LibGuides: Bible Commentaries: Specialty Bible Commentaries

Some Bible commentaries don't fit within the traditional categories of analysis but provide another way of approaching the text.

EXAMPLES:

Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Find a passage then see quotes of ancient Church Fathers who mentioned that passage.
The Death of the Messiah by Raymond Brown
Commentary on the Passion of Christ.
The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation
Provides introductions and basic bibliographic orientations to the application of social-scientific categories to New Testament research.

Other Interpretive Voices

In another guide we have commentaries, theologies, and other interpretive texts arranged by programming units within SBL (Society of Biblical Literature). Click here to go to that page. Be sure to look at the various sub-pages for the different voices.