Thanks so much for the recommendations. I generally love reading Owen, but I'm starting to have doubts about whether I can profitably get through his exposition of Hebrews. I know just enough Greek to be extremely dangerous, and thus far it appears that his exposition requires the ability to read long passages of text in the original Greek. I haven't given up yet, but want to have a good backup just in case.
One of the reasons I was (am?) looking forward to reading Owen's commentary is that he emphasizes the OT types and patterns -- and predictions about the coming Messiah, and stresses the need to really understand those issues to understand the issues that the author and Hebrews readers understood and assumed as "givens." Since I'm not as grounded in OT theology/Scripture as I should be, I want to make sure that I learn as much as possible about the types and patterns, and Messianic predictions, set forth in the OT as possible before teaching on Hebrews. I assume that all of the good commentaries deal with these issues, but not sure which ones are the most helpful for someone who wants/needs to learn more about OT prophesies/types, etc. I have Pink's volume and it certainly does seem exhaustive, and he credits Owen as a major influence, so perhaps that's what I'm looking for. Of course, I generally at least keep an eye on Calvin's commentary on whatever book I'm studying as something of a plumb line to make sure I'm not getting too far off course.
Thanks again for your help and suggestions!
