The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.
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Dr. John D. Watts, Old Testament Editor for the Word Biblical Commentary, was President of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Ruschlikon, Switzerland, and served as Professor of Old Testament at that institution, at Fuller Theological Seminary, and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He holds the a Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His numerous publications include commentaries on Amos and Obadiah.
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By B. Cowie
Format:Hardcover
I'm sure Mr. Watts is a very smart fellow, but I find this commentary (and Watts' 2nd volume) mostly unhelpful. Watts holds to a rare theory that Isaiah is a play written in its entirety by a 6th century BCE (i.e. post-exilic) anonymous writer. This is a very unconventional theory and I'm not aware of any other major commentator who shares it. It's neither the traditional Isaiah nor the Deutero-Isaiah theory.
I gave it two stars instead of one because maybe Watts gets some credit for creative scholarship - which at least gets people thinking. But as a useful commentary for most people, I'd avoid it. I am disappointed that Word chose this as their Isaiah commentary. I generally like the Word Commentary series, but this one totally misses the target. My advice to Word - dump it and commission another Isaiah volume by a different writer.
I gave it two stars instead of one because maybe Watts gets some credit for creative scholarship - which at least gets people thinking. But as a useful commentary for most people, I'd avoid it. I am disappointed that Word chose this as their Isaiah commentary. I generally like the Word Commentary series, but this one totally misses the target. My advice to Word - dump it and commission another Isaiah volume by a different writer.
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