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Carson Explains What Makes a Good Commentary

D. A. Carson is a Canadian-born, Reformed Evangelical theologian and professor of the New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Review of New Testament Commentaries

Review of NT Commentaries

Commentary & Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic & Professional, 2007. 10th ed., rev'd. & updated. by John Glynn
Call #: R 016.22 G568C2
A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works for Students and Pastors. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2016. 10th ed. by John Evans
Call #: REFERENCE 016.22 E92G2
New Testament Commentary Survey. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013, 7th ed. by D. A. Carson
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 016.2257 C321N
On the Writing of New Testament Commentaries. Boston, MA: Brill, 2013 by Stanley E. Porter and Eckhard J. Schnabel, eds.
Call #: ebook

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New Testament Commentaries

New Testament Commentaries

*Librarian's Choice
^Bible Professors' Favorite

CU New Testament Commentary ebooks

Gospels - Matt Mark Luke John Acts
Pauline Epistles - Rom 1 & 2 Cor Gal Eph Phil Col 1 & 2 Thess 1 & 2 Tim Tit Phile
General Epistles - Heb James 1 & 2 Pet 1, 2, & 3 John Jude
Prophecy - Revelation

CU New Testament Commentary Sets

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville: Abingdon Press
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-228.1
Critical. Non-evangelical. United Methodist.
Anchor Bible Commentaries. New York: Doubleday
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222.11-228.1
Critical. Non-evangelical.
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press by Thomas C. Oden, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-228.1
Insights from early Church Fathers. Non-evangelical, but orthodox.
*^Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Academic, 2008 by David L. Turner
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 226.6-227.94 (some ebook)
Exegetical. Evangelical.
^ Dr. Mark Owens' favorite
Believers Church Bible Commentary. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1986-2016 by Douglas B. Miller, ed. or Loren Johns, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222-228.1 (also ebook)
Exegetical. Anabaptist (Brethren & Mennonite)
Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222-228.1 (Matthew ebook)
Theological. Non-evangelical.
The Bible Exposition Commentary. Wheaton, Ill: Victor Books, 1989 by Warren W. Wiersbe
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 225.7 W648B
Exegetical. Evangelical.
The Bible Speaks Today Series. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-227.92
Exegetical. Evangelical.
*Blacks New Testament Commentaries. Peabody, Mass: Hendrickson Publishers by Morna D. Hooker, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.3 - 227.92
Exegetical. Evangelical.
Calvin's Commentaries. Edinburgh: Calvin Translation Society, 2007
Call #: ebooks
Theological. Evangelical.
Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary. Nashville, TN: Holman Reference, 2013-2017 by David Platt, Daniel L. Akin, and Tony Merida, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222-227.91 (some as ebooks)
Exegetical. Evangelical.
The Church's Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2003-2018 by Robert Louis Wilken
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 223.9-227.2
Non-evangelical. Orthodox. Insights from early and medieval commentaries.
Cornerstone Biblical Commentary. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2007-2018 by Philip W. Comfort, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222-227.91 (also ebook for several)
Exegetical. Evangelical.
Eerdmans Critical Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co by David Noel Freedman and Astrid B. Beck, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 212-227.86 (Pslams in REFERENCE 223.2 T326P)
Critical. Non-evangelical.
An Expositional Study of 1 John. Bibliotheca sacra 145, no. 578 (Apr - Jun 1988): 197-210. by D. Edmond Hiebert
Call #: Online
Exegetical. Evangelical.
One of 10 articles in Bibliotheca Sacra 145 Apr-June 1988 - 147 July-Sept 1990 that was later republished in Hiebert's The Epistles of John: An Expositional Commentary. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1991.
^Dr. Josh Kira's favorite
*The Expositor's Bible Commentary. Vols. 9-13. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005, rev'd ed. by Tremper Longman III and Garland, David, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL REFERENCE 615 A512
Exegetical. Evangelical.
Hermeneia A Critical And Historical Commentary On The Bible. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press by Helmut Koester, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.4-227.92
Critical. Non-evangelical. Lutheran.
The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. New York, NY: T & T Clark by J. A. Emerton, C. E. B. Cranfield, and G. N. Stanton, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222.32-227.91
Critical. Non-evangelical.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press by Douglas R. A. Hare
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-228.1 (some ebooks)
Exegetical. Non-evangelical. Presbyterian.
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014, 2nd ed. by Craig S. Keener
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 225.7 K26I2 (also ebook)
Historical, social and cultural background. Evangelical.
IVP New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2 - 227.94 (Romans also ebook)
Exegetical. Evangelical.
*New American Commentary. Nashville, TN: B & H Publishing Group
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 226.5-227.94
Exegetical. Evangelical. Southern Baptist.
New Century Bible Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. by Ronald E. Clements & Matthew Black, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-228.1
Critical. Evangelical.
*New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans by Joel B. Green, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL REFERENCE 226.2-228.1
Critical. Evangelical.
New International Greek Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. by I. Howard Marshall & Donald A. Hagner, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-227.1
Exegetical. Evangelical.
The New Interpreter's Bible: General Articles and Introduction, Commentary, and Reflections for Each Book of the Bible, Including the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 12 vols. + index by Leander E. Keck, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN REFERENCE 220.7 N532
Exegetical. Non-evangelical.
*The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan by Terry C. Muck
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 226.2-227.94
Exegetical. Evangelical.
*^Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 226.2-227.94 (John as ebook)
Exegetical. Evangelical.
^ Dr. Trent Roger's favorite: The Gospel According to John by D.A. Carson
Preaching the Word Commentary. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1989-2017 by R. Kent Hughes, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222.1-227.94 (Jeremiah, Lamentations, & Daniel as ebooks)
Exegetical. Evangelical.
Reformation Commentary on Scripture. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011-2017 by Timothy George, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222.11-227.2 (also ebooks for most)
*Teach the Text Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2013-2018
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 222-227.9
Two Horizons New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 227.8-227.92 (1 & 2 Thess as ebook)
Theological. Evangelical.
*Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans by Leon Morris, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-228.1
Exegetical. Evangelical.
*^Word Biblical Commentaries. Nashville: Nelson by Bruce M. Metzger, David A. Hubbard, and Glenn W. Barker, eds.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION & REFERENCE 226.2-227.94
Critical. Evangelical.
^ Dr. Matt Bennett's favorite
*^Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan by Clinton E. Arnold, ed.
Call #: UPPER LEVEL MAIN COLLECTION 226.2-227.91
Critical. Evangelical.
^ Dr. Mark Owens' favorite
Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary. Vol. 5. Grand Rapids, MI. Zondervan, 2009 by John H. Walton
Call #: UPPER LEVEL REFERENCE 221.7 Z87
Historical and cultural background. Evangelical.

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