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Zondervan NIV Bible Commentary, Volume I: Old Testament (Premier Reference Series, an Abridgment of The Expositor's Bible Commentary)

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This is an excellent interpretive commentary. It is actually one of a two-volume set. Volume 1 covers the Old Testament; volume 2 covers the New. (It is hard to tell this from the amazon.com entries for the two volumes, which have the same title, and differ only in the miniscule volume number listed with the ISBN information. However, if you click on "larger image" you can see the cover of each book identifies its topic.)

The perspective of the commentary is moderaterly conservative Christian. (The commentators exert a lot of energy at some points in trying to explain how the Bible could be historically accurate throughout.) However, even more liberal interpreters will find the scholarship impressive. Sometimes there is so much information that it is almost daunting, but you can read selectively (of course). Pictures are included where relevant (e.g., a reconstruction of what the Ark of the Covenant may have looked like).

I have enjoyed consulting volume 1, and learned a lot from it; on that basis, I am buying volume 2 now.