Opening Up
Focus on the Bible
Hughes / Preach the Word
What are yours?
This is always a tough question to answer because it depends on what I am up to. I suppose general overall top three would be:
NICNT/OT
WBC
HERM
Haven't yet ponied up the $$ for NICOT/NT or ICC.
Donnie
Certainly value those commentaries you mention Donnie, but I am fond of these ones:
(a) William MacDonald's one volume, Christ-centred "Believers Commentary;"
(b) H.A. Ironside's commentary series; and
(c) hmmm maybe - The Expositor's Commentary or IVP Background commentaries.
Regards
HermeneiaWBCJPS
1. The Bible - speaks for itself
2. Commentary on NT use of OT - OT & NT should be read in light of each other so this is a helpful resource.
3. New Bible Commentary - I like to start with a single volume commentary and find this one is not too light but not overdone.
Many good commentaries in Logos hard to pinpoint specific ones as each set has its own strengths and weaknesses in terms of both content & style, often complementing others. Often depends on your scope and focus as to which one's are the best. Whatever you choose it should always be evaluated against the scriptures.
Barclay's NDSB
Wiersbe's BE Commentaries
New Bible Commentary (Part of the IVP Reference Collection)
Currently, they are:
Bible Knowledge Commentary
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Word Biblical Commentary
NICOT/NT
Ancient Christian Commentary
Hard to narrow it down to three.
BECNTSRCPillars
Josh, this thread is a good opptunity to remind people of the Prioritize function in the Library window. Do you think people are describing their actual prioritized commentaries?
FWIW, the top 4 sets I have prioritized at present are:
I find that mix gives me a range of perspectives.
I want to move to my offline laptop the Navarre NT Commentary (12 vols.) just released, but I don't seem to identify the file names of this series. Can someone tell me what they are?
In the future, please start a new thread when you have an unrelated question.
EBC, WBC, NICOT/NT are some of the resources my seminary highly recomends.I find it telling that no one mentions Anchor... I was wondering about its position on the right vs left continuum.
Word Biblical Commentaries
UBS Handbook series
Anchor Yale (AYBC)
Hermeneia
Word (WBC)
Word
Pillar
Baker
Opening Up Focus on the Bible Hughes / Preach the Word What are yours?
I have never used Opening Up, but I'll vote for your other two as favorites.
So far I like the Mentor series (new to me on Logos...had never used them before). I also love the Reformed Expository Commentaries, but they are not yet available on Logos. I've used Tyndale in paper copies for years...I like many of the volumes (but not all). I like MacArthur's books and the NAC set (most of them), and have learned to appreciate the BECNT books as well. I really like some of the Pillar volumes as well. And I grab anything on the OT written by D. R. Davis.
Since some of my favorite commentary series do not include the Old Testament, I will fudge and include 4 sets:
Preaching through John's gospel these days.
Appreciating
1. BECNT
2. Message of John (Bruce Milne)
3. John for Everyone (Wright)
Pillar NT
BECNT
NICNT/NICOT
To discuss commentaries, go to: Practical Commentary on ScriptureI'm probably going to purchase more Hermeneia and Believer's Church Bible volumes, it may be a while from now though.
1. Concordia Commentary Series
2. People's Bible Commentary Series
3. "Besser Bibelstunde"
My OCD makes it hard to answer this question, but I would say:
1. NICOT/NT (general)
2. NIVAC or Wright's For Everyone (application)
3. Hermeneia (critical)
I only cheated once.
