Faith and Knowledge

■ Commentaries
- the truth about commentaries...
-- Only as good as the scholars who wrote them
-- sets are usually uneven
-- Some are more scholarly' some more practical
-- the core of the pastor's library!
- Which commentaries should you read?
-- Which are the best individual commentaries?
-- Which are the best series of commentaries?


■ Which individual commentary?
- Commentary Surveys: Get these FIRST!
- T. Longman Ⅲ, Old Testament Commentary Survey(4th ed; grand rapids: baker, 2007)
- D.A. Carson, New Testament Commentary survey(6th, grand rapids: baker, 2007)
- J. Glynn, Commentary and Reference survey: a Comprehensive Guide to biblical resources(10th ed.; grand rapid; Kregel, 2007)


■ Which Commentary Series?
- Get ONE set, if you must, to cover the whole bible.
-- recommend evangelical one like; the expositors' bible commentary: EBC(Zondervan) or the NIV Application Commentary : NIVAC(Zondervan) or the Tyndale(OT/ NT) commentaries series: TOTC or TNTC(IVP); may be incomplete
- Be familiar with Commentary series by category and their abbreviations


■ Some Evangelical series
- Baker Exegetical Commentary: BEC
- Word Biblical Commentary: WBC
- New International Commentary on the OT./NT: NICOT/ NICNT
- New International Greek Testament Commentary : NIGTC
- New American Commentary : NAC
- Wycliffe Exegetical


■ Some Critical Series
- International Critical Commentary : ICC
- Anchor Bible : AB
- Hermeneia
- Interpretation
- (New) Cambridge Bible commentary : CBC, NCBC