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Title: The Oxford Bible Commentary by John Barton, John Muddiman ISBN: 0-19-875500-7 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: top notch tome of information
Comment: Being a former evangelical and now more mainline (ie, no longer in denial about the REALITY of an old universe, evolution, etc)
I can vouch for the depth and value of this commentary, which tries successfully to blend objective information with scholarship re/ the bible and history. Unlike commentaries in christian bookstores, this one is usable by any christian with no hidden agenda. I see more detail in this text than many individual commentaries carry, but it doesn't bury the reader in detail.
All in all, you can't lose with this work.
Rating: 5
Summary: More coverage than some commentaries
Comment: I sat in the real-world bookstore several hours before deciding that the two one-volume commentaries I wanted were this one and the New Jerome. The Oxford simply devotes more space to its analyses than did any of the other commentaries I looked at, including New Jerome and HarperCollins. You get a more in-depth treatment.
My spot-checking noted, for ex., that Oxford includes some comments on the "woman taken in adultery" story in John. Some commentaries merely sniff that the passage is a late addition and don't comment on it at all. Oxford at least includes some textual and exegetical remarks in an appendix.
The Oxford's virtue is its vice, of course, in that its devotion to covering the text means less extraneous material. The New Jerome, in classic Catholic fashion, won't let its 1000 pages of commentary go by without 300 pages on theology, papal pronouncements, hermeneutics, etc., so as to "frame" the commentary. But since I love that kind of stuff, whatever the motive, the NJ is the other one I decided to get.
So: Oxford for objective academic treatment, & NJ for a more dogmatic (tho very sharp intellectually) treatment. I'll put them on my desk with my Bible & let them fight it out.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad but could be better
Comment: It is supposed to be ecumenical in design. - This hangs on the particular author of the book he/or she is commenting on. It seemed disjointed, hesitant to take a decisive stand in some places.
It is current moderate scholarship.
It is good as one commentary amongst others in your library, such as Harpers for example. I highly recommend it if you have more commentaries to compare it to. - 4 stars.
The CD (included) is 30.00 extra to unlock and put it on your computer.
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Title: The New Oxford Annotated NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha, Third Edition by Michael D. Coogan, Marc Z. Brettler, Carol A. Newsom, Pheme Perkins ISBN: 019528478X Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: The Oxford Companion to the Bible by Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. Coogan ISBN: 0195046455 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: The Oxford History of the Biblical World by Michael David Coogan ISBN: 0195139372 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: HarperCollins Bible Commentary - Revised Edition by James L. Mays ISBN: 0060655488 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: 21 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.50 |
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Title: Oxford Bible Atlas by Herbert Gordon May, John Day, G. N. S. Hunt ISBN: 0191434515 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 1985 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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