[B-Greek] List of Best Greek Commentaries on NT Books

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Tue Sep 29 02:59:37 EDT 2009


On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Michael Aubrey wrote:

> For depth & detail NIGTC is is always good ...

Not really. NIGTC is a mixed bag. Some are good some are not.

1 Cor: Thiselton, Rev. Beal, are two examples of commentaries which  
spend most of their time talking about english translations. Very  
disappointing if you are looking for a greek text commentary, you will  
need to look elsewhere. Fee's NICNT 1Cor has more substance than  
Thiselton which has loads of references to secondary literature but  
little discussion of linguistic issues. At this point in time when  
everyone has bible software I cannot understand why anyone thinks it  
is worth wasting space in a commentary listing different english  
translations. That information is already available.

ICC, same issue. Quality is all over the map. Some of the older works  
are good. Some of the newer works are good. Some of the works are over  
rated, like Romans by Cranfield. It's worth looking into but certainly  
not a stellar work by todays standards.

enough of that, no everyone else can air opinion.

Elizabeth Kline







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