Top Old Testament Commentaries
by Engaging Scripture (Nijay Gupta's Substack)
This list gathers the commentary recommendations from various expert OT scholars in the "Experts Recommend OT Commentaries" series hosted on the blog of NT scholar Nijay K. Gupta.
This collection has 180 books in 37 categories.
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Special Studies in Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Forthcoming
- Deuteronomy. CCF. Eerdmans, forthcoming.
Joshua
Judges
Forthcoming
- Judges” in Judges and Ruth. BCOT. Baker Academic, forthcoming 2028. “
Ruth
1 & 2 Samuel
Special Studies in 1 & 2 Samuel
1 & 2 Kings
Special Studies in 1 & 2 Kings
1 & 2 Chronicles
Forthcoming
- 1 and 2 Chronicles. BGWC. Cascade Books, forthcoming.
- 1 and 2 Chronicles. NCBC. Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
Ezra-Nehemiah
Forthcoming
- Ezra-Nehemiah. BGWC. Cascade Books, forthcoming.
- Ezra-Nehemiah. WBC. Zondervan Academic, forthcoming.
- Ezra-Nehemiah. OTL. Westminster John Knox, forthcoming.
Esther
Job
Special Studies in Job
Psalms
Forthcoming
- Psalms 1–72. EEC. Lexham Press, forthcoming 2028.
- Psalms 73–150. EEC. Lexham Press, forthcoming 2030.
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Forthcoming
- Song of Songs. BGWC. Cascade Books, forthcoming.