I am nearing the end of Andrew Bonar's very helpfull commentary on the book of Leviticus. For those who do not know, Andrew Bonar is quite devotional at times, but is also helpful in explaining the text etc. His comments on the first few chapters where the sacrifices are described really shed a light on the entire old testament for me.
His structure goes by chapter, with each chapter of the book being a chapter in the commentary. I'd read the passage followed by the commentary, mostly on Lord's days. It usually took me just shy of an hour, though it varries between chapters.
It was very helpful and a good exercise that I do not want to stop with, so I want to go on to a similar commentary when I finnish Leviticus (both in the balance between devotional and exegetical sections and the time it takes). I have not yet chosen a book, but ones that are higher in the list of priorities are:
- The Book of Job
- A Gospel, preferably Matthew
- Another book in the pentateuch, such as Numbers or Deuteronomy
- A shorter book, thus making it possible to choose a new one relatively soon
I don't really know of any other commemtaries of the sort I am looking for, for these books or others. For Job I found that there are ones by Joseph Caryl and James Durham, but Caryl is much more detailed than I was envisioning and Durham seems to be much more concise. I suppose I could do Durham and just take several chapters at a time? For Deuteronomy I found there are sermons by Calvin and lectures by Luther, but again Calvin is a bit more extensive than I was envisioning and Luther more concise. For the other books (Matthew, Gospels, Exodus & Numbers) I didn't really look much yet.
So, does anyone have suggestions?
His structure goes by chapter, with each chapter of the book being a chapter in the commentary. I'd read the passage followed by the commentary, mostly on Lord's days. It usually took me just shy of an hour, though it varries between chapters.
It was very helpful and a good exercise that I do not want to stop with, so I want to go on to a similar commentary when I finnish Leviticus (both in the balance between devotional and exegetical sections and the time it takes). I have not yet chosen a book, but ones that are higher in the list of priorities are:
- The Book of Job
- A Gospel, preferably Matthew
- Another book in the pentateuch, such as Numbers or Deuteronomy
- A shorter book, thus making it possible to choose a new one relatively soon
I don't really know of any other commemtaries of the sort I am looking for, for these books or others. For Job I found that there are ones by Joseph Caryl and James Durham, but Caryl is much more detailed than I was envisioning and Durham seems to be much more concise. I suppose I could do Durham and just take several chapters at a time? For Deuteronomy I found there are sermons by Calvin and lectures by Luther, but again Calvin is a bit more extensive than I was envisioning and Luther more concise. For the other books (Matthew, Gospels, Exodus & Numbers) I didn't really look much yet.
So, does anyone have suggestions?