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Some questions to ask...
- Are you looking for a homiletic commentary, an academic commentary, or another style?
- Are you looking for a commentary from a particular perspective (womanist, conservative, eco-, queer, et cetera)?
- Are you looking for a single volume commentary (covering the entire Bible in one or two volumes) or a multi-volume series (which usually dedicates one book to each book of the Bible)?
- Are you looking for a commentary from a particular faith tradition (Brethren, Quaker, Lutheran, Catholic...)?
- Are you looking for an item specifically available as a print book or eBook?
How to find commentaries in the library catalog
- Go to Library Catalog
- Search for "su:Bible [book of the Bible] Commentaries" - e.g., "su:Bible Matthew Commentaries"
- Alternatively, find any commentary for the book in the library catalog, click on View Description, then under Subjects click on "Bible [book] Commentaries"
- Sort by "Date (Newest First)" to find the most up-to-date books
- Scroll down to Format and select "eBooks" for eBooks
Single-Volume Commentaries
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Women's Bible Commentary by Carol A. Newsom (Editor); Sharon H. Ringe (Editor); Jacqueline E. Lapsley (Editor)ISBN: 9780664237073
Publication Date: 2012
The Women's Bible Commentary is a trusted, classic resource for biblical scholarship, written by some of the best feminist scholars in the field today. This twentieth anniversary edition features brand new or thoroughly revised essays to reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics. It comprises commentaries on every book of the Bible, including the apocryphal books; essays on the reception history of women in the Bible; and essays on feminist critical method. The contributors raise important questions and explore the implications of how women and other marginalized people are portrayed in biblical texts, looking specifically at gender roles, sexuality, political power, and family life, while challenging long-held assumptions. This commentary brings modern critical methods to bear on the history, sociology, anthropology, and literature of the relevant time periods to illuminate the context of these biblical portrayals and challenges readers to new understandings.
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Theological Bible Commentary by Gail R. O'Day (Editor); David L. Petersen (Editor)ISBN: 9780664227111
Publication Date: 2009
This is the first one-volume commentary to emphasize theological questions: what does each biblical book say about God? how does the book describe God and portray God's actions? and who is God in these biblical books? This volume meets the need for a resource that puts the best of scholarship in conversation with the theological claims of the biblical text.
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The Queer Bible Commentary by Deryn Guest (Editor); Robert E. Goss (Editor); Mona West (Editor); Thomas Bohache (Editor)ISBN: 9780334040217
Publication Date: 2006
The Queer Bible Commentary brings together the work of several scholars and pastors known for their interest in the areas of gender, sexuality and Biblical studies. Rather than a verse-by-verse analysis, typical of more traditional commentaries, contributors to this volume focus specifically upon those portions of the book that have particular relevance for readers interested in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues such as the construction of gender and sexuality, the reification of heterosexuality, the question of lesbian and gay ancestry within the Bible, the transgendered voices of the prophets, the use of the Bible in contemporary political, socio-economic and religious spheres and the impact upon lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
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The Africana Bible by Valerie Bridgeman; Hugh PageISBN: 9780800621254
Publication Date: 2009
It opens a critical window onto the world of interpretation on the African continent and in the multiple diasporas of African peoples, including the African-American experience, with attention to Africana histories, literatures, cultures, and backgrounds for understanding biblical literature. The Africana Bible features a critical commentary on every book of the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha that are authoritative for many in African and African-diasporan communities worldwide.
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True to Our Native Land by Brian K. Blount; Cain Hope Felder (Editor); Clarice J. Martin (Editor); Emerson B. Powery (Editor)ISBN: 9780800634216
Publication Date: 2007
This pioneering commentary sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. Cutting-edge scholarship that is in tune with African American churches calls into question many of the canons of traditional biblical research and highlights the role of the Bible in African American history, accenting themes of ethnicity, class, slavery, and African heritage as these play a role in Christian scripture and the Christian odyssey of an emancipated people.
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