Do you have any recommendations for solid, in-depth, Reformed commentaries that don't require knowledge of Greek/Hebrew? Some original language work is fine. Thanks!
Hmm.... I personally use Commentaries sparingly. Only when I need to verify my exegesis. There are three kinds of Commentaries. Devotional, Expository, and technical. Devotional Commentaries are commentaries that expound Biblical text in a way that emphasizes person edification and mediation.
The Best Commentary in the Devotional genre is the 6 Volume Commentary set by Matthew Henry (Only $30) and J.C. Ryle's "Expository Thoughts on the Gospel". Those two are followed bySpurgeon's multi-volume set on the Psalms "The Treasury of David."
The Best set in the Expository Genre are Macarthur's NT Commentary set (every volume in set are golden). The "Preaching The Word" series edited by Kent Hughs (All books in this set are really good). R.C. Sproul has excellent Commentaries that fit this Genre as well! These are all commentaries that you can actually read through like a book but come away very edified.
Commentaries in the technical genre look heavily at the actual original languages and are generally really dry. These are commentaries that you use when you are trying to grasp the Greek and Hebrew and for me personally, are better in my Logos than on the shelf because it is only certain pieces of them that are helpful at different times. The Best in this series is the "Pillar New Testament Commentary Series" which is actually more of a hybrid between the Expository genre and the Technical Genre. The whole series is awesome but the commentaries written by Douglas Moo are the best. The "Concordia Commentary" series is one of the best strictly technical series.
My personal Favorite,
Matthew Henry's Commentary Set
Expository Thoughts on The Gospel -Ryle
Treasury of David- Spurgeon
James Boice- Multi-Volume set on Romans
Macarthur's Commentary Set
Thomas Manton's complete 22 volume work (Puritan)
Thomas Boston's Complete Works (Puritan)
Matthew Henry
http://www.christianbook.com/matthew-henrys-commentary-whole-bible-volumes/9781598564358/pd/564365?product_redirect=1&Ntt=564365&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
J.C. Ryle
http://www.christianbook.com/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels/j-c-ryle/9780851516295/pd/711365?product_redirect=1&Ntt=711365&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Spurgeon
http://www.christianbook.com/the-treasury-of-david-3-volumes/charles-spurgeon/9781565639454/pd/06259?product_redirect=1&Ntt=06259&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Boice
http://www.christianbook.com/the-boice-commentary-series-romans-volumes/james-boice/9780801065941/pd/65946?product_redirect=1&Ntt=65946&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Thomas Manton
http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/category/thomas-manton/
Thomas Boston
http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/book-review-the-complete-works-of-thomas-boston-12-volumes/
The Best Commentary in the Devotional genre is the 6 Volume Commentary set by Matthew Henry (Only $30) and J.C. Ryle's "Expository Thoughts on the Gospel". Those two are followed bySpurgeon's multi-volume set on the Psalms "The Treasury of David."
The Best set in the Expository Genre are Macarthur's NT Commentary set (every volume in set are golden). The "Preaching The Word" series edited by Kent Hughs (All books in this set are really good). R.C. Sproul has excellent Commentaries that fit this Genre as well! These are all commentaries that you can actually read through like a book but come away very edified.
Commentaries in the technical genre look heavily at the actual original languages and are generally really dry. These are commentaries that you use when you are trying to grasp the Greek and Hebrew and for me personally, are better in my Logos than on the shelf because it is only certain pieces of them that are helpful at different times. The Best in this series is the "Pillar New Testament Commentary Series" which is actually more of a hybrid between the Expository genre and the Technical Genre. The whole series is awesome but the commentaries written by Douglas Moo are the best. The "Concordia Commentary" series is one of the best strictly technical series.
My personal Favorite,
Matthew Henry's Commentary Set
Expository Thoughts on The Gospel -Ryle
Treasury of David- Spurgeon
James Boice- Multi-Volume set on Romans
Macarthur's Commentary Set
Thomas Manton's complete 22 volume work (Puritan)
Thomas Boston's Complete Works (Puritan)
Matthew Henry
http://www.christianbook.com/matthew-henrys-commentary-whole-bible-volumes/9781598564358/pd/564365?product_redirect=1&Ntt=564365&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
J.C. Ryle
http://www.christianbook.com/expository-thoughts-on-the-gospels/j-c-ryle/9780851516295/pd/711365?product_redirect=1&Ntt=711365&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Spurgeon
http://www.christianbook.com/the-treasury-of-david-3-volumes/charles-spurgeon/9781565639454/pd/06259?product_redirect=1&Ntt=06259&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Boice
http://www.christianbook.com/the-boice-commentary-series-romans-volumes/james-boice/9780801065941/pd/65946?product_redirect=1&Ntt=65946&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP
Thomas Manton
http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/category/thomas-manton/
Thomas Boston
http://spurgeon.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/book-review-the-complete-works-of-thomas-boston-12-volumes/