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Preface: Alain and Pastor John are compiling an annotated listing of the commentaries which they believe are the most helpful guides to the Scripture. They intend to share their thoughts on each of the 66 books of the Canon. We expect that the forum members will then share their own experiences in studying the Word. We hope that this will create a helpful resource for our members. Our goal is to enable others to have a better understanding of the Bible and also to practice good stewardship in the buying of commentaries.

Evaluation: Commentaries will be evaluated under 3 criteria. (All is our opinion of course!)

1. Intended Audience:

2. Doctrinal Perspective (see note 2 below)

3. Usefulness for Pastors, Teachers, and other students of the Word.

Note 1: There are helpful works which we left out. We made a decision to include the books that would be most helpful to pastors, theological students, and others with that kind of hunger for the Word.

Note 2: The definition of inerrancy is found here: http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=679. The concept of infallibility maintains that the Scripture does not err with regard to spiritual or doctrinal matters, but may err concerning geography, history, etcetera.

Note 3: Pastor John has been reading books on books for many years and he is grateful to his both seminary professors and authors D. A. Carson, Tremper Longman, James Rosscup, John Glynn, John Evans and all the others from whom he has benefited. He has not intentionally "stolen" from any of them, but he has undoubtedly been influenced by all of them.



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Amos

Allen, Leslie, NICOT, Eerdmans
He is an evangelical who is less conservative than John. He can still help you.
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Anderson, Francis, NICOT, Eerdmans
Perhaps there is such a thing as too much information! If you have the time. there is much information to be gained.
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Finley, T. T., Joel, Amos, and Obadiah, BSF (Originally Moody Wycliffe Commentary)
He has written a fine technical pre-millennial commentary
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Fyall, Robert, Teaching Amos: Unlocking the Prophecy of Amos for the Expositor, CFP
This is fairly new - and I have not used it, but it looks so interesting that I felt compelled to list it. This books from tis publisher are usually profitable for the reader.
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Hill. Andrew, Minor Prophets in the CBC, Tyndale
A survey by a good scholar
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Hubbard, David, TOTC. IVP
It is quite helpful. He is not as conservative as John, but this volume is more complete than most volumes in this set.
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Keddie, Gordon, The Lord is King, EP
This seems like a helpful work at a basic level.
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Mays, James L., OTL, WJK
John was quite disappointed, see on Hosea and Micah..
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McComiskey, Edward, EBC, Zondervan
This is one of the better offerings in the volume.
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Motyer, Alex, BST, IVP
If you are just starting you library, put all of his books on your list.
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Niehaus, Geoffrey, in volume 1 of The Minor Prophets, Baker
Both Pastors and Students will appreciate his work
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Shalom, Paul, Hermeneia, Fortress
It is a thorough Jewish interpretation which shows more confidence in the text than many others have done.
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Smith, Billy A., NAC, Zondervan
This is a helpful & conservative SBC commentary on Amos. It has received excellent reviews.
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Smith, Gary, Mentor, CFP
John has the old Zondervan edition. He thought that it was one of the best commentaries in his library. This is a great commentary, but Pastors may find the following volume sufficient.
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Smith, Gary, NIVAC, Zondervan
This is very good and should perhaps be the Pastor's first purchase.
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Stuart, Douglass, WBC, Nelson
This is a good evangelical treatment within the confines of the series.
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John's Picks
    1. Gary Smith (Mentor) and Billy Smith (NAC)
    2. Finley and/or Niehaus
    3. Gary Smith (NIVAC) or Hubbard
    4. McComiskey or Motyer


Obadiah

Allen, Leslie, NICOT, Eerdmans
He is a moderate evangelical. He can still help you.
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Amerding, Carl E., EBC, Zondervan
This is also helpful and the volume is a good investment.
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Baker, David, NIVAC, Zondervan
This is bound with Joel and Malachi. You would not need both this volume and the Tyndale contribution (below), but you may want to purchase it for his coverage of the other books.
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Baker, David, Alexander, T. D., and Waltke, Bruce, TOTC, IVP
It is all that you need for Obadiah.
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Finley, T. T., Joel, Amos, and Obadiah, BSF (Originally Moody Wycliffe Commentary)
He wrote a fine technical pre-millennial commentary on these books.
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Niehaus, Jeffrey, In The Minor Prophets, vol. 2. Baker
This is good work in a good set.
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Raabe, Paul, AB, Doubleday
Obadiah does not provoke John to invest this much money in a commentary. This is one of the more conservative offerings in this series.
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Renkma, Jan, HCOT, Peeters
It is almost as extensive as Raabe (224 pages to 273.) It is somewhat less conservative, but well respected.
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Smith, Billy A., NAC, Zondervan
This is a helpful, conservative, SBC commentary. The reviews on Obadiah have been less favorable than those on his coverage of Amos.
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Stuart, Douglass, WBC, Nelson
This is a good evangelical treatment within the confines of the series.
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John's Picks
    1. Finley, Niehaus and/or Raabe
    2. Baker, David (either work)
    3. Amerding
    4. Stuart

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I added a few entries to Amos. John

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Pastor John,
Is Gordon Keddey's work really that strong on inerrancy (i.e., :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D )??? :shock: :lol:

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I only read it in spots. I may want to change my rating based upon new information. I did not purchase the volume.

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[Changing the subject slightly...] I've heard Bob Fyall speak a few times, and I would imagine that anything he writes will be both scholarly and have a warm heart for the church.
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Thanks for that input as well - I am very interested in his new commentary in the Apollos series.

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Pastor John,
I would definitely agree about Gary Smith's commentary on Amos (Mentor) as I just read through it as a part of translating Amos. Its a marvelous book...technical at times, but not overly (its quite a work given that he wrote it before finding a publisher rather than contracting to write it) . He deals very well with the rhetorical structure, cultural setting and theology of Amos (not to mention he was a form instructor at the seminary I'm currently attending and as such he was the advisor of my thesis advisor :wink: ).

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