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Best Advanced OT Commentaries

This is a list of the best one or two commentaries for most books of the Old Testament, ranging from semi-technical to technical. They provide the best guide to the language and text of the OT. In my opinion, these would be the commentaries to buy for academic study. (In most cases other commentaries would be more appropriate for homiletics.) The list in some cases assumes a limited budget, e.g., the one volume OTL commentaries on Kings, Chronicles, and Jeremiah.

Jason Gile
Occupation: Ph.D. Candidate in OT at Wheaton College; B.A., M.A. University of Wisconsin, Hebrew and Semitic Studies

Author	Title	Series	Year	Price
Hamilton, Victor P.	The Book of Genesis (2 Vols)	NICOT	1990	$60.54 v1 v2
Childs, Brevard S.	Exodus	OTL	1974
Milgrom, Jacob	Leviticus (3 Vols)	AB	1998	$96.00 v1 v2 v3
Milgrom, Jacob	Numbers : The Traditional Hebrew Text With the New Jps Translation	JPSTC	1990	$47.25
Tigay, Jeffrey H.	Deuteronomy : The Traditional Hebrew Text With the New Jps Translation	JPSTC	1996	$52.50
McConville, J. G.	Deuteronomy	AOT	2002	$26.40
Block, Daniel I.	Judges-Ruth	NAC	1999	$21.77
McCarter, P. Kyle	I Samuel	AB	1995	$37.50
McCarter, P. Kyle	II Samuel	AB	1984	$45.00
Sweeney, Marvin A.	I and II Kings	OTL	2007	$36.46
Japhet, Sara	I and II Chronicles	OTL	1993
Knoppers, Gary	I Chronicles (2 Vols)	AB	2004	$88.00 v1 v2
Williamson, H.G.M.	Ezra, Nehemiah (Vol 16)	WBC	1985	$35.49
Berlin, Adele	Esther	JPSTC	2001	$23.07
Fox, Michael V.	Character and Ideology in the Book of Esther		1991
Clines, David J. A.	Job (3 Vols)	WBC	2009	$66.98 v1 v2 v3
Goldingay, John	Psalms (3 Vols)	BECOT	2008	$62.98 v1 v2 v3
Fox, Michael V.	Proverbs 1-9	AB	2000	$30.00
Fox, Michael V.	Proverbs 10-31	AB	2009
Fox, Michael V.	A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build Up: A Rereading of Ecclesiastes		1999
Longman, III, Tremper	The Book of Ecclesiastes	NICOT	1997	$23.76
Longman, III, Tremper	Song of Songs	NICOT	2001	$24.42
Oswalt, John N.	The Book of Isaiah (2 Vols)	NICOT	1986	$66.04 v1 v2
Goldingay, John; Payne, David F.	Isaiah 40-55 Vol 1	ICC	2007
Smith, Gary	Isaiah 40-66 (Vol 15B)	NAC	2009
Williamson, H.G.M.	Isaiah 1-5	ICC	2006	$76.00
Smith, Gary	Isaiah 1-39 (Vol 15A)	NAC	2007	$21.89
Allen, Leslie C.	Jeremiah: A Commentary	OTL	2008
Holladay, William L.	Jeremiah (2 Vols)	HERM	1986	$53.00 v1 v2
Block, Daniel I.	The Book of Ezekiel (2 Vols)	NICOT	1997	$69.30 v1 v2
Greenberg, Moshe	Ezekiel (2 Vols)	AB	1995	$75.00 v1 v2
Milgrom, Jacob	Ezekiel 38-48	AB	?
Goldingay, John	Daniel (Vol 30)	WBC	1989	$31.99
Collins, John J.	Daniel	HERM	1994	$44.00
Andersen, Francis I.; Freedman, David Noel	Hosea	AB	1980	$45.00
Stuart, Douglas	Hosea - Jonah (Vol 31)	WBC	1987	$49.99
Allen, Leslie C.	The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah	NICOT	1976	$22.00
Andersen, Francis I.; Freedman, David Noel	Amos	AB	1989
Andersen, Francis I.; Noel, David	Micah	AB	2000	$45.00
Waltke, Bruce K.	A Commentary on Micah		2007	$22.44
Berlin, Adele	Zephaniah	AB	1994
Meyers, Carol; Meyers, Eric	Haggai and Zechariah (2 Vols)	AB	1987	$88.00 v1 v2
Hill, Andrew E.	Malachi	AB	1998	$37.50

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