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Bible Question:
I just finished my masters and am taking a year or so off to study and prepare for my PhD. I would like to know a good book series to get into the history, authors, and exposition of the books of the bible. My goal is to read a book about each book of the bible, as I read the bible in a year...my goal is to become more intimate with the word from a Christian biblical based direction. I am sure there are series written by great men...I am having a difficult time finding good sources. Thanks |
Bible Answer: Dear Egosophist, Welcome to the forum! OK you have finished your masters and are going on to your Phd. So what you will be looking for are exegetical commentaries, assuming your masters was in a religious area that is, and that you are moving on to a Phd. in a religious area... If you are moving from a masters in a non religious area to a Phd. in a non religious area you would be starting off with a study oriented commentary (don't get a devotional commentary you will be sorely disappointed). There are all kinds of series out there, but you have to know which type of commentary would suit your needs. For a good study oriented commentary there are a whole lot of series and authors and many series have books by differing authors in their series; New Testament Commentary 12 volumes, by William Hendrickson and Simon J. Kesetmaker - from the Reformed position. Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 10 volumes. The Boice Expositional Commentaries on CD ROM. John MacArthur's Bible Commentary Series For The New Testament a whole lot of volumes, several for some books of the NT. Great Author's Works Martin Luther's Works on CD ROM. The John Calvin Collection. The Arthur Pink Collection. The John Owen Collection. The Jonathan Edwards Timothy Dwight Collection. The Charles Spurgeon Collection. The John Piper Collection. The Some of the Great Church Fathers - this is a short list of an exhaustive list; The Works of Augustine. The Works of Polycarp. The Works of Justin Martyr. The Works of Tertullian. The Works of Iraneaus. The Works of Thomas Aquinas. A good exegetical commentary is hard to find unless you already know your authors, this becomes a major drawback. Here are some very well known exegetical commentary authors, they have not all written a complete commentary series but some of them have covered almost all the Bible; The Works of Godet. The Works of Spinoza. The Works of Lenski. The Works of Lightfoot. The Works of F.F.Bruce. Exegetical Commentary Series - these types of series are hard to find but there are a whole lot more than these. New International Critical Series - a very good series. Anchor Bible Series - a good series. Blacks Exegetical Commentary Series - some authors are better than others. The Bakes Exegetical Commentary Series - some series are better than this one. I am just a student at a little non accreditated Bible School, but the professor's there have been a treasure trove of information about good study sources. I went looking for you through two years worth of scattered notes to find this stuff, but if you are really serious, which it seems you are, and if you have the money, it is all worth investing in. Don't ever sell your religious text books to get back the money, once you invest in them, they will stand you by for a life time. eamil me at whatdoyoubelieve.com for a page worth of online bible study tools if you are really going to study for a whole year in preparation, if you don't have these tools already, they will be invaluable. I hope this helped, God Bless, Tamara |