Commentaries on Song of Songs
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Top 3
Song of Songs. NICOT. Eerdmans, 2001.
The Gospel Coalition
Learned yet accessible, innovative yet fully informed by past scholarship, this commentary shows the beautiful Song of Songs to be a timeless celebration of human love and sexuality. more
Matt Quintana
Longman's commentary, as with his volume on Ecclesiastes in the NICOT series, is very useful for his technical notes on translation and difficulties in the Hebrew text. more
Song of Songs. BCOT. Baker Academic, 2005.
The Gospel Coalition
Following an introduction to the biblical book and a history of its interpretation, Hess, an expert in ancient Near eastern history, divides his discussion into seven major sections. more
Tim Challies
The Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms has a couple of especially helpful volumes, and Hess’ contribution on The Song of Solomon is one of them. more
Ligonier Ministries (Keith A. Mathison)
Among the more advanced commentaries written from an evangelical perspective, the work by Richard Hess is probably the most helpful. more
Song of Songs, Lamentations. WBC. Thomas Nelson, 2004.
The Gospel Coalition
A faithful and theologically rich exploration of the moving poetry of Lamentations. more
Zach Olson
Easily the best commentary on Lamentations, and it seems like everyone agrees on this. more
Zach Olson
I used this for class, and I found it to be quite remarkably helpful in understanding the wonderful poetry in this book. more
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Forthcoming Commentaries
| Year | Author | Title | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| forthcoming 2013 | Curtis, Edward M. | Song of Songs | Teach the Text Commentary Series |
| forthcoming | Halvorson-Taylor, Martien | Song of Songs | International Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament |
| forthcoming | Hernández, Dominick S. | Song of Songs | New International Commentary on the Old Testament |
| forthcoming | Hernández, Dominick S. | Ecclesiastes | Evangelical Exegetical Commentary |
| forthcoming | Sun, Chloe T. | Song of Songs | Bible in God's World Commentary |
| forthcoming | Treat, Jay C. | Song of Songs | SBL Commentary on the Septuagint |
| forthcoming | Van Pelt, Miles V. | Song of Solomon | Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament |