Bible Commentaries
Commentary Series to look for
- Anchor Bible/Anchor Yale Bible (AB)
- Black’s New Testament Commentary (BNTC)
- Feminist Companion to the Bible (FCB)
- Forms of the Old Testament Literature (FOTL)
- Hermeneia
- International Critical Commentary (ICC)
- Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching & Preaching (IBC)
- New Century Bible (NCB)
- New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT)
- New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT)
- New Interpreter's Bible (NIB)
- New Testament Library (NTL)
- Old Testament Library (OTL)
- Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary
Helpful Commentary Surveys
Both of these books give brief reviews of the different commentaries
on each book of the Bible.
New Testament Commentary Survey
BS 2341.2 C33 2007
Reference
Old Testament Commentary Survey
Z 7772 A1 L64 2007
Reference
Old Testament
Note: Anchor Bible Commentaries can be found in the BS 192.2 A1 area
| Book | Call number range |
| Genesis | BS 1235 – 1235.3 |
| Exodus | BS 1245 – 1245.3 |
| Leviticus | BS 1255 – 1255.3 |
| Numbers | BS 1255; BS 1265 – 1265.3 |
| Deuteronomy | BS 1275 – 1275.3 |
| Joshua | BS 1295 – 1295.3 |
| Judges | BS 1295.3; BS 1305 – 1305.3 |
| Ruth | BS 1154; BS 1295.3; BS 1305 – BS 1315.3 |
| 1 Samuel} 2 Samuel} |
BS 1325 – 1325.3 |
| 1 Kings} 2 Kings} |
BS 1333 – 1335.3 |
| 1 Chronicles} 2 Chronicles} |
BS 192.2; BS 1345 |
| Ezra | BS 1345.3 – 1355.3 |
| Nehemiah | BS 1345.3 – 1355.3 |
| Esther | BS 1355 – 1375.3 |
| Job | BS 1412 – 1415.3 |
| Psalms | BS 1429 – 1430.3 |
| Proverbs | BS 1462 – 1465.3 |
| Ecclesiastes | BS 1465.3 – 1475.3 |
| Song of Solomon | BS 1465 – 1485.3 |
| Isaiah | BS 1512 - BS 1515.3 |
| Book | Call number range |
| Jeremiah | BS 1523 – 1525.3 |
| Lamentations | BS 1485; BS 1525 - BS 1535.3 |
| Ezekiel | BS 1542 - BS 1545.3 |
| Daniel | BS 1550 – 1555.3 |
| Hosea | BS 1565.3; BS 1585 - BS 1585.3 |
| Joel | BS 1520.5; BS 1575 - BS 1575.3; BS 1645.3 |
| Amos | BS 1575 – 1585.3 |
| Obadiah | BS 1595.3 |
| Jonah | BS 1315; BS 1375.3; BS 1485.3; BS 1595.3; BS 1602- 1605.3 |
| Micah | BS 1585.3; BS 1615.3 |
| Nahum | BS 1525.3; BS 1605.3; BS 1625.3 |
| Habakkuk | BS 1525.3; BS 1625.3; BS 1635; BS 1645.3 |
| Zephaniah | BS 1525.3; BS 1625.3; BS 1635.3; BS 1645.3 |
| Haggai | BS 1560, BS 1655.3 |
| Zechariah | BS 1560; BS 1665 – 1665.3 |
| Malachi | BS 1560; BS 1655.3; BS 1665.3; BS 1675.3 |
New Testament
Note: Anchor Bible Commentaries can be found in the BS 192.2 A1 area
| Book | Call number range |
| Matthew | BS 2575 – 2575.3 |
| Mark | BS 2585 – 2585.3 |
| Luke | BS 2595 – 2595.3 |
| John | BS 2615 – 2615.3 |
| Acts | BS 2625 – 2625.3 |
| Romans | BS 2665 – 2665.3 |
| 1 Corinthians | BS 2675 – 2675.3 |
| 2 Corinthians | BS 2675 – 2675.3 |
| Galatians | BS 2685 – 2685.3 |
| Ephesians | BS 2650.3; BS 2695 – 2695.3 |
| Philippians | BS 2705 – 2705.3 |
| Colossians | BS 2650.3; BS 2695; BS 2715 – BS 2715.3 |
| 1 Thessalonians} 2 Thessalonians} |
BS 2650.3; BS 2725.3 |
| Book | Call number range |
| 1 Timothy} 2 Timothy} |
BS 2745.3 |
| Titus | BS 2341.2; BS 2745.3 |
| Philemon | BS 2650.3; BS 2695.3 – 2715.3 |
| Hebrews | BS 2775 – 2775.3 |
| James | BS 2785 – 2785.3 |
| 1 Peter} | BS 2795.3 |
| 2 Peter} | BS 2785.3; BS 2795.3 |
| 1 John} 2 John} 3 John} |
BS 2805 - 2805.3 |
| Jude | BS 2777; BS 2785.3 - BS 2795.3 |
| Revelation | BS 2825 – 2825.3 |