Bible Commentary Sets Recommendations
Westminster Books
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ESV Expository Commentary (12-Volume Set)
Designed to strengthen the global church with a widely accessible, theologically sound, and pastorally wise resource for understanding and applying the overarching storyline of the Bible, this 12-volume commentary set features the full text of the ESV Bible passage by passage, with crisp and theologically rich exposition and application.
Tim Challies recently declared the ESV Expository Commentary The Best Complete Commentary Set for any Christian, and I’m inclined to agree! I’ve reviewed four individual volumes from that set, and they’ve all been excellent.
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Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary (8-Volume Set)
The Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary (EBTC) series locates each biblical book within redemptive history and illuminates its unique theological contributions. All EBTC volumes feature informed exegetical treatment of the biblical book and thorough discussion of its most important theological themes in relation to the canon--all in a style that is useful and accessible to students of Scripture.
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Preaching the Word New Testament Set (18 Volumes)
For years, Crossway’s Preaching the Word commentary series has helped pastors, preachers, and anyone who teaches God’s Word to better interpret and apply the message of the Bible. Under the careful editorial oversight of experienced pastor and best-selling author R. Kent Hughes, this series is known for its commitment to biblical authority, its pastoral tone and focus, and its overall accessibility. Now available for the first time, this 18-volume set covering the entirety of the New Testament features contributions from a host of respected Bible teachers—offering readers a well-rounded and multipurpose resource for preaching, teaching, and personal study.
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Reformed Expository Commentary Set (38 Volumes)
The Reformed Expository Commentary is biblical (committed to comprehensive exposition of the text), doctrinal (committed to the Westminster Standards), redemptive-historical (committed to a Christ-centered view of the Old Testament), and practical (committed to applying the text to people today). Coeditors are Philip Ryken and Richard Phillips; biblical editors are Iain Duguid and Dan Doriani.
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New Studies in Biblical Theology 60-Volume Set
Addressing key issues in biblical theology, the works comprised by New Studies in Biblical Theology are creative attempts to help Christians better understand their Bibles. The NSBT series is edited by D. A. Carson and Benjamin L. Gladd, aiming to simultaneously instruct and to edify, to interact with current scholarship and to point the way ahead. Please Note: Volumes 11 and 39 are no longer in print and are not included in the full set.
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Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (17-Volume Set)
The Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (BECNT) series provides commentaries that blend scholarly depth with readability, exegetical detail with sensitivity to the whole, and attention to critical problems with theological relevance.
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