Resources & Reviews

Here is everything I have reviewed, with categories almost in alphabetical order.

  • Theology
  • Bibles
  • Biblical Languages 
  • Biblical Theology
  • Children’s Books
  • Commentaries
  • Course Lectures
  • Devotionals
  • Dictionaries
  • General Reading
  • Upcoming Reviews

Many of the books listed here are great, but I’ve tried to highlight some key books. Books in blue bold are the ones I think would help you better understand the Bible to begin with. I have enjoyed most of the books I have reviewed, but some are better to start with than others..

Reviews for books in gray italics are upcoming.

Theology

Bibles

Biblical Languages

Biblical Theology

Children’s Books 

General

Theology

Commentaries 

Old Testament

The Pentateuch/Torah

Genesis

Exodus

  • Exodus (AOTC) T. D. Alexander
  • Exodus (NAC)  Douglas Stuart
  • Exodus (SGBC) Christopher Wright

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

The Historical Books

Joshua

  • Joshua (EBTC) David Firth

Judges/Ruth

Samuel

Kings

Chronicles

Ezra-Nehemiah

The Wisdom Literature

Psalms

Proverbs

Job

  • Job (EBTC) — Barry Webb

The Major Prophets

Jeremiah

The Minor Prophets/the Twelve

Hosea

  • Hosea (NICOT)  J. Andrew Dearman
  • Hosea (ZECOT) Jerry Hwang
  • Hosea (AOTC) Joshua Moon

Joel

  • Joel (ZECOT) — David Barker

Obadiah

Jonah

Micah

Nahum

  • Nahum (ZECOT) — Daniel Timmer

Habakkuk

Haggai, Zechariah

Malachi

New Testament

Matthew

The Gospels and Acts

Commentaries
Monographs

Mark

Commentaries
  • Mark (BCBC)  Timothy Geddert
  • Mark (BECNT)  Robert Stein
  • Matthew/Mark (CBC) Turner/Bock
  • Mark (NAC)  James Brooks
  • Mark (S&HBC)  Alan Culpepper
  • Mark (SGBC) Tim Gombis
  • Mark (TNTC) Eckhard Schnabel
  • Mark (ZECNT)  Mark Strauss
Monographs

Luke

  • Luke (PNTC) James Edwards
  • Luke (THNTC) F. Scott Spencer
Monographs

John

  • John (BECNT)  Andreas Köstenberger
  • John (CFP) William Cook
  • John: Verse by Verse (NTC) Grant Osborne
  • John (NTL) Marianne Thompson
  • John (ZECNT) Edward Klink III
  • John (ZIBBC) Craig Keener

Acts

Monographs

The Epistles of Paul

Romans

First Corinthians

Second Corinthians

Galatians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 & 2 Thessalonians

The Pastoral Letters

The General Epistles

Hebrews

James

1-2 Peter, Jude

1,2,3 John

Revelation

Course Lectures 

Devotionals

  • Anger (31-Day Devotionals For Life) Bob Jones
  • Contentment (31-Day Devotionals For Life) Megan Hill
  • Doubt (31-Day Devotionals For Life) Elyse Fitzpatrick
  • Fearing Others (31-Day Devotionals For Life)  Zach Schlegel
  • Be Thou My Vision, A Liturgy for Daily Worship Jonathan Gibson

Dictionaries

General Reading

Upcoming 

Sooner

  • A Bit of Earth — Andrea Burke
  • Gud, Pest og Plage — Magnar Kartveit
  • Insect Anatomy — Julia Rothman
  • Kaito og Giftsoppen — Emma Larsen
  • Ocean Anatomy — Julia Rothman

Later

Children’s

  • Land of AND Kate Mullaly
  • Land of OR Kate Mullaly
  • Sophie and the Heidelberg Cat Wilson/Garcia

Beyond

Theology

B&H Academic
  • The Gospel for Disordered Lives — Robert Jones & Kristin Kellen
Baker Academic
  • Abraham’s Silence J. Richard Middleton
  • The Gospel of John David Ford
  • How Scripture Interprets Scripture Michael Graves
  • Revelation (BECNT) — Grant Osborne
Baylor University Press
  • The Heights of the Hills Are His Also — Chris Seitz
Cambridge University Press
  • The Idea of Israel — Jason Staples
Fontes Press
  • Discourse Analysis of the NT Writings ed. Todd Scacewater
IVP Academic
Complimentary
  • Called by Triune Grace — Jonathan Hoglund
  • Christianity at the Crossroads — Michael Kruger
  • The Gospel of the Son of God — David Bauer
  • The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch — Kevin Chen
  • Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes — Jackson Wu
  • Theology and the Mirror of Scripture — Vanhoozer/Treier
  • But What About God’s Wrath? — Kinghorn/Travis
  • What Does the Bible Say About Suffering? — Brian Gregg
Requested
  • Coming soon!
Lexham Press
Complimentary
  • The Bedrock of Christianity — Justin Bass
  • A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud & Midrash — Strack & Billerbeck
  • Discontinuity to Continuity — Benjamin Merkle
  • God of All Comfort Scott Harrower
  • In Season and Out — David deSilva
  • Jeremiah: Walking the Ancient Pathways — Walter Kaiser
  • Journeys of the Apostle Paul — ed. David Bomar
  • The Logic of the Body — Lapine
  • Myth and Meaning in Jordan Peterson — ed. Ron Dart
  • Raised on the Third Day — Beck & Licona
Requested
  • Coming soon!
Verbum Forlag
  • Mi Sorg Er Lys — Geir Gundersen
  • Tråden Heter Trofasthet — Truls Åkerlund
Wipf & Stock
  • Coming soon!
Zondervan Academic
  • 1, 2, 3 John (SGBC) Constantine Campbell 
  • Acts 1:1–9:42 (WBC) — Steve Walton 
  • Colossians (WBC) — Clinton Arnold
  • Mere Christian Hermeneutics — Kevin Vanhoozer

4 comments

  1. Hi James,

    Great blog. Thanks for your review of Representing Christ. Have you seen biblical training.org. If not, it looks like the kind of resource you would appreciate.

    Grace,

    Hank Voss

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    1. Hi Hank,

      Yes, I have seen it and have used it a bit, but it hasn’t crossed my mind to even put it on here. Thanks for the reminder and for your book. I look forward to more from you in the future.

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