OT Commentary Set

[Barnpreacher]

If you were preaching through the OT and you could only have one solidly Reformed OT Commentary set, which one would it be?

I'm excluding Calvin, Henry, Gill, Poole and others that are quite accessible to read on the internet. I'm talking about a book set that you wouldn't be able to find anywhere on the net, but you could have it in your library.

 

[RamistThomist]

I don't know about Reformed per se, but I would go with New International Commentary on the Old Testament. It is pricey sometimes, but it is the best on the market. A good second place goes to the New American Commentary sereis.

 

[Barnpreacher]

I don't know about Reformed per se, but I would go with New International Commentary on the Old Testament. It is pricey sometimes, but it is the best on the market. A good second place goes to the New American Commentary sereis.

J,

$693 at monergism.com. (Where's the smilie that makes one of those real long whistles when you can't believe the price of something?)

Looks tremendous though.

 

[Southern Presbyterian]

I don't know about Reformed per se, but I would go with New International Commentary on the Old Testament. It is pricey sometimes, but it is the best on the market. A good second place goes to the New American Commentary sereis.

J,

$693 at monergism.com. (Where's the smilie that makes one of those real long whistles when you can't believe the price of something?)

Looks tremendous though.

What about this.... ?

 

[Barnpreacher]

I don't know about Reformed per se, but I would go with New International Commentary on the Old Testament. It is pricey sometimes, but it is the best on the market. A good second place goes to the New American Commentary sereis.

J,

$693 at monergism.com. (Where's the smilie that makes one of those real long whistles when you can't believe the price of something?)

Looks tremendous though.

What about this.... ?

Thanks a lot, brother. Here I thought you were going to tell me somewhere I could get that set a lot cheaper than at Monergism.

 

[polemic_turtle]

$599 @ CBD. I concur from what little I know of such things: the NICNT & NICOT seem to be imminent sets. I bought the previous edition of the whole NT set for $100~ at the beginning of this month; it included Ridderbos on Galatians, Murray on Romans, and Morris on John. Good stuff.

BTW, you can often find the previous editions of these $40+ volumes for $10~ if you look back an edition in the used sections at Amazon.

 

[Jim Johnston]

I don't know about Reformed per se, but I would go with New International Commentary on the Old Testament. It is pricey sometimes, but it is the best on the market. A good second place goes to the New American Commentary sereis.

I'd have to agree...

 

[DMcFadden]

Moises Silva used to tell us in college that . . .

1. Stay away from "sets" since they almost always have good and bad volumes.
2. Don't build your commentary library before you need them. Wait until you are teaching or preaching on a topic to purchase the books. You never know when a really good book will come out that trumps the ones you have been collecting.
3. Build your library around the "best" commentary on a given book of the Bible. Add those you believe will augment it as need and financial ability present themselves.

Unfortunately, I seldom listened to Moises and wasted WAY too much money on books I never used. But, if you want OT commentary sets anyway, I agree with NICOT and the New American Commentary. I also enjoy the volumes that are available in the Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture series. Both the NAC and the ACCS are available in electronic form as well. If you want technical (not always conservative OR Reformed) critical commentaries, many of the volumes in the Word Biblical Commentary series are quite good (also available in digital format).

 

[Dieter Schneider]

If you were preaching through the OT and you could only have one solidly Reformed OT Commentary set, which one would it be?

I'm excluding Calvin, Henry, Gill, Poole and others that are quite accessible to read on the internet. I'm talking about a book set that you wouldn't be able to find anywhere on the net, but you could have it in your library.

Keil and Delitzsch (the only OT set I would recommend - if you need help with Hebrew, that is). Click here for online version. For a different set of authors, click here.

 

[KMK]

Does Vol I and II of Matthew Poole count? I love Poole. $69.99 at CBD.

 

[aleksanderpolo]

I have to agree with Dennis. Mix and Match seems to be a better approach. For example, Bruce Waltke's Genesis is incredible, yet it is not in any set. Longman has some helpful recommendations in his commentary survey.

 

[Kevin]

If you were preaching through the OT and you could only have one solidly Reformed OT Commentary set, which one would it be?

I'm excluding Calvin, Henry, Gill, Poole and others that are quite accessible to read on the internet. I'm talking about a book set that you wouldn't be able to find anywhere on the net, but you could have it in your library.

Keil and Delitzsch (the only OT set I would recommend - if you need help with Hebrew, that is). Click here for online version. For a different set of authors, click here.

I like K & D as well. I use it any time I preach or study the OT.

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

The Welywnn series published by Evangelical Press has covered most of the Old Testament. These are good for those who want non-technical, but exegetically sound commentaries.

Of course, everyone should read the commentaries by Dale Ralph David (Joshua-2 Kings) in the Focus on the Bible series that Christian Focus Publications do.