Commentaries on Judges
A list of the best commentaries on Judges ranked by scholars, journal reviews, and site users. You can find the best commentary on Judges for you using the tools on the right side.
Top 3
Judges, Ruth. NAC. Broadman & Holman, 1999.
The Gospel Coalition
Block’s commentary is nearly a quarter century old, but it remains the standard on Judges and Ruth. more
Crux Sola (Nijay Gupta's Blog)
Daniel Block’s NAC volume on Judges is older, but has become a classic. more
Judges, Ruth. NIVAC. Zondervan, 2002.
Crux Sola (Nijay Gupta's Blog)
Lawson Younger’s NIVAC commentary is time-tested and has proved to be exceptionally useful in Judges study, so much so that a revised edition was released just last year (2020). more
Tim Challies
Younger’s commentary is considered one of the stronger volumes of the NIV Application Commentary series. more
Ligonier Ministries (Keith A. Mathison)
Younger's volume on Judges and Ruth is one of the stronger contributions to the NIVAC series. more
Judges: Such a Great Salvation. FB. Christian Focus, 2000.
Jordan_Burgess
Dale Ralph Davis does an excellent job on covering the judges, bringing us into the time period and getting us to feel what was felt back then (largely pain). more
Warren Truesdale
Dale Ralph Davis has written many Old Testament commentaries and expositions, all of which are great, and his Judges: Such a Great Salvation is no exception. more
Tim Challies
I have said before that I am always glad to find a clear consensus on the best commentary on any book of the Bible. more
New and Notable
Judges. ZECOT. Zondervan Academic, 2022.
ThomasCreedy
I hope that this review – which I have intended to keep under 1000 words – has given some sense of the strengths and weaknesses of this commentary. more
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Forthcoming Commentaries
| Year | Author | Title | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| forthcoming 2028 | Knight, Michelle E. | Judges | Baker Commentary on the Old Testament |
| forthcoming | Block, Daniel I. | Judges and Ruth | Christian Standard Commentary |
| forthcoming | Firth, David G. | Judges | Bible in God's World Commentary |
| forthcoming | Gorospe, Athena E. | Judges | Story of God Bible Commentary |
| forthcoming | Hawanchak, Alison | Judges | Evangelical Exegetical Commentary |
| forthcoming | Hugenberger, Gordon P. | Judges | Apollos Old Testament Commentary |
| forthcoming | Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl A. | Joshua and Judges | Belief: Theological Commentary on the Bible |
| forthcoming | Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl A. | Judges | Belief: Theological Commentary on the Bible |
| forthcoming | Mayes, Andrew D. H. | Judges | International Critical Commentary |
| forthcoming | Ross, Jillian L. | Judges | Pillar Old Testament Commentary |
| forthcoming | Sanderson, Judith E. | Judges | Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary |
| forthcoming | Smith, Mark S.; Bloch-Smith, Elizabeth M. | Judges 2: 10:6–21:25 | Hermeneia |
| forthcoming | White, Aaron W. | Judges | Brill Septuagint Commentary Series |