Commentaries on Song of Songs
A list of the best commentaries on Song of Songs ranked by scholars, journal reviws, and site users. You can find the best commentary on Song of Songs for you using the tools on the right side.
Top 3 Commentaries
Song of Songs. NICOT. Eerdmans, 2001.
ParkerM
The introduction alone is worth the price of the book. more
Martha Berg
I didn't buy this. more
Mike DaVoice
I just found this to be derivative. more
Tim Challies
Tremper Longman is a highly-regarded Old Testament scholar and his work on Song of Solomon is considered one of the top scholarly works on the book. more
Song of Songs. BCOT. Baker Academic, 2005.
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 Mathison)
Among the more advanced commentaries written from an evangelical perspective, the work by Richard Hess is probably the most helpful. more
Denver Seminary Journal
An Evangelical and exegetical study of the Song with an integrated analysis of the Hebrew text, the poetic macro- and microstructure, and the theological significance for the Christian. more
Song of Songs, Lamentations. WBC. Thomas Nelson, 2004.
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
Literary Sparks
Shop around before using this commentary. more
Mike DaVoice
Structure was my biggest problem (121 page introduction!!!). more
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Forthcoming Commentaries
| 2013 | Curtis, Edward L. | Song of Songs | Teach the Text Commentary Series |
| forthcoming | Berlin, Adele | Song of Songs | Hermeneia |
| forthcoming | Fink, David | Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs | Reformation Commentary on Scripture |
| 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 | McCabe, Bob; Dunham, Kyle | 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 |
| forthcoming | Watson, Wilfred G. E. | Song of Songs | Historical Commentary on the Old Testament |