Thank you for your review. Some of the volumes are stellar. The contribution on 1 Corinthians is fabulous. The commentary by James Edwards on Mark is one of my go to commentaries. The contributions on Luke and Acts are pretty good also
As you say replacements are coming and are really good. James Edwards on Mark and Luke are excellent. Colin Kruse on Romans has replaced Leon Morris and Ciampa & Rosner on I Corinthians is superb as is Mark Seifrid on 2 Corinthians.
I agree that for scholarly commentaries, you generally don’t want to use commentaries that are more than 30 years old. I think I would make an exception for I.H Marshall’s commentary on Luke in the NIGTC, it is just so fabulous! And I think there are some expositional sets that will be useful for years to come. David Guzik, John Macarthur, the Osborne NT commentaries, etc
Good advice for seminary students… These are not written for academia. As such, I did not use them in my masters work. As a busy pastor: I appreciate that these are writ ten for pastors. These commentaries: - deep in interpretation - avoid scholarly conversations that have little return for busy pastors - although most are sizable, I give these a high rating for reading through In actual sermon prep, reading commentaries will reach a point of diminishing returns. Commentaries that are exceptional for research projects and papers (i.e., NICOT, NICNT) reach that point of diminishing return quickly. But the PNTC does not disappoint in sermon prep. I have the Morris volume on Romans and the Kruse volume. I use both. As new replacement volumes come out, I will use both like I do with the two Romans volumes. If you are not writing papers, go ahead and use the O’Brien commentaries-seriously-your congregation does care about footnotes. O’Brien on Ephesians is great! For sermon prep you can’t go wrong with PNTC on the New Testament and NAC on the Old Testament. Both these series deliver a high return in weekly sermon preparation.
Great video, but my eyes are down here. Albeit, if there are any persons in Canada who wish to give up their O'Brian commentaries, I'm most willing to take them off your hands. Not for reselling, but for personal use.
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Another great video. Thanks! ☺
Thank you for your review. Some of the volumes are stellar. The contribution on 1 Corinthians is fabulous. The commentary by James Edwards on Mark is one of my go to commentaries. The contributions on Luke and Acts are pretty good also
Thanks for that
As you say replacements are coming and are really good. James Edwards on Mark and Luke are excellent. Colin Kruse on Romans has replaced Leon Morris and Ciampa & Rosner on I Corinthians is superb as is Mark Seifrid on 2 Corinthians.
Thanks again Steve for your helpful comment
Ephesians is being Written By Con Campbell and Hebrews by Sigurd Grindheim, both expected to come out this year.
Thanks for sharing this!
I agree that for scholarly commentaries, you generally don’t want to use commentaries that are more than 30 years old. I think I would make an exception for I.H Marshall’s commentary on Luke in the NIGTC, it is just so fabulous!
And I think there are some expositional sets that will be useful for years to come. David Guzik, John Macarthur, the Osborne NT commentaries, etc
I couldn't agree more! I love that commentary!
Good advice for seminary students… These are not written for academia. As such, I did not use them in my masters work.
As a busy pastor:
I appreciate that these are writ ten for pastors. These commentaries:
- deep in interpretation
- avoid scholarly conversations that have little return for busy pastors
- although most are sizable, I give these a high rating for reading through
In actual sermon prep, reading commentaries will reach a point of diminishing returns. Commentaries that are exceptional for research projects and papers (i.e., NICOT, NICNT) reach that point of diminishing return quickly. But the PNTC does not disappoint in sermon prep.
I have the Morris volume on Romans and the Kruse volume. I use both. As new replacement volumes come out, I will use both like I do with the two Romans volumes.
If you are not writing papers, go ahead and use the O’Brien commentaries-seriously-your congregation does care about footnotes. O’Brien on Ephesians is great!
For sermon prep you can’t go wrong with PNTC on the New Testament and NAC on the Old Testament. Both these series deliver a high return in weekly sermon preparation.
P.S. I agree that D. A. Carson’s volume on John was disappointing. That was the only volume that I didn’t care for.
Thank you for your insightful comments. Bless you!
Great video, but my eyes are down here. Albeit, if there are any persons in Canada who wish to give up their O'Brian commentaries, I'm most willing to take them off your hands. Not for reselling, but for personal use.
You must have a difficult time with narratives in the Old and New testaments..