Would like some opinions from you all about which resources are worth having from the Logos stable of options that comment specifically on 1st Timothy.
Hi Jeremy, take a look at: http://www.bestcommentaries.com/pastoral-epistles/
Also see the Denver Seminary recommendations here (for commentaries) (: http://topics.logos.com/Denver_Seminary_NT_Exegesis_Bibliography
I've had the ICC volume. Read the intro and it was good. Couldn't afford to keep it.It was on a sale in the Spring.
Broken link for the moment, but not your fault. The link is correct, however topics.logos.com appears to be down at the time being. I've reported it.
In the meantime, you can find that bibliography as a Word document here: NT2013_1_0.docx
I'm so glad to see topics.logos.com being used like this.
Joseph Turner collected all the Logos-resource references and compiled this list back in December, see http://community.logos.com/forums/t/62608.aspx
It does depend on the type of commentary that you want, of course. I'm preaching through 1 Timothy at the moment, and am finding John Stott's BST contribution very helpful.
Technical: ICC by Marshall; NIGTC, Knight; WBC, Mounce
Non-technical but scholarly: Black's NTC, Kelly; NICNT, Towner
Lay-oriented: TNTC, Guthrie; NAC, Lea
Expository: BST, Stott
Somewhere in-between: Understanding the Bible, Fee
All of the above are good but in different ways for different needs. When recently teaching through the Pastorals in our adult Sunday AM classes I supplied our teachers with Fee. He is quite good.
Great recommendations Mark. I agree.
I would add: http://www.logos.com/product/16437/the-pastoral-epistles-for-pastors
I have been teaching a Sunday School class through the Pastoral Epistles for over a year. I have used a resource that is in all base packages as my base: Rick Brannan, Parallel Passages in the Pastoral Epistles. Great resource.
Mark & Edwin: I just wrote a review about another commentary by I. Howard Marshall: http://www.christianforums.com/t7541241-10/#post63492725
Yes, that's the file I posted above -- his most recent edition of it. And it's the same as what David Moore linked to on the topics.logos.com site, which is now back up and running: http://topics.logos.com/Denver_Seminary_NT_Exegesis_Bibliography
Thank you all for the suggestions / recommendations and links. Very helpful
I'm lost on what review is being provided. I went to the link you have posted (amidst all the commercialization, including all the non-Logos software), but I could not find a review on the Logos site regarding the resource you mention.
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Mark & Edwin: I just wrote a review about another commentary by I. Howard Marshall: http://www.christianforums.com/t7541241-10/#post63492725 I'm lost on what review is being provided. I went to the link you have posted (amidst all the commercialization, including all the non-Logos software), but I could not find a review on the Logos site regarding the resource you mention. ??
The only "Review" I found were some brief comments on a commentary on Philippians. I guess he must've posted the wrong link.
DAL
Mark Smith gives a good breakdown above. Here is my ranking (of those I've read) within his categories.
Techinical
Knight is good, but a little dry. Marshall is hands-down the best. Mounce is great primarily due to WBC's format, which makes is a flexible commentary useful for text-critical and exegetical work. Avoid Conzelmann's Hermeneia volume. It is dated; it really needs a replacement in that series.
Non-technical but scholarly
Lay-oriented
If you can provide more information on your purpose (preaching? personal study? research project?) I might be able to make a more targeted recommendation. For general use and one volume, I'd probably recommend Towner or Mounce; Marshall gets a little heavy (though he is really, really good).
Marshall also authored the ICC Pastorals volume! I was comparing what else he has written and I don't think I was unclear.(The review was short because I don't think people have time to read long ones because they might be tired on thatit's always just me posting in that thread!.)
If anyone has a review of a practical commentary to add, please post in that thread!:
I'm lost on what review is being provided. I went to the link you have posted (amidst all the commercialization, including all the non-Logos software), but I could not find a review on the Logos site regarding the resource you mention:Mark & Edwin: I just wrote a review about another commentary by I. Howard Marshall: http://www.christianforums.com/t7541241-10/#post63492725
I'm going to edit the Christianforums post and make the review longer when I have read the volume twice!:
The only "Review" I found were some brief comments on a commentary on Philippians.
If you can provide more information on your purpose (preaching? personal study? research project?)
A little bit of all three so getting recommendations as to best ones in each class is what I was after. The best commentaries site is useful but personal comments are even better.
DA Carson "New Testament commentary survey-sixth edition" has some useful insights regarding the selection of a commentary, especially when it comes to the pastoral epistles.
If you can provide more information on your purpose (preaching? personal study? research project?) A little bit of all three so getting recommendations as to best ones in each class is what I was after. The best commentaries site is useful but personal comments are even better.
Another that I forgot to mention (and only recently realized is available in Logos, in this IVP package: http://www.logos.com/product/9681/ivp-new-testament-studies-collection#010 ) is Witherington's Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Vol 1 which includes the Pastorals and also 1-3 John. Witherington's effort is good and his introduction is well worth reading. The commentary hits squarely between the 'academic' and 'lay' audiences. Academics are probably left wanting a little more; lay folks are probably left wanting a little less.
