Commentaries: OT Sets

Publisher: InterVarsity Press     Publication Dates: 1974-2014
Location: Open Stacks   Call numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; educated laypeople
Original Languages: Infrequently referenced; transliterated in text and footnotes.
See also: Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (NT Counterpart Set)

Notes: Generally described as a high quality set by Evangelical theologians (e.g. Evans and D. A. Carson).

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Publisher: Eerdmans     Publication Dates: 1976–2014
Location: Open Stacks; Reference   Call Numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: When used, transliterated in the text and footnotes.
See also: NICNT (NT Counterpart Set)

Notes: Notes: Generally written by evangelical Christian authors with at least a relatively high view of Scripture. Approach varies from volume to volume. Recent additions tend to be more scholarly.

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Publisher: Eerdmans     Publication Date: 1975
Location: Open Stacks; Reference   Call Numbers: BS1154 .K33 1975 v.1-10
Level: Pastors/seminarians; advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: Some familiarity required (Hebrew not transliterated)

Notes: Notes: Evans speaks well of this set despite the fact that they are dated in certain aspects.

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Publisher: Baylor University Press     Publication Dates: 2006–2012
Location: Open Stacks   Call numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Hebrew required
Counterpart: Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament (BHGNT)

Notes: Exegetical helps only--heavy focus on the Hebrew text (e.g. parsing, syntax, and definitions); very little commentary/theological interpretation beyond that; helpful for establishing a basis for translation. Applicability: exegetical papers

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Publisher: Jewish Publication Society     Publication Dates: 1989-1996
Location: Reference   Call numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: Knowledge of Hebrew not required, though the (a?) complete Hebrew text is printed.
See also: JPS Bible Commentaries

Notes: Series covers only the Torah. Written from a Jewish perspecitve, and provide ANE background information. Cautions: Mildly critical perspective, though some authors are more reserved concerning source criticism.

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Publisher: Jewish Publication Society     Publication Dates: 1999-2015
Location: Reference   Call numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: Knowledge of Hebrew required
See also: JPS Torah Commentaries

Notes: Series covers picks up after JPS Torah Commentaries (see notes above).

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Publisher: Westminster Press     Publication Dates: 1965-2011
Location: Open Stacks; Reference   Call numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: Transliterated when used in text and footnotes.
See also: New Testament Library

Notes: Volumes reflect various critical approaches. New volumes are being added. Cautions: Critical; best if balanced by another source.

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Publisher: Liturgical Press     Publication Dates: 1996-2003
Location: Open Stacks   Call numbers: (vary per volume)
Level: Pastors/seminarians; Advanced students/scholars
Original Languages: Beginning knowledge of Hebrew required; Hebrew frequently referenced (and transliterated) in text and notes.
See also: Sacra Pagina (also by Liturgical Press, covering the NT)

Notes: "Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry." Roman Catholic publisher, but using several Jewish contributors as well as Christians. Takes a more narrative and literary approach to the text. Cautions: Evans describes this series as "critical" (30).

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Location: Reference Section
Volumes are intended to cite "works published within the twentieth century that make important contributions to the understanding of the text and backgrounds of the various books [of the Bible]."