{"id":4346,"date":"2019-05-14T17:29:45","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T22:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2024-12-12T20:16:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:16:44","slug":"are-there-study-bibles-or-commentaries-written-by-members-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-there-study-bibles-or-commentaries-written-by-members-of-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there study Bibles or commentaries written by members of the church?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Is there a study Bible whose commentator is a member of the church of Christ? I can&#8217;t seem to find one. Maybe not a study bible but a commentary (maybe written in a separate book) written by a member of the church of Christ. Just as long as it is a verse-by-verse commentary authored by a true Christian is fine by me.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know of any study Bible produced by a member of the church, but there are several commentaries.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthbooks.com\/reference-materials\/commentaries\/zerr-commentary-6-volume-set-genesis-revelation\/\">Zerr Commentary<\/a>: This is a six-volume set that covers the entire Bible.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Peoples-New-Testament-Explanatory-Notes\/dp\/B01BT9EVXW\">The People&#8217;s New Testament Commentary<\/a>: This is a single volume that only covers the New Testament. It tends to be brief. The text of this commentary can be found online.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studylight.org\/commentaries\/eng\/bcc.html\">The Coffman Commentary Set<\/a>: A 25-volume set.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onestone.com\/collections\/truth-commentaries\">The Truth Commentary Set<\/a>: A 25-volume set.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are numerous works that cover just a few books of the Bible. You would be best off searching a bookstore ran by one of the brethren for these books.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Is there a study Bible whose commentator is a member of the church of Christ? I can&#8217;t seem to find one. Maybe not a study bible but a commentary (maybe written in a separate book) written by a member of the church of Christ. Just as long as it is a verse-by-verse commentary authored&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[619,718],"class_list":["post-4346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-commentaries","tag-reference-works"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3076,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-you-recommend-a-good-commentary-and-study-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":4346,"position":0},"title":"Can you recommend a good commentary and study Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Dear sir, Could you please recommend a good Bible commentary and study Bible? 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