Commentary Series to look for

    • Anchor Bible/Anchor Yale Bible (AB) (also available online)
    • Baker Commentary of the Old Testament
    • Berit Olam
    • Black’s New Testament Commentary (BNTC)
    • Feminist Companion to the Bible (FCB)
    • Forms of the Old Testament Literature (FOTL)
    • Hermeneia (also available online)
    • Illuminations
    • International Critical Commentary (ICC)
    • Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching & Preaching (IBC)
    • JPS Torah Commentary
    • New Beacon Bible Commentary
    • 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)
    • Reformation Commentary on Scripture
    • Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary

    Helpful Commentary Surveys

    These books give brief reviews of different commentaries
    on each book of the Bible.

    A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works
    BS482 .E92 2025 Stacks Available Online
    New Testament Commentary Survey
    BS2341.2 .C33 2013 Stacks Available Online
    Old Testament Commentary Survey
    Z 7772 A1 L64 2013 Stacks Available Online

    How to Search for Bible Commentaries in the UofT Library Catalogue

    For instructions, please consult the PDF handout.

    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