• Hermeneia
• Horae Homileticae (Simeon)
• JPS Bible and Torah Commentary
• JPS Tanakh Commentary
  Collection
• Lange’s Commentary on the Hole
  Scriptures
• Lenski’s Commentary on the New
  Testament
• New
  International Commentary on the Old and New Testament
• Pillar NT Commentary
• Socio-Rhetorical Commentary
  Series 
• Word Biblical Commentary

 

Pastoral or Exegetical

 

• Augsburg Commentary
• Baker New Testament Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Old and
  New Testament
• Believer’s Church Bible
  Commentary  
• Bible Lessons International
  Collection
• Bible Speaks Today (Stott)
• Black’s NT Commentary
• Boice’s Expositional
  Commentaries
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Clarke’s Commentary
• College Press NIV Commentary
• Collegeville Bible Commentary
• Commentary on the Psalms
  (Hengstenberg)
• Cornerstone Biblical Commentary
• Crossway Classic Commentaries
• Daily Study Bible Series
• Eerdmans
  Wesleyan Bible Commentary
• Epistle to the Romans (Moule)
• Exegetical Summaries
• Exposition of Ephesians
  (Lloyd-Jones)
• Expositions
  of Holy Scripture (Alexander MacLaren)
• Expositor’s Bible Commentary
• Harper’s Bible Commentary
• Holman NT Commentary
• International Theological
  Commentary
• Interpretation: A Bible
  Commentary for Preaching and Teaching
• IVP Bible Background Commentary
• IVP New Testament Commentary
• IVP Old Testament Commentary
• John Darby’s Synopsis of the
  Book of the Bible
• Lectionary Commentary
• Luther’s Commentaries
• MacArthur New Testament
  Commentary
• Minor Prophets Exegetical
  Commentary
• Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible
  Commentary
• New American Commentary
• New Bible Commentary
• New Testament for English
  Readers (Alford)
• Numerical Bible
• Old Testament Survey Series
• Preacher’s Homiletic Commentary
• Preaching the Word (Hughes)
• Pulpit Commentary
• Reading the New Testament
  Commentary
• Romans
  (Barnhouse)
• Roy Gingrich’s Commentaries in
  Outline Form
• Seventh-Day Adventist Bible
  Commentary
• Socio-Rhetorical Commentary
  Series
• Synopsis of the Books of the
  Bible (Darby)
• Treasury of David
• Tyndale Commentaries
• Tyndale Concise Bible
  Commentary
• Wesley’s Notes
• Wesleyan Bible Commentary
• Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines
  on the New and Old Testament
• Works of H.A. Ironside
• Wycliffe Bible Commentary

 

Application or Devotional

 

• AMG Concise Bible Commentary
• Annotated Bible
• Bible Exposition Commentary
• Formations Commentary
• Courson’s Application
  Commentary
• Everyday
  Relevance: Your Bible Commentary
• Exploring the Bible Commentary
• Life Application Bible
  Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Commentary
• Opening Up Commentary
• People’s Bible
• Preacher’s Commentary
• Roy Gingrich’s Commentaries in
  Outline Form
• Standard Lesson Commentary
• Standard Reference Library:
  Through-the-Bible-Commentary
• Teacher’s Commentary
• Thru the Bible (McGee)
• Verse by Verse
• Walk! Messianic Jewish
  Devotional Commentary
• Warren Wiersbe’s Old Testament
  “Be” Series
• With the Word Bible Commentary