If you are wanting to add an outstanding commentary series to your library at a huge discount, check out The Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Revised Edition). This set is by some of the leading scholars: Tremper Longman, Carson, Mounce, Garland, Kostenberger, Sailhammer, Kaiser, Hess, R.T. France, Garland, Boda, Youngblood, etc. These volumes consistently receive good rankings at bestcommentary.com and were written in the last 10-15 years. This is not the older set written in the 1990s that are dated at this point. They are not overly technical (some knowledge of Hebrew and Greek is helpful but not required) and are broadly evangelical and (where it matters) premill (which is not my cup of tea but I still love the authors included here where it doesn’t matter).
And here’s the good news!
This set happens to be 40% off just this month (June 2024!). Regular price is $500 – they are only $300 for the next two weeks. You can buy the set here…but first lets talk more about what is in this set and why I choose to highlight it.
What caught my attention about this set was the list of authors. These are some stellar scholars the majority of whom I have experience with and appreciate their level of scholarship.
Should you buy a whole commentary set instead of individual volumes?
It can be hard for a commentary set to be worth buying the whole set but here is why it is worth it in this instance. At 40% off and which such a large percentage of volumes being worth purchasing, it is worth buy the entire set, imo…because if you bought just the best ones it would cost more than the whole set during this June sale.
Here are some details and observations about this set that make it stand out to me:
- This series is based on the NIV and from the Hebrew and Greek texts.
- Doesn’t require knowledge of Hebrew or Greek to understand this set.
- This commentary set offers a verse by verse commentary of each book of the Bible in a straight forward manner. It starts each section of scripture with a section overview and then verse by verse commentary.
- It is by leading scholars
- It was created in the last two decades so it has up to date research
- Nearly 12,000 pages of content
- All with Logos functionality – searchable, ties in with your lexicon, etc.
To give you an idea of what is in this resources, here are the volumes and authors:
Vol 1 – Genesis-Leviticus
– Genesis: John Sailhammer
– Exodus: Walter Kaiser
– Leviticus: Richard Hess
Vol 2 – Numbers-Ruth
– Numbers: Ronald Allen
– Deuteronomy: Michael Grisanti
– Joshua: Helene Dallaire
– Judges: Mark Boda
– Ruth: George Schwab
Vol 3 – 1 Samuel-1 Kings
– 1 & 2 Samuel: Ronald Youngblood
– 1 & 2 Kings: Richard Patterson & Hermann Austel
Vol 4 – 1 Chron-Job
1 & 2 Chronicles: Frederick Mabie
Ezra & Nehemiah: Edwin Yamauchi
Esther: Elaine Phillips
Job: Elmer Smick
Vol 5 – Psalms
Psalms: Willem VanGemeren
Vol 6 – Proverbs-Isaiah
Proverbs: Allen Ross
Ecclesiastes: Jerry Shepherd
Song of Songs: George Schwab
Isaiah: Geoffrey Grogan
Vol 7 – Jeremiah-Ezekiel
Jeremiah: Michael Brown
Lamentations: Paul Ferris
Ezekiel: Ralph Alexander
Vol 8 – Daniel-Malachi
Daniel: Andrew Hill
Hosea: M. Daniel Carroll R.
Joel: Richard Patterson
Amos and Micah: Thomas McComiskey
Obadiah, Nahum, and Habakkuk: Carl Armerding
Jonah: John Walton
Zephaniah: Larry Walker
Haggai and Malachi: Eugene Merrill
Zechariah: Kenneth Barker
Vol 9 – Matthew-Mark
Matthew: D.A. Carson
Mark: Walter Wessel
Vol 10 – Luke-Acts
Luke: Walter Liefeld & David Pao
John: Robert Mounce
Acts: Richard Longenecker
Vol 11 – Romans-Galatians
Romans: Everett Harrison
1 Corinthians: Verlyn Verbrugge
2 Corinthians: Murray Harris
Galatians: Robert Rapa
Vol 12 – Ephesians-Philemon
Ephesians: William Klein
Philippians: David Garland
Colossians: Todd Still
1 & 2 Thessalonians – Robert Thomas
1 & 2 Timothy, Titus: Andrea Kostenberger
Philemon: Arthur Rupprecht
Vol 13 – Hebrews-Revelation
Hebrews: R.T. France
James: George Guthrie
1, 2 Peter & Jude: J. Daryl Charles
1,2,3 John: Tom Thatcher
Revelation: Alan F. Johnson
I hope you will consider purchasing it or the set in the previous post, which is just as good…Zondervan Exegetical Commentary that is also 40% off in June only.
Thanks to Logos for providing a review copy for this article. The above links are affiliate links, which means that I get a % of the sale at no extra cost to you. So thanks for buying through my links and supporting this work!
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