Think Commentaries Have to Be Pricey? Here’s a Free One

This month, pick up a highly rated commentary on Isaiah for free. (It’s normally nearly $50.)

The author, Shalom Paul, professor and chair of the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, spent over 20 years in study before writing Isaiah 40–66: A Commentary (Eerdmans Critical Commentary). As a result, the commentary delivers clear insights into the biblical text—including background, interpretation, and application. 

Readers will find the author’s translation and critical notes, along with commentary on the literary, historical, cultural, and theological aspects of the text. Here’s a tiny sampling of the intriguing topics covered:

• Attitudes toward foreigners and religious universalism
• Why the Babylonians greeted Cyrus as a savior
• How literary sequence “creates a tightly knit tapestry”¹
  
  

For a greater understanding of Second Isaiah’s fascinating prophecies, get the free commentary now. 

Then pick up three more Old Testament commentaries for less than $20.

1. Minor Prophets, Part 2 (Forms of the Old Testament Literature Series)—$2.99

This is one of the finest volumes. . . for anyone doing serious form-critical work in the books Nahum through Malachi. . . . Particularly impressive are the author’s detailed structural analyses, frequently involving numerous layers of indentation for a passage of a few verses, but the issues of genre and setting are also thoroughly discussed.

—Religious Studies Review

2. Exodus (Eerdmans Critical Commentary)—$5.99

This commentary takes readers on a journey through genre in Exodus (for example, salvation history) and reveals literary context. At the same time, it offers unique insights, provides a theological handling of the book, and connects Exodus with both neighboring books and the entire Old Testament canon.

3. 1 Samuel (Forms of the Old Testament Literature Series)—$9.99

The book of 1 Samuel captures the work of God within an interplay of sociopolitical forces. This commentary fruitfully explores the text in two ways:

• As a repository of traditions of great significance for Israel 
• As a paradigm of Israel’s use of narrative for theological expression. 

One reviewer said it was “such a pleasure to read that I devoured it like a novel.”

Claim your free commentary on Isaiah now, and get three more Old Testament commentaries while they’re massively discounted—this month only.