10th EDITION

A GUIDE TO

BIBLICAL

COMMENTARIES

AND REFERENCE WORKS

JOHN F. EVANS

ZONDERVAN

A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works

Copyright © 2016 by John F. Evans

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Evans, John F. (John Frederick) author.

Title: A guide to biblical commentaries and reference works / John F. Evans.

Description: 10th edition. | Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015044266 | ISBN 9780310520962 (softcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Bible — Commentaries — Bibliography. | Bible — Bibliography.

Classification: LCC Z7770 .E92 2016 BS482 | DDC 016.2207 — dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015044266

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ותפרת בנים אבותם

Proverbs 17:6b

To the Memory of My Grandfather

THE REV FREDERICK WALTER EVANS

ab, bd, am, lld, dd

Moderator of the 1946 General Assembly,

Presbyterian Church USA;

Faithful Minister of the Gospel

For Seventy-Two Years; 1880–1977

And the Memory of my Father

THE REV FREDERICK W. EVANS, JR.

ba, bd, ma, stm, dmin

Faithful Minister of the Gospel

For Forty-Five Years; 1924–1992

~ Sequar, Etsi Non Passibus Equis ~

I Follow, Though With Unequal Steps

Contents

From the Author

Abbreviations

Symbols

Introduction

Two Warnings for Orientation

Other Bibliographies

The Guide’s Format

Standards for Evaluating Commentaries

The Range of This Guide—Conservatives & Critics

Background Reading

Other Bible Reference Works

Old Commentaries and Foreign Language Works

Notes on Computer Technology

Commentary Series

Old Testament Commentaries

Pentateuchal Studies

Genesis

Exodus

Decalogue

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Reading Narrative & the Former Prophets

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

Samuel

Kings

Chronicles

Ezra-Nehemiah

Esther

Poetry & Wisdom Literature

Job

Psalms...

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About A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works

A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, by John F. Evans, summarizes and briefly analyzes all recent and many older commentaries on each book of the Bible, giving insightful comments on the approach of each commentary and its interpretive usefulness especially for evangelical interpreters of the Bible.

A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works is essentially an annotated bibliography of hundreds of commentators. More scholarly books receive a longer, more detailed treatment than do lay commentaries, and highly recommended commentaries have their author’s names in bold. The author keeps up on the publication of commentaries and intends to update this book every three to four years.

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