Word Biblical Commentary

The Word Biblical Commentary (or WBC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Bible both Old and New Testament. It is currently published by the Zondervan Publishing Company. This is a serious scholarly commentary series that needs to be considered amongst other evangelical examples.^[1] Initially published under the "Word Books" imprint the series spent some time as part of the Thomas Nelson list. When this publisher was acquired by HarperCollins the series was assigned to another of the group's publishers, Zondervan.^[2]

The individual volumes are as follows.

Old Testament

• Wenham, Gordon J. (1987). Genesis 1-15. 1. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902000. 
• Wenham, Gordon J. (1994). Genesis 16-50. 2. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902017. 
• Durham, John I. (1987). Exodus. 3. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902024. 
• Hartley, John E. (1992). Leviticus. 4. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902031. 
• Budd, Phillip J. (1984). Numbers. 5. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902048. 
• Christensen, Duane L. (1991). Deuteronomy 1-11. 6a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902055. 
• Christensen, Duane L. (2002). Deuteronomy 12-34. 6b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849910326.  978-0849902062
• Butler, Trent C. (2014). Joshua 1-12. 7a (2nd ed.). Zondervan. ISBN 978-0785252689. 
• Butler, Trent C. (2014). Joshua 13-24. 7b (2nd ed.). Zondervan. ISBN 978-0310520122. 
  • replaced Butler, Trent C. (1983). Joshua. 7. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902062. 
• Armerding, Carl E. (2006). Judges. 8. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902079. 
• Bush, Fredric W. (1996). Ruth & Esther. 9. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902086. 
• Klein, Ralph W. (1983). 1 Samuel. 10. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902093. 
• Anderson, A. A. (1989). 2 Samuel. 11. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902109. 
• De Vries, Simon J. (1985). 1 Kings. 12. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902116. 
• Hobbs, T. R. (1986). 2 Kings. 13. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902123. 
• Braun, Roddy L. (1986). 1 Chronicles. 14. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902130. 
• Dillard, Raymond B. (2010). 2 Chronicles. 15. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902147. 
• Williamson, Hugh G. M. (1986). Ezra-Nehemiah. 16. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780849902154. 
• Clines, David J. A. (1989). Job 1-20. 17. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902161. 
• Clines, David J. A. (2006). Job 21-37. 18a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902178. 
• Clines, David J. A. (2015). Job 38-42. 18b (2nd ed.). Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0310522003. 
• Craigie, Peter C. (2010). Psalms 1-50. 19 (2nd ed.). Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902185. 
• Tate, Marvin E. (1991). Psalms 51-100. 20. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902192. 
• Allen, Leslie C. (1983). Psalms 101-150. 21. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902208. 
• Murphy, Roland (1998). Proverbs. 22. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902215. 
• Murphy, Roland (1992). Ecclesiastes. 23a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902222. 
• Garrett, Duane; House, Paul R. (2004). Song of Songs & Lamentations. 23b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849908255. 
• Watts, John D. W. (2005). Isaiah 1-33. 24 (2nd ed.). Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0785250104. 
• Watts, John D. W. (2005). Isaiah 34-66. 25 (2nd ed.). Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0785250111. 
• Craigie, Peter C.; Kelley, Page H.; Drinkard Jr., Joel F. (1991). Jeremiah 1-25. 26. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902253. 
• Keown, Gerald L.; Scalise, Pamela J.; Smothers, Thomas G. (1995). Jeremiah 26-52. 27. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902260. 
• Brownlee, William H. (1994). Ezekiel 1-19. 28. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849908309. 
• Allen, Leslie C. (1990). Ezekiel 20-48. 29. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902284. 
• Goldingay, John E. (1989). Daniel. 30. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902291. 
• Stuart, Douglas (1987). Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obediah & Jonah. 31. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902307. 
• Smith, Ralph L. (1984). Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Nahum & Malachi. 32. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9780849902314. 

New Testament

• Hagner, Donald A. (1993). Matthew 1-13. 33a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902321. 
• Hagner, Donald A. (1995). Matthew 14-28. 33b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849910968. 
• Guelich, Robert A. (1989). Mark 1:1-8:26. 34a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902338. 
• Evans, Craig A. (2001). Mark 8:27-16:20. 34b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902536. 
• Nolland, John (1989). Luke 1:1-9:20. 35a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902345. 
• Nolland, John (1993). Luke 9:21-18:34. 35b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902543. 
• Nolland, John (1993). Luke 18:35-24:53. 35c. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849910722. 
• Beasley-Murray, George R. (1987). John. 36. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0785209409. 
• Acts 1-14 (forthcoming from Steven Walton)
• Acts 15-28 (forthcoming from Steven Walton)
• Dunn, James D. G. (1988). Romans 1-8. 38a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902376. 
• Dunn, James D. G. (1988). Romans 9-16. 38b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902529. 
• 1 Corinthians (forthcoming from Andrew Clarke)
• Martin, Ralph P. (2014). 2 Corinthians. 40 (2nd ed.). Zondervan. ISBN 978-1418507732. 
  • replaced Martin, Ralph P. (1986). 2 Corinthians. 40. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902390. 
• Longenecker, Richard N. (1990). Galatians. 41. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902406. 
• Lincoln, Andrew T. (1990). Ephesians. 42. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902413. 
• Hawthorne, Gerald F. (1983). Philippians. 43. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902420. 
• O'Brien, Peter T. (1982). Colossians & Philemon. 44. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0310521785. 
• Bruce, F. F. (1982). 1 & 2 Thessalonians. 45. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902444. 
• Mounce, William D. (2000). Pastoral Epistles. 46. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902451. 
• Lane, William L. (1991). Hebrews 1-8. 47a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902468. 
• Lane, William L. (1991). Hebrews 9-13. 47b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849909351. 
• Martin, Ralph P. (1988). James. 48. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902475. 
• Michaels, J. Ramsey (1988). 1 Peter. 49. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902482. 
• Bauckham, Richard J. (1983). 2 Peter & Jude. 50. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902499. 
• Smalley, Stephen S. (1984). 1, 2 & 3 John. 51. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902505. 
• Aune, David A. (1997). Revelation 1-5. 52a. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849902512. 
• Aune, David A. (1997). Revelation 6-16. 52b. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849907869. 
• Aune, David A. (1998). Revelation 17-22. 52c. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849915451. 

Reception

Christianity Today magazine included this commentary in a list of the more significant publications and achievements of Evangelicalism in the latter half of the 20th century.^[3]

See also

• Exegesis
• Textual criticism

References