Tom Bois in N. T. Wright

3 months ago

I have found that N.T. Wright's commentary on Romans in Volume 10 of the New Interpreter's Bible to be my go-to source for understanding Romans. Wright may be the most accomplished Romans scholar of our day and he brings an understanding of Romans that ties the whole book together into a comprehensive message that Paul was communicating to the church in Rome to support his ministry in the years to come (albeit limited by future events unknown to Paul at the time of his writing).

I'm currently working through the book myself. I've found several commentaries to be helpful, more or less helpful from time to time. Wright's is one of them. I'd add a couple others: first, one of the most interesting and helpful to me has been Aaron Sherwood's Commentary, written for Lexham Press, it is good and has unique perspectives that are excellent. He also wrote a book entitled: The Word has not Failed: Paul's use of the Old Testament in Romans 9. This one was very interesting and helpful as well. For the original languages, Harvey has two editions on Romans and both are helpful and not a regurgitation of one another: A Commentary on Romans by Kregel and Romans in the EGGNT. I'd also recommend both Longenecker (NIGNT) and Bird (The Story of the Bible Commentary). Thielman has a fairly new commentary in the ZECNT series, it is also excellent. One more, Peterson has done a recent commentary in the EBTC (Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary) again by Lexham Press. Each of these has been helpful to me in my study of this amazing book. Enjoy!

Raymond and David, I thank you for the kindness of taking the time to respond. I have purchased several of your recommendations and thank God for the wisdom He has blessed you with.