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Old Testament eCommentaries

This guide was designed to assist the student in locating commentary materials for classroom and research projects.

This page list commentaries by set and is a good sample of library holdings but is in no means exhaustive. Some series have volumes available on different platforms.

Please note: OverDrive titles are one-user and must be checked out. Please return books promptly so your fellow students can access the content.

Audience: Approved Academic Series

Anchor Bible Commentaries
The long-awaited release of Anchor Bible Commentaries means all published volumes are now available 24/7/365 anywhere in the world.
Word Biblical Commentary
Platform: OverDrive
This is a one-user license and you will need to login using your 14 digit barcode. If the title you need is checked out, you can place a hold and notified when it is available. Please return item when you are finished using it.
NIV Application Commentary (Old Testament)
Platform: OverDrive
This is a one-user license and you will need to login using your 14 digit barcode. Each title can be checked out. If the title you need is checked out, place a hold and be notified when it is available.
Apollos Old Testament Commentary
Platform: EBSCOhost
Baker Old Testament Commentary
New American Commentary
New International Commentary on the Old Testament
Platform: ProQuest eBook Central
Old Testament Library
Platform: ProQuest eBook Central
Teach The Text Commentary
Expositor's Bible Commentary
This is a one-user license. Please use 1 day loan when downloading.
Platform: EBSCOhost
Holman Old Testament Commentary Series
Platform: ProQuest eBook Central
Kidner Classic Commentaries
Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary Series
Platform: EBSCOhost
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary Series
Platform: ProQuest eBook Central
Anchor Yale Bible
Hermeneia

Audience: Approved Academic Dictionaries

Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The most extensive Bible dictionary ever created: -With over 7 million words of authoritative content -Six volumes of approximately 1,200 pages each -More than 6,000 entries, 7,000,000 words, and nearly 1,000 contributors -Endpaper maps of the Near Eastern world keyed to text for quick location of archaeological and biblical sites -Articles on pseudepigraphic and apocryphal texts, Nag Hammadi tractates, and individual Dead Sea Scrolls -A richness of information unequaled in the history of biblical studies

Audience: Ministry-Focused or Introductory

Consult with your professor before using titles listed in this column.

ESV Expository Commentary
Christ-Centered Exposition (Exalting Jesus in . . .)
Not a recommended resource for a final paper but introductions, context may prove helpful at the beginning-research stage.
Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary
Brazos Theological Commentary