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Commentaries
COMMENTARIES give overviews and passage-by-passage examinations of the biblical texts. The commentaries listed below can be found in the Rolvaag reference room. Remember books in the reference room cannot be checked out but you can photocopy of scan pages from them. Also, there are many other commentaries on the 5th floor of Rolvaag that can be checked out. See the Books tab in this guide for instructions on how to locate them.
Single Volume Commentaries
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Harpercollins Bible Commentary
Rolvaag Ref: BS491.2 .H37 2000 -
The Oxford Bible Commentary
Rolvaag Ref: BS491.3 .O94 2001 -
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
Rolvaag Ref: BS491.2 .J4 1990 -
Women's Bible Commentary
Rolvaag Ref: BS491.2 .W66 2012 -
The Queer Bible Commentary
Rolvaag Ref: BS680.H67 Q44 2006
Book Length Commentaries in a Series
Anchor Commentary Series (Reference Room and Stacks)
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Old Testament Series (Deuteronomy example)
Rolvaag Ref: BS192.2 .A1
Commentaries in the order in which the books appear in the Bible. -
New Testament Series (Gospel of Luke example)
Rolvaag Ref: BS192.2 .A1
Commentaries in the order in which the books appear in the Bible.
Also in the Reference Room
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The New Interpreter's Bible
Rolvaag Ref: BS491.2 .N484 1994 (12v) -
JPS Torah Commentaries
Rolvaag Ref: BS1255.3
Jewish commentaries for the first 5 books of the Bible grouped together under this call number in the reference room.
Beyond the reference room
MAIN BOOK COLLECTION
There are many more commentaries in the main collection on level 5 of Rolvaag. Do a keyword search in Catalyst and search generically (e.g. "Genesis commentaries" or by commentary series ("e.g. "Old Testament Library"). Remember, quotation marks around these keywords tell Catalyst that this is a phrase.
Old Testament Message
Old Testament Library
JPS Torah Commentary
Brazos Theological Commentary
Hermeneia
Blackwell Bible Comentaries
Interpretation, A Bible Commentary
Word Biblical Commentary