ESVEC Genesis - Numbers commentary is now available

[iainduguid]

The ESVEC Genesis - Numbers commentary is now available, completing the twelve volume set.

Contributors to this volume include:

Iain M. Duguid (Genesis)
Jay Sklar (Exodus)
Christine Palmer (Leviticus)
Ronald Bergey (Numbers)

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ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis-Numbers - 9781433546280

A Passage-by-Passage Commentary on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this commentary series features...

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[Jack K]

Congratulations! Genesis is quite the achievement, worth celebrating. And so, I will award what I believe is my first-ever Puritan Board dancing banana.

 

[FivePointSpurgeonist]

Nice!

I’ve been thinking recently about Genesis commentaries and the different views on Gen 1-11, age of the earth etc. curious as to what view you hold to Dr. Duguid?

My mentor has been talking about your commentaries on Ezekiel and Song of Songs and has had great things to say which makes me excited to get yours on Genesis as it will be the next OT book I study. Do you have any recommendations on other commentaries to supplement this one, for a lay person?

 

[iainduguid]

Nice!

I’ve been thinking recently about Genesis commentaries and the different views on Gen 1-11, age of the earth etc. curious as to what view you hold to Dr. Duguid?

My mentor has been talking about your commentaries on Ezekiel and Song of Songs and has had great things to say which makes me excited to get yours on Genesis as it will be the next OT book I study. Do you have any recommendations on other commentaries to supplement this one, for a lay person?

I take the traditional view. I've written about these issues in a book available through Amazon: Thinking about Science, Faith and Origins: a (Very) Short Introduction.

There are a number of helpful commentaries out there on Genesis, including Mathews, Wenham, Hamilton, Kidner, Waltke, and Calvin. In the Pentateuch especially, I find it useful to read Jewish commentators, in this case Sarna and Alter. Greidanus' Preaching Christ from Genesis is also stimulating, though he doesn't cover the whole book. I don't view my commentary as particularly innovative; it is more designed to bring together in one space the material that will help preachers and lay readers to understand the text, especially those who don't have a lot of other resources.

 

[Polanus1561]

I love Kenneth Matthews on Genesis

 

[Sam Jer]

In the Pentateuch especially, I find it useful to read Jewish commentators, in this case Sarna and Alter.

Who are they? Do they have other names or are they just lesser-known?
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What is the structure of these commentaries? What is their focus? Do they include Deuteronomy in a diffrent volume or is it just the first four books of the Pentateuch for now?

 

[paranymph]

Who are they? Do they have other names or are they just lesser-known?

Nahum Sarna & Robert Alter, modern OT scholars from a Jewish perspective

 

[iainduguid]

Who are they? Do they have other names or are they just lesser-known?
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What is the structure of these commentaries? What is their focus? Do they include Deuteronomy in a diffrent volume or is it just the first four books of the Pentateuch for now?

Nahum Sarna in the JPS Torah series; there is a Deuteronomy volume in the same series by Jeffrey Tigay, but I haven't used that; Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses (which obviously includes Deuteronomy). All of these would be secular Jews, so must be read with discernment, but (like Jacob Milgrom, also highly recommended on Leviticus and Numbers) they are deeply immersed in the Rabbinic traditions and give insights you won't find in other commentaries. Alter's work is not a conventional commentary: it is his own translation with brief notes, but he is often worth reading. He is well-known for his literary works, The Art of Reading Biblical Narrative and The Art of Reading Biblical Poetry.

To your list of commentaries on Deuteronomy, you should add Dan Block in the NIVAC series. Block is a stellar evangelical scholar, the foremost Ezekiel expert in the world, and he has invested several years in the study of Deuteronomy. He's not Reformed, but his work is top quality and he is committed to the authority of the Scriptures.

 

[Sam Jer]

Nahum Sarna & Robert Alter, modern OT scholars from a Jewish perspective

Nahum Sarna in the JPS Torah series; there is a Deuteronomy volume in the same series by Jeffrey Tigay, but I haven't used that; Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses (which obviously includes Deuteronomy). All of these would be secular Jews, so must be read with discernment, but (like Jacob Milgrom, also highly recommended on Leviticus and Numbers) they are deeply immersed in the Rabbinic traditions and give insights you won't find in other commentaries. Alter's work is not a conventional commentary: it is his own translation with brief notes, but he is often worth reading. He is well-known for his literary works, The Art of Reading Biblical Narrative and The Art of Reading Biblical Poetry.

Oh, now it makes more sense. I thought Jewish Commentaries referred to the well known traditional ones.

To your list of commentaries on Deuteronomy, you should add Dan Block in the NIVAC series. Block is a stellar evangelical scholar, the foremost Ezekiel expert in the world, and he has invested several years in the study of Deuteronomy. He's not Reformed, but his work is top quality and he is committed to the authority of the Scriptures.

What is he? Particular Baptist? Lutheran? Conservative Episcopalian? Dispensationalist? Liberal?
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What is the structure of these commentaries? What is their focus?

What about this question? Is it a running commentary, longer pieces of text, is it verse by verse or passage by passage, does it focus on some specific aspect of the text or is it a more general commentary?

 

[paranymph]

What is he? Particular Baptist? Lutheran? Conservative Episcopalian? Dispensationalist? Liberal?

He's hard to systematize into a category. I'd put him more in the New Covenant theology camp with leanings towards a dispensational view of the nation of Israel (though I don't know his eschatology). I reviewed his book on covenant here: https://thelondonlyceum.com/book-review-covenant/
This impacts how he talks about the law when he writes on the Pentateuch.

He used to teach at Southern Seminary, so he was SBC at that point. When he taught at Wheaton I think he taught Sunday School at College Church.

However, he is an excellent scholar with much insight into the text.

 

[iainduguid]

Oh, now it makes more sense. I thought Jewish Commentaries referred to the well known traditional ones.


What is he? Particular Baptist? Lutheran? Conservative Episcopalian? Dispensationalist? Liberal?
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What about this question? Is it a running commentary, longer pieces of text, is it verse by verse or passage by passage, does it focus on some specific aspect of the text or is it a more general commentary?

Block's commentary does detailed exegesis as well as larger sections. The JPS commentary is more verse by verse, with separate sections on larger topics. (It's fair to say that the JPS commentary is very expensive for its size).

 

[Sam Jer]

Block's commentary does detailed exegesis as well as larger sections. The JPS commentary is more verse by verse, with separate sections on larger topics. (It's fair to say that the JPS commentary is very expensive for its size).

And the ones mentioned above? (yourself, Sklar, Palmar, Bergey)

 

[iainduguid]

And the ones mentioned above? (yourself, Sklar, Palmar, Bergey)

We generally treat small groups of verses in detail and then have a response section giving direction toward application. They are relatively concise commentaries (under 200,000 words each) because of the format. If you look on Amazon, you can see a sample page to look at the format.

 

[therussellhome]

I too will give a Puritan Board dancing banana. I have found the ESVEC the be my favorite resource for my family worship and have been waiting for this volume for a while. Our schedule had us finish these books a couple of months ago but I'm buying it ASAP for when we cycle back around again.