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Our founder, John Dahlof, has spent many years collecting and using bible commentaries, both before and after earning a Masters degree from Bethel Seminary in St. Paul.  We hope that his experience in selecting commentaries can help you, but he has not relied solely upon his own judgment.  He has also consulted the following publications, and we sincerely thank these authors for their wisdom:

Acknowledgements

• Bauer, David R. An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003. 327 pages.
• Carson, D. A. New Testament Commentary Survey, Sixth Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007. 160 pages. (Note that any quotations from this book on our product pages are used by permission of Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2007.  All rights to this material are reserved.  Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published in other media, or mirrored at other sites without written permission from Baker Publishing Group.)
• Evans, John F. A Guide to Biblical Commentaries and Reference Works, 7th Edition. St. Louis: Covenant, 2005. 173 pages. (Note that any quotations from this book on our product pages are used by permission of John F. Evans, copyright © 2005.  All rights to this material are reserved.  Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published in other media, or mirrored at other sites without written permission from the author.)
• Fee, Gordon D. & Douglas Stuart. How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, 3rd Edition. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2003. 287 pages.
• Glynn, John. Commentary and Reference Survey, Ninth Edition. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2003. 311 pages.
• Longman III, Tremper. Old Testament Commentary Survey, Fourth Edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007. 157 pages. (Note that any quotations from this book on our product pages are used by permission of Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, copyright © 2007.  All rights to this material are reserved.  Materials are not to be distributed to other web locations for retrieval, published in other media, or mirrored at other sites without written permission from Baker Publishing Group.)
• Stuart, Douglas. A Guide to Selecting and Using Bible Commentaries. Dallas: Word, 1990. 131 pages. 

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