Question/insight #15: "Second, what do you think of the new Abingdon Bible Commentary that is in the process of being published, in comparison to the original 1957 edition?" (7/26/98)

Response #15:

I have the 1957 edition of the Abingdon Bible Commentary, but I have not seen a new edition. You might find it helpful to take a look at a partial list of the commentaries that I have in my own library, which you can browse at http://www.bibletexts.com/bibliogr.htm. I believe the highest quality, most helpful individual commentaries at the least cost are the United Bible Societies' (UBS) Handbook series commentaries. The American Bible Society's (ABS) is the distributor for those commentaries and other excellent materials. You can browse the ABS website at http://www.AmericanBible.org. All the UBS Handbook commentaries are very well done and theologically neutral.

I really don't use one-volume commentaries very often, but do I have a CD-ROM based version of Harper's Bible Commentary, which is available from Logos software systems, and I find it to be a handy reference when I'm away from home, which is where I have my biblical studies library. (For instance I am in Denver right now, but the Logos software still gives me access to many translations, commentaries, dictionaries, maps, Hebrew and Greek texts and dictionaries, etc.)

In addition to the textual commentary and the alternative Bible translations available on my BibleTexts website, you may also find helpful the Researched Bible Guide, which provides exegetical commentary on all verses the verses in the Bible Lesson. You can order it from Daybreak Publications at http://www.daybreakpublications.com.