Some Good Commentary Series and Individual Commentaries to Consider

Glenn Giles, PhD

There are a plethora of commentaries, many that are really pretty good.

Note that the first 10 below are pretty good conservative commentary series. But when you buy a series you will have some good commentaries on some books of the Bible but less good on other books of the Bible.

To get the best commentaries on each book of the Bible, it is better to buy particular commentaries on particular books rather than a commentary series. To do this you might want to consider the URLs on numbers 11 and 12 below. These list commentaries that have been evaluated by scholars and rated. These lists are not exhaustive. Do some research and ask your professors what they suggest to determine which commentary you should buy.

Also, note that some commentaries use the original languages a lot. So if you do not know Greek and Hebrew they might be a bit difficult.

1. NIV Application Commentary
2. New International Commentary on the New Testament Series
3. Tyndale New Testament Commentary Series
4. Baker Exegetical Commentary Series
5. IVP New Testament Commentary series
6. Word Biblical Commentary Series
7. Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentary Series
8. New International Greek Testament Commentary Series (Advanced)
9. Pillar New Testament Commentary Series
10. The Expositor’s Bible Commentary Series.
11. For best individual commentaries on Old Testament Books, see https://library.tiu.edu/commentaries
12. For best individual commentaries on the New Testament Individual Books, see

https://www.bestcommentaries.com/new-testament-commentaries/