New E-Book Commentaries and Reference Works Now Available

The Buswell Library has added a substantial collection of new digital titles to the Theology and Religion Online platform, with particular strength in biblical commentaries. Whether you're doing exegesis for a preaching class or research for a final paper, these titles are now just a click away.

Eerdmans New Testament Commentaries

A set of commentaries covering the Gospels, Paul's letters, and the General Epistles has been added, including several classic volumes from the New International Commentary on the New Testament (NICNT) series, and some newer volumes from the Pillar New Testament Commentary and Commentaries for Christian Formation series:

Also newly available are Frederick Dale Bruner's substantial commentaries on Matthew (Volume 1: The Christbook, Matthew 1–12Volume 2: The Churchbook, Matthew 13–28), The Gospel of John: A Commentary, and The Letter to the Romans: A Short Commentary; and Michael Gorman's Romans: A Theological and Pastoral Commentary.

Some other classic mid-century commentaries newly online are: Merrill Tenney's John: The Gospel of Belief, Herman Ridderbos's The Gospel according to John: A Theological Commentary, F.W. Grosheide's Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, and P.E. Hughes's A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews.

Eerdmans Old Testament Commentaries

New volumes from the New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT) series and others include:

Eerdmans Digital Reference Library

Several notable reference monographs have been added, including Tony Burke and Brent Landau's New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures (vol. 1vol. 2), Matthias Henze and David Lincicum's Israel's Scriptures in Early Christian Writings, Benjamin Kantor's The Pronunciation of New Testament Greek, James VanderKam's An Introduction to Early Judaism, James McGrath's The A to Z of the New Testament, Richard Bauckham's "Son of Man": Early Jewish Literature, and Robert Hubbard and J. Andrew Dearman's Introducing the Old Testament.

Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries

For students wanting to engage with critical mainline scholarship, two new Anchor Yale volumes are also now available: Ronald Hendel's Genesis 1–11 and Jack Sasson's Judges 13–21.


Each title is included in our catalog, and the Theology & Religion Online platform can be found in our e-books databases list or can be searched through our Online Reference search tool.

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