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Tremper Longman III (Ph.D., Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies at Westmont College. He has authored or coauthored more than twenty books, including commentaries on Daniel, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs.
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Tremper Longman III (PhD, Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the Religious Studies department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, where he lives with his wife, Alice. He is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and has authored many articles and books on the Psalms and other Old Testament books.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Tremper Longman III already has produced excellent commentaries on Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Daniel. This commentary on Proverbs (for the BCOTWP, for which Longman serves as editor) is no exception! The introductory section on the authorship and compilation of Proverbs is extremely informative and will undoubtedly change many readers' preconceived notions about this book for the better. Longman's theological insights are excellent, especially for Christian readers. He fully interacts with other Proverbs commentators such as Fox, Waltke, Murphy and others (It's a shame that Fox's commentary on Proverbs 10-31 was not available for Longman to interact with when he was writing this commentary). Longman's interaction with other commentators is so exhaustive that this commentary is easily the BEST single-volume option currently available. He skillfully extracts the most informative insights from each of the other works. In addition, he uses insights from other scholars to support many of his interpretations and graciously disagrees with some of their exegesis when warranted. Longman wisely restrains his own interpretations of many passages and reminds readers that the original context in which many Proverbs were first written is uncertain. He stresses the importance of Proverbs as a book whose verses are to be applied wisely after one has pondered the context of a given situation. Only then can a Proverb be employed. This commentary models careful, cautious interpretation and application beautifully! Pastors and teachers will find the topical appendix at the end of the book extremely helpful. As with the other volumes in this series, the linguistic insights are eye-opening and the tone of the writing is extremely pastoral and readable. I greatly appreciated his occasional reminders that although Proverbs was historically addressed to a male Jewish audience, its message is equally applicable to females as well. He carefully demonstrates how to tailor certain passages to both males and females a few times throughout the book. Pastors and rabbis addressing mixed congregations will find this helpful. His discussion of the epilogue in Proverbs 31:10-31 concerning the ways in which wisdom affects all aspects of life for anyone who typologically makes her their 'wife' is outstanding! It will surely allow that beautiful chapter to serve a greater purpose throughout the year instead of relegating it to hackneyed Mother's Day sermons! Excellent illustrations are provided throughout the text that will make preaching and teaching from Proverbs a delight rather than a burden. Crafting substantial lessons and sermons just became MUCH easier given the immense assistance with making legitimate application that Longman provides throughout the book. At times, it seemed like I was being taught how to properly interpret and apply Proverbs by a seasoned expositor, which is a definite plus for any commentary! This volume is a repository of penetrating insight and theological reflection that rescues Proverbs from being an alleged book of supposed timeless 'promises' akin to the cliched slogans that one encounters in fortune cookies. Readers desiring more detail should consult the two-volume Proverbs commentaries from Bruce K. Waltke (NICOT) and Michael V. Fox (Anchor Bible). They offer more exhaustive linguistic discussion from a Christian (Waltke) and a Jewish (Fox) perspective.
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Longman's commentary on Proverbs is simply great. The introduction alone is worth the price. He takes what could be a dry academic work and makes it interesting and readable. His explanations are understandable, his scholarship outstanding, and the topical appendix is wonderfully useful as a teaching resource.
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A pile of neo-orthodox feminist trash! This commentary is full of modernist anti-Christian and liberal ideas that completely undermine and distort the nature and purpose of the Book of Proverbs. He sees no overarching stucture or development to the Book! What a "fool!" Let me just say, YES! THERE IS! He downplays the Solomonic authorship. He makes no mention of the role of the book as a manual for princes, soldiers, or magistrates (common in the Ancient world i.e. Xenophon's Cyropedia). Read Psalm 1-2 and Psalm 101! This is typical of the feminism, antinomianism and political polytheism of today! There is moreover nothing said either of the role of Proverbs in a theology of Christian education or for child training. How shocking!!! The implications for Christian education and for homeshooling in Proverbs are numerous! I wonder does this guy have a wife and kids? You wouldn't think so by this stupid commentary!!! Is this scholar blind as a bat??? There is moreover very little of Christ and the Gospel in the commentary at all either! It reads like a dull and tedious academic monograph written by a complete pagan. And what theology there is in this commentary is largely watered down by modern liberal academic or neo-orthodox jargon; the constant use of YHWH instead of simply "the Lord," a very low view of the glory and sovereignty of God, the doctrine of the Covenant, the history of redemption, and of the revelation of Christ in the OT; a distorted and modernist view of the fear of God and true wisdom; a cowardly downplaying of God's wrath upon idolatry, false religion, the wicked, the foolish, the harlot, as well as pagans and idolaters in the world. You do not get any sense whatsoever of the serious contrast that is in the Book of Proverbs made between the way of the Lord (which is wisdom, the fear of God, true worship, righteousness and holiness...as well as the virtuous woman who is a godly housewife) and that of the wicked and the idolater which leads to hell. There is also no recognition whatsoever of the spiritual imagery made throughout of the church/Israel as the bride of Christ! Just the constant dumb and stupid terminology of "Woman Wisdom." How ungodly! There is no prophetic or eschatological hope! No reference made to the relation of the prophets at all either! He even speaks as if there is no mention whatsover of the resurrection or the final judgment! This makes the commentary very trite and superficial. There is also a perverse accomodation to modern feminist ideology throughout of the book. Longman even has the audacity to say that you could change "son" to "child" in many passages for the sake of gender equality, or even that Proverbs 21:9 and others like it could equally refer to a contentious man! And he says the virtuous woman is described largely in terms of "a business woman." What a brazen piece of compromising liberal feminist crap that totally distorts the Book of Proverbs! Longman has no real spiritual knowledge or understanding of the Book of Proverbs, or for that matter Ecclesiastes or the Song of Solomon. His accomodationist attitude to modern secular culture betrays him! This commentary and sadly many others like it today of the same nature (modern broad-evangelical neo-liberal scholarship) show how spiritually apostate the churches and seminaries have become over the last generation. Longman is certainly not the worst. But this is a very bad commentary! There is more "unbelief, foolishness, and chasing after the wind" in this commentary than there is real substantial wisdom, righteousness, godliness, and the fear of the Lord. You are better off getting the old works of Bridges, Wardlaw, and even Matthew Henry....which are all free on the internet. You would also be better off just to read the Book of Proverbs 20-30 times over, rather than to read this commentary. Read the Bible! Search the Scriptures! That is what Solomon says in Proverbs! And that is what the Lord Jesus says! As for this commentary it is dry and dull and without much of Christ or of true wisdom at all! Longman should have taken to heart Eccl.12:12!
Pastor Brett Woody
Pastor Brett Woody
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