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Minor Prophets, V. 1: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary (Hosea, Joel, and Amos) (Expositional Commentary)

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The Minor Prophets succesfully meets the expository and exegetical needs of students of the minor prophets. The amount of lexical and syntactial analyses of the Hebrew text are measured appropriately and do not dominate the exegetical portion of the commentary. Students of the original languages are aided by the scholars' thorough research; still, the authors leave enough room for readers to deal on their own with the important grammatical issues which surround the text. Where there are uncertainties as to the meaning of a particular word, such is clearly stated. Thankfully, several solutions are proposed nonetheless. Furthermore, sufficient attention is given to historical and cultural issues, issues which may influence one's interpretation of the text. Overall, the commentary is very well-written, easily read, and is sure to be of great benefit to any student of the Old Testament.

McComiskey's 3-volume set on the "minor prophets" is outstanding, the best I have read. The exegesis is carefully done within the historical context and with a high view of biblical inspiration. The insights offered are rich, bringing out the many wonderful word-plays that the English reader misses. All three of these volumes are well worth their price.

The commentary is devided in two sections on every text. 1)the exegetical part with the crux interpretum, then 2) the expository part.

I think this is a great way of writing a commentary because not all pastors and preachers know hebrew and if u don't a very exegetical commentary is rather booring to read. This commentary is great to read even if u don't know a word of hebrew. The exegetical part are good and explores the text very good. It gives you a feeling of the hebrew language and increase your understanding of the text.

McComiskey has really succeded in making the minor prophets understandable and he is almost narrative in his apporach to the minor prophets.

it is truly a great commentary and I know I will use it a great deal in my ministry and therefor I will strongly recommend it!

I've only read the commentaries on a couple of minor prophets in this book, but I assume the rest of the commentaries follow suit..

I don't know Hebrew, so I can't comment on the comments on the Hebrew.

After an introduction to each minor prophet with a discussion on the author, date, theme, etc., the commentator's translation of the book is shown in parallel with the NASB. From there the commentary is divided in two sections which run in parallel: one section with translator's notes and discussions of the Hebrew words and tenses, and one section which is comparable to a "traditional" commentary with references to other verses, information on the culture and context, literary structure, pastor's notes, etc.

I'm very happy with this book and am looking forward to learning Hebrew, and am looking forward to understanding the commentary on the original language! I recommend this to anyone interested in the Word of God who doesn't mind carrying heavy books.

This is not a review of the text but of the publisher's work in assembling the one-volume edition of this commentary. I ordered the one-volume edition, but returned it due to what I consider a publisher's defect. Baker did not leave sufficient space in the gutter margins for such a thick volume, with the unhappy result that I found I had to lean from side to side when reading the text. It was a great disappointment because the text of the commentary had been highly recommended to me.

It is a great tool for a study in minor prophets.

Only complaint about this edition it have too much blank spaces on pages. Are they left for study notes? Or product dimensions are chosen too big?

This book is worth the money. It includes all the minor prophets. All of the contributors refer to recent archaeological finds and to the influence of the literature of of the surrounding nations.

My complaint is that all of the contributors consider the Christian Church to be the fulfillment of the eschatological prophecies. This is not fair to the prophets. The prophets prophesy that in the latter day the Jews will be secure in their homeland, the Jewish law will be supreme, and Gentiles will seek out the Jewish religion. The contributors to this book feel those prophecies were fulfilled by a religion that saw the Jews chased out of their homeland and that declared the Mosaic law to no longer be in force. I would like to read a commentary that shows respect for what the Minor Prophets were trying to say, even though it is obvious they were too optimistic about the future.

I would have given the book a 5-start rating based on the sections on Hosea and Joel, but the expository commentary on Amos was not as good. Many references were made to "types of Christ" and also to passages in the New Testament at the expense of explaining the material at hand within the cultural context and the historical setting. On the other hand, the sections on Hosea and Joel were outstanding and extremely helpful in preparing a Sunday school lesson. I would buy this book again for the sections on Hosea and Joel (it is still a good bargain) and make sure to find another informative commentary on Amos.