Bible Commentaries
There are a number of different kinds of Bible Commentaries. There are small, basic commentaries which are written for your average reader with little or no prior knowledge of the Bible or the biblical book or section of the Bible commented on. These include the basic one-volume or multi-volume commentaries. There is a lot of fluff out there, so I have included only commentaries which have some depth.
In addition to the more basic commentaries I have listed the main scholarly biblical commentaries. These go into more detail than many amateur students of the New Testament would like or need. They are best as reference for details about a given passage or issue of interpretation.
I have also included a few devotional commentaries. These are more focused of theological or spiritual issues.
One Volume Commentaries
HarperCollins Bible Commentary: Revised Edition, James L. Mays
The New Jerome Bible Commentary, Raymond E. Brown, Joseph A. Fitzmeyer, & Ronald A. Murphey
Oxford Bible Commentary, John Martin and John Muddiman
The International Bible Commentary: A Catholic and Ecumenical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, William R. Farmer
The New Interpreter's Bible One-Volume Commentary, David L. Peterson & Beverly Roberts Gaventa
Women’s Bible Commentary: Expanded Edition, Carol A. Newsom & Sharon H. Ringe
Global Bible Commentary, Daniel Patte, J. Severino Croatto, Nicole Wilkinson Duran, and Teresa Okure
Commentary on the Torah,
The People’s New Testament Commentary, M. Eugene boring, & Fred B. Craddock
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews, and Mark W. Chavalas
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, Craig S. Keener
Multivolume Commentaries
Interpreting Biblical Texts
Abingdon New Testament Commentaries
Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries
Oxford Bible Commentary Series
Conversations With Scripture
Westminster Bible Companions
New Cambridge Bible Commentary
New International Biblical Commentary
Interpretation: A Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
New Interpreters Bible
Scholarly Commentaries
Anchor Bible
Hermeneia
New Testament Library
Old Testament Library
Continental Commentary
International Critical Commentary
New International Commentary on the New Testament
New International Commentary on the Old Testament
Berit Olam (Old Testament)
Sacra Pagina (New Testament)
JPS Torah Commentary
JPS Commentary on the Bible
New International Greek Testament Commentary (New Testament)
Hellenistic Commentary to the New Testament
Devotional Commentaries
Daily Study Bible Series/New Daily Study Bible: New Testament
Daily Study Bible: Old Testament
...For Everyone, N.T. Wright (New Testament)
Old Testament For Everyone, John Goldingay
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