{"id":4885,"date":"2009-05-06T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/pastors-bookshelf-romans.html"},"modified":"2009-05-06T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T16:13:21","slug":"pastors-bookshelf-romans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2009\/05\/pastors-bookshelf-romans.html","title":{"rendered":"Pastor’s Bookshelf: Romans"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn college a professor of mine told me he realized he had 40+ commentaries on Romans and that he decided that 10 was enough — so he unloaded 30. It is not hard to accumulate commentaries on Romans, but each of us has to determine how many we can really use. Romans is special, so I don’t mind having extra commentaries on Romans, but I’ve decided that for every new one I buy, I get rid of one — it cuts down my purchases because I have to think of getting rid of one. But here are my top commentaries on Romans, and I’m open to suggestions of others:<\/p>\n

I begin, out of habit, with CEB Cranfield’s 2 volumes in the ICC series:The Epistle to the Romans<\/a>\"\"
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Then I stay in Durham and go to Jimmy Dunn’s 2 volumes in the Word series:Romans<\/a>\"\"
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Then I shift to my former colleague Doug Moo: The Epistle to the Romans<\/a>\"\"
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Every session with Romans raises new issues, and at this point I consult these three:<\/p>\n

Robert Jewett’s magnum opus: Romans<\/a>\"\"
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JA Fitzmyer’s Anchor Bible commentary: Romans<\/a>\"\"
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And NT Wright’s “Romans” in the New Interpreter’s Bible: The New Interpreter’s Bible : Romans<\/a>\"\"
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