When I noticed Steve Bishop recently asking, “What do your New Testament Commentaries say about you?” and listing the applicable volumes in his library, I decided to do the same. It only follows naturally that I’d proceed to the Old Testament, where my collection is weaker — the list is shorter despite the text being longer. As I said before, I haven’t read all of these, I just tend to pick up used titles here and there where I can, as collecting is part of the fun. ;^) Not all of are selections I’d particularly recommend, and in many cases I lack what are accepted to be the best work on each book. With that in mind, I welcome suggestions on what my short-list for acquisitions should include for particular OT books. And again, feel free to go ahead and suggest what my OT Commentaries actually say about me…
McCurley (Proclamation)
Barclay (The Law Givers)
Genesis
Dods
Davis
Speiser (AB)
Vos (Genesis and Archaeology)
Von Rad (OTL)
Hamilton (NICOT)
Exodus
Davis
Cole (TOTC)
Leviticus
Wenham (NICOT)
Harrison (TOTC)
Numbers
Wenham (TOTC)
Harrison (Wycliffe)
Deuteronomy
Craige (TOTC)
Von Rad (OTL)
Thmopson (TOTC)
Clements (God’s Chosen People)
Joshua
Woudstra (NICOT)
Moore (ICC)
Boling (AB)
Ruth
Campbell (AB)
Samuel, Kings, Chronicles
Newsome, (A Synoptic Harmony of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles)
Samuel
Keil & Delitzsch
Klein (WBC, 1 Samuel)
Hertzberg (OTL)
Kings
Gray (OTL)
Keil & Delitzsch
Chronicles
Keil & Delitzsch
Williamson (NCB)
Ezra
Keil & Delitzsch
Nehemiah
Keil & Delitzsch
Moore (AB, the additions)
Esther
Keil & Delitzsch
Moore (AB)
Moore (AB, the additions)
Job
Habel (Cambridge)
Driver
White
Gard (The Greek of Job)
Snaith
Hartley (NICOT)
Driver & Gray (ICC)
Lewis (Reflections on the Psalms)
Peterson (Answering God)
Peterson (A Long Obedience)
Kaung (Songs of Degrees)
Allen (Lord of Song)
Allen (WBC, 101-150)
Mays (Interpretation)
Keil & Delitzsch
Proverbs
Scott (AB)
Ironside
Mouser (Walking in Wisdom)
Kidner (TOTC)
McKane (OTL)
Ecclesiastes
Leupold
Crenshaw (OTL)
Swindoll (Living on the Ragged Edge)
Scott (AB)
Song of Solomon
Ironside
Glickman (A Song for Lovers)
Nee
Car (TOTC)
Pope (AB)
Isaiah
Garland
Motyer
Oswalt (NICOT, 1-39)
Westermann (OTL, 40-66)
Jeremiah
Thompson (NICOT)
Lamentations
Hillers (AB)
Ezekiel
Taylor (TOTC)
Blenkinsopp (Interpretation)
Stuart (Communicator’s)
Feinberg
Daniel
Hartman & Di Lella (AB)
Moore (AB, the additions)
Wilson
Whitcomb
Goldingay
Minor Prophets
Keil & Delitzsch
Allen (NICOT, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah)
Baldwin (TOTC, Haggai, Zecharaiah, Malachi)
Baker (IVP Application, Joel, Obadiah, Malachi)
Hosea
Mays (OTL)
Amos
Paul (Hermeneia)
Jonah
Parrot (Ninevah and the Old Testament)
Habakkuk
Lloyd-Jones (From Fear to Faith)
Nahum
Maier
Zechariah
Leupold
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