Old Testament Commentary Survey, 3rd ed.

by Longman, Tremper

• ISBN13: 9780801026294
• ISBN10: 0801026296
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

For the student, minister, and layperson alike, Tremper Longman's Old Testament Commentary Survey makes finding the best Old Testament commentaries easy.In this third edition, Longman has pared down his lists to focus on the best of established commentaries and added comments on many commentaries published in recent years. He lists a number of works available for each book of the Old Testament, gives a brief indication of their emphases and viewpoints, and evaluates them. Longman also indicates who would most benefit from the commentary under consideration (scholar, minister, layperson). Finally, he summarizes his top recommendations for those trying to build a library that covers every book of the Old Testament.

Author Biography

Tremper Longman III (Ph.D., Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	9	(2)
Acknowledgments	11	(2)
Abbreviations	13	(2)
Introduction	15	(4)
Who Should Read This Guide?	15	(1)
Evaluation	16	(1)
The Use and Abuse of Commentaries	17	(2)
One-Volume Commentaries	19	(2)
Commentary Sets	21	(8)
Individual Commentaries	29	(112)
Genesis	29	(7)
Exodus	36	(3)
Leviticus	39	(3)
Numbers	42	(3)
Deuteronomy	45	(5)
Joshua	50	(3)
Judges	53	(2)
Ruth	55	(3)
Samuel	58	(4)
Kings	62	(4)
Chronicles	66	(3)
Ezra	69	(2)
Nehemiah	71	(1)
Esther	72	(2)
Job	74	(3)
Psalms	77	(5)
Proverbs	82	(4)
Ecclesiastes	86	(4)
Song of Songs	90	(3)
Isaiah	93	(6)
Jeremiah	99	(4)
Lamentations	103	(2)
Ezekiel	105	(3)
Daniel	108	(4)
Hosea	112	(3)
Joel	115	(2)
Amos	117	(3)
Obadiah	120	(2)
Jonah	122	(3)
Micah	125	(2)
Nahum	127	(3)
Habakkuk	130	(2)
Zephaniah	132	(1)
Haggai	133	(3)
Zechariah	136	(1)
Malachi	137	(4)
Appendix A	141	(4)
Five-Star Commentaries
Appendix B	145	(2)
Commentaries by Tremper Longman III
Name Index	147