FIRST OFF THE SHELF

on the OLD TESTAMENT

If I had get rid of all my commentaries except for one, here are the ones I would keep on each book on the Old Testament...

O.T. Set:          Keil & Delitzsch: COMMENTARY ON THE OLD TESTAMENT

Genesis:            Victor Hamilton: NICOT: GENESIS (2 Volumes)

Exodus:            Douglas K Stuart: NAC: EXODUS

Leviticus:          Gordon J Wenham: NICOT: LEVITICUS

Numbers:         R.K. Harrison: WEC: NUMBERS

Deuteronomy:   C.H. Mackintosh: NOTES ON THE PENTATEUCH (classic)

Joshua: Marten H. Woudstra: NICOT; JOSHUA

Judges: Daniel Block: NAC: JUDGES / RUTH

Ruth:                (same as above)

1-2 Samuel       Joyce Baldwin: TOTC: 1-2 SAMUEL

1-2 Kings         Paul House: NAC; 1-2 KINGS

1-2 Chronicles   J.A. Thompson: NAC: 1-2 CHRONICLES

Ezra/Nehemiah   H.G.M. Williamson: WBC: EZRA-NEHEMIAH

Esther               Joyce Baldwin: TOTC: ESTHER

Job                   Francis I Anderson: TOTC: JOB

Psalms              Charles Surgeon: THE TREASURY OF DAVID (3 volumes)

Proverbs          Tremper Longman III: BECOT: PROVERBS

Ecclesiastes      Tremper Longman III: NICOT: ECCLESIASTES

Song of Songs  Richard Hess, BECOT: SONG OF SONGS

Isaiah               Edward J. Young: THE BOOK OF ISAIAH (3 Volumes)

Jeremiah           R.K. Harrison: TOTC: JEREMIAH

Ezekiel             Daniel Block: NICOT: EZEKIEL

Daniel               John Walvoord: DANIEL: THE KEY TO PROPHETIC REVELATION

Lamentations  (same as Jeremiah)

Minor Prophets   Thomas McComiskey: THE MINOR PROPHETS

Hosea              J. Andrew Dearman: NICOT: HOSEA

Joel                  Leslie Allen: NICOT: JOEL, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH

Zechariah         Charles L. Feinberg: GOD REMEMBERS: A STUDY OF ZECHARIAH

These are the first books off the shelf when I study these books of the Old Testament. They are all commentaries I would not do without.