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Key Word Commentary: Thoughts on Every Chapter of the Bible

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In this outline style commentary each chapter of each book of the Bible is given its own single page, which is organized into ten divisions. The ten comments about each chapter are (1) Before and After, (2) Analysis of the Chapter, (3) Key Verse, (4) Key Word or Phrase, (5) Key Event, Person or Theme, (6) Key Thought, (7) Key Thing to Look For, (8) Key Bible Cross-reference, (9) Key explanation, and (10) Key Quote. Most people think of a commentary work examining and explaining verses, particular word use, customs of the time, or similar. This book contains no commentary of that nature. Instead it is a chapter level examination of the bible. If you are interested in a key thought summary of each chapter of the Bible this is just what you are looking for. If you are looking for a word and verse level commentary you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you are looking for a high-level summary and outline of the Bible the Key Word Commentary is recommended.

A Oxford Bible Commentary or Wycliffe Bible Commentary this is not. Those commentaries are much more concise. And are much more in use than this one. That's because these are good at word and verse commentary and this one is not.

But I still use this Key Word Commentary. Just like the several different Study Bibles I refer to and study from I also research from 3 different commentaries, including this one.

And this is handy with my Key Word Study Bible. Gives a good chapter and summary of the Bible.

I would still recommend this commentary but don't get your hopes up if your used to using Oxford and Wycliffe Bible Commentaries in the past.

Each page is on a different chapter of the Bible. There are ten "headings" such as key word or key verse which is followed mostly with a single sentence or phrase. If your reading functionality is high enough to read reviews, I suspect that you will be disappointed at the information presented because you could have derived it from your own reading of the chapter.

I frequently disagree with the author about what is the key verse and key thought etc.

The author far too frequently claims that a description of people or events that could very well be literally true is in reality a symbol for some off the wall thing that the author, to use a phrase from engineering, pulls out of his rectum.