“It would be a fulltime job just to keep track of modern Bible references coming into print, let alone getting caught up on those that have already been published. Who has the time? What every scholar and pastor needs is their own tour guide who can navigate them through the countless options. Best Bible Books: New Testament Resources has done the work for you. It is objective, clearly organized, and comprehensive. I’ll have two copies on my shelf. Michael Burer has made a very good tool great. Thank you for providing a delicious menu that I can use to populate my library with the tools that are most helpful to me, making me more helpful to those I teach.” -- Jeffrey E. Miller, Senior Pastor, Trinity Bible Church, Richardson, TX
“John Glynn’s Commentary and Reference Survey served as my first source for research projects in seminary. Now as a pastor, every week I turn to commentaries and other reference materials to supplement my study of scripture. A go-to guide is still a must have.
Dr. Burer and his team have refreshed and updated Glynn’s legacy with Best Bible Books: New Testament Resources. As in earlier editions, its unique strength remains in its “commentary on commentaries.” A new ranking system coupled with concise and thoughtful insights enables the pastor or any serious student of Scripture to immediately narrow their search for the most helpful resources.
Best Bible Books deserves a place in every pastor’s library.” -- David B. Kieffer, Pastor, Redemption Bible Church, Allen, TX
“This guide to the "Best Bible Books" is wonderfully useful because it evaluates many hundreds of commentaries and other academic books by theological perspective (evangelical, moderate, liberal), by quality (good, better, best), and by purpose (such as preaching or technical study). What a great help in doing research or building a personal library!” -- Wayne Grudem, Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary
“If you want to know the breadth of resources on New Testament topics, and if you want a survey of many commentaries on New Testament books and evaluations of them, then this is the book you need. The coverage and information provided are unparalleled.” -- Klyne Snodgrass, Emeritus Professor of New Testament Studies, North Park Theological Seminary
“Congratulations to Kregel for this outstanding revision. The former editions were very good, but this new edition has many outstanding new features. Michael Burer has collected an excellent team to provide very helpful commentary and reference recommendations. This is serious help for evaluating commentaries. Burer has added significant new features that make this a must-have goldmine for students, pastors, and professors alike. The good, better, best system is simple but most helpful, and the section on “Building a ‘Must-Have’ Personal Reference Library” is excellent, as is “The Ultimate Commentary Collection” section. This is a wonderful tool for all those who love and need sound commentaries.” -- Michael J. Wilkins, Distinguished Professor of NT Language & Literature, Talbot School of Theology
“Given the ever-deepening flood of biblical scholarship, how can you hope to know which resources will best help you understand the New Testament, while avoiding wasting money on unhelpful volumes? Regardless of whether you are an informed layperson or a seasoned scholar, you will find useful answers in this greatly expanded 11th edition of John Glynn’s perennially helpful survey. By focusing this volume solely on the study of the New Testament, contributors are able not only to rank the relative worthiness of each commentary, but they also provide readers with “mini-reviews” of them, addressing such things as their level of academic rigor, their theological approach, their format, and their usability relative to various ministry roles. But this survey goes far beyond a commentary review, providing invaluable bibliographies on a wide range of theological, historical, and critical areas of study. Best Bible Books: New Testament Resources will prove to be a trustworthy guide as you build your own research library, directing you to the right books for the roles you play in understanding and communicating the message of the New Testament. I enthusiastically recommend it.” -- Jonathan Lunde, Professor of NT, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
“For many years, John Glynn's Commentary and Reference Survey has been an invaluable resource for laypersons, students, and pastors, to help them sort through the wealth of resources available for studying the Bible. In this 11th edition of Glynn's work, newly titled Best Bible Books: New Testament Resources, editor Michael H. Burer and a group of faculty contributors from the New Testament Department at Dallas Theological Seminary have provided yet another superb resource. By focusing on the New Testament, they can offer more in-depth information. This is much more than a commentary survey, since they include and evaluate works from across the field of New Testament studies, including New Testament Introductions, Surveys and Theologies, Jewish Background resources, Greek helps, and works on exegesis and hermeneutics. Their classification (Technical/Semitechnical and Exposition) and evaluation (Good, Better, Best) is helpful for making a decision about whether to purchase a book. Their work is extensive, insightful, and evenhanded. I heartily recommend Best Bible Books: New Testament Resources as a reliable and trustworthy guide for all students of the New Testament in a day when sorting through the mountain of information is one of our greatest challenges.” -- J. Scott Duvall, Prof. of NT, Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies, Ouachita Baptist Univ.
“There are a dizzying array of Bible commentaries on the market. But not all are of equal value. How does the busy pastor or Bible teacher wisely choose those that will be of greatest benefit for study and preparation? This guide will prove very helpful in making those decisions. The reviewers not only rate every commentary as “good,” “better,” or “best,” but they provide a few paragraphs of evaluative comments to help the reader understand the distinctive traits of each volume.” -- Clinton E. Arnold, Dean and Professor of New Testament, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
“Building a trustworthy library of resources for biblical exegesis is one of the most important tasks for all students of the Word, whether scholars, pastors, students, or informed laypeople. This volume, the eleventh edition of John Glynn’s well-respected work, is edited by Michael Burer with expanded annotations by Dallas Seminary faculty. It is an excellent one-stop guide to the best of New Testament resources.” -- Mark L. Strauss, University Professor of New Testament, Bethel Seminary San Diego
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