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The New Testament Commentary Guide: A Brief Handbook for Students and Pastors is unavailable, but you can change that!

An indispensable map to the often intimidating world of biblical commentaries. For many beginning students of the New Testament, looking for a commentary seems like a simple process: identify the book you’re studying, search for a commentary, and pick one. However, the reality is far from simple. With new commentaries being published every year on every book of the Bible, the student of...

read the New Testament in Greek, but even if you sit down with the English New Testament you can glean much from reading, reading, and re-reading. Okay, so how do you use a commentary? First, make sure you look at not just the exegetical and theological opinions of the commentary writer but especially their evidence. How do they support their claims? Secondly, use commentaries to broaden your horizons. You might naturally pick a series or author to read because you agree with their work. That’s normal
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