Which commentaries have you found to be most helpful on the splitscreen mobile app? Do you use a single volume commentary, or switch manually between your favorites?
One volume commentary (ovc) or manual switch? It depends on what I'm doing... for "general" reading, I use Dallas Theological Seminary's ovc, Bible Knowledge Commentary, but for any serious digging I'll download & switch... For deep digging, my best commentary for each Bible book is usable both on my phone (4" screen) & my 7" Kindle Fire HD tablet.
I like the Bible Knowledge Commentary too.
BKC all the way. [:)]
I use "An introduction to the new testament" for intro-stuff, and sometimes "New bible commentary" as well. Multi-volume commentaries are next in line, when I need more depth or technical knowledge.
Thanks for the suggestions! It sounds like most start with a single volume commentary and then move on from there.
sometimes "New bible commentary" as wel
NBC is my 'go-to' one-volume commentary, too. If I want more depth, I'd use Tyndale. It's brilliant value for money, not so detailed as to make mobile reading difficult, but sufficient depth to be more than worth my time.
I added those commentaries to my wish list, thx.
New Bible Commentary is also my go to commentary for mobile. After this something like IVP Bible Background Commentary Old & New Testaments (2 Volumes) is useful at times along with BKC. Tyndale is also in that second tier of commentaries I would take a look at for further information. Fathlife Study Bible can be helpful in the links it provides for other resources if you own them and dependant upon whether I have wifi connection at the time.
This thread has given me some ideas on mobile use. I have primarily been using BKC on my mobile device. Investigating the NBC and it appears to be a good choice also (if not better) for mobile use. My primary concern on mobile is space, speed, and usability. I am finding that the NBC has linkages to the pocket dictionaries which is good. The less you have to manually open up several resources on a mobile device, the better; And the less resources you have to download to the device, the better. Now, let me see how well this performs without a wifi connection. [:)]
Not mentioned is the IVP Background Commentary.
It really depends on the goal. I'm not looking to learn how to read; more to qet a quick summary on any background chatter on the verse/section. IVP surprisingly evenly covers most of the bases.
Expositors Bible Commentary is pretty good as a split screen. Good length.
When I am reading a commentary what I usually actually do though is to launch Vyrso separately and then bounce back and forth between the apps. That is the fastest for me
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