Journal: Masters Seminary Journal
Volume: TMSJ 04:2 (Fall 1993)
Article: NT Commentaries for Bible Expositors, 1987-92
Author: James E. Rosscup

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NT Commentaries for Bible Expositors, 1987-921

James E. Rosscup

Professor of Bible Exposition

The following is a continuation of the annotated bibliography begun in the Spring 1993 number of The Master’s Seminary Journal. This listing treats NT books in much the same way as the earlier one dealt with the OT. A sample ranking of commentaries in different categories closes the article.

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NT Commentary Sets

Paul Enns, ed. Moody Gospel Commentary. Chicago: Moody, 1992-.

This very readable evangelical series purposes to provide help to expositors and will cover the four gospels. J. Carl Laney’s 407-page volume on John is the first to appear. Other volumes will follow. Enns and Laney are premillennial and dispensational.

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Arno C. Gaebelein. Gaebelein’s Concise Commentary on the New Testament. Chicago: Moody, 1991.

This is a one-volume revision of the NT portion of the multivolume set The Annotated Bible written by one of America’s most popular Bible teachers during the early twentieth century. It incorporates diligent explanation and frequent application to help pastors and lay readers. It resembles the general works of H. A. Ironside.

New American Commentary. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1990-.

This is a replacement of the older American Commentary on the New Testament, which included the outstanding work by John Broadus on Matthew. All NAC authors “affirm the divine inspiration, inerrancy, complete truthfulness, and full authority of the Bible” (Editor’s Preface). Craig Blomberg’s commentary on Matthew is a very good survey, marked by careful study, wide acquaintance with literature, and perceptive handling of many problems. John Polhill’s work on Acts is also quite good. Some volumes, as the one on the Pastorals, are surveys that make good contributions at times, but do not come up to the quality of Matthew and Acts.

New International Biblical Commentary. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1989-.

Such well-known evangelical scholars as Robert Mounce (Matt), F. F. Bruce (Phil), Gordon Fee (1 Tim-Tit), and Peter Davids (Jas) are contributors to this series. Much of the work by these high-ranking scholars rests on well-studied detail and sound hermeneutics. The series began in the early 1980’s with Harper and Row as The Good News Commentary and using the GNB translation, but Hendrickson picked it up in the late 1980’s and changed to the NIV.