The Interpreter's One-Volume Commentary on the Bible

By Charles M. Laymon

Book Overview

Provides commentaries on each book of the old and new testaments as well as maps and an index of Scripture references. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687192994
• ISBN13: 9780687192991
• Release Date: September 1971
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 1386 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 2.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Religion by the pound.

This book is so heavy that you probably will buy it by the pound. As with any complex or ancient book, it is too easy to apply what you assume you are reading. Many environmental and word meanings have changed over the ages. Even if nothing changes sometimes, we need someone to tell us that our shoe is untied. To correct for this, we get margin notes and footnotes; the note also sometimes needs an explanation. Then there are references. If you have the time, it is best to read the references, as they give more insight into what you are reading. You also need to pay attention to the translator (even in a language you understand). There are several Bible versions, and each has its own nuances. The best thing is to have a commentary that does all this for you instead of making this complex with all the processes. Of course, there will always be someone who says that the commenter is misleading or wrong. Still, it is best to read the commentary and see this from a different view. We have a rich, full commentary here including the Apocrypha. There are over 70 named contributors with their Credentials. There are maps and monochrome pictures and drawings. There is a small color map section in the back. You will find sections on many subjects better organized than having to read from front to back. Be careful, as many questions will come up that you might not be prepared to ask yourself. I will stop here as a complete review would be longer than the book itself.

Outstanding

What I wanted, better then the condition stated, and fast. Order from these people.

A deeper knowledge.

I have used this commentary extensively in both seminary work and in the preparation of sermons and in the teaching of bible study classes. In my opinion is is one of the best commentaries available.

Insight into Christian thought

OK, I haven't exactly read this, one usually does not read a reference book from cover to cover. I have used it to get interpretations of some Bible passages. The book is divided into four major sections, commentary book by book on the Hebrew Testament, the Apocrypha, and the Christian Testament, and the fourth section, General Articles. There are also brief sections including a Chronology, Maps, and Indexes.The commentary is interesting, most of the contributors seem to take care in differentiating between what is know historically and what is a matter of belief or tradition. It loses one star for timeliness, this edition is 30 years old. Will there be a 21st century edition, incorporation the last generation of archeological finds?

The best I've come across yet.

Excellent reference companion for anyone studying the bible. A good balance of historical and theological commentary from a more academic point of view. Although it is rather old at this point, it still excedes most commentaries published today in terms of providing accurate and informative information, leaving the reader examine the facts and make their own decisions.