{"id":368,"date":"2008-09-04T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2013-06-26T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T19:39:57","slug":"derek-thomas%e2%80%99-commentary-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"Derek Thomas&#8217; Commentary Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xECWNO6yc9I\/SMBQ318hnMI\/AAAAAAAAAQk\/LFQEVunRNOc\/s1600-h\/derek+thomas+comm+guide.jpg\"><img id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242278886563224770\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; cursor: hand;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_xECWNO6yc9I\/SMBQ318hnMI\/AAAAAAAAAQk\/LFQEVunRNOc\/s200\/derek+thomas+comm+guide.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>I recently purchased a copy of the revised edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FEssential-Commentaries-Preachers-Library%2Fdp%2F0977747204%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1220563008%26sr%3D11-1&amp;tag=thechildrshou-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">Derek Thomas&#8217; The Essential Commentaries for a Preacher&#8217;s Library <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"drznwrdrbsdvrykzephh\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=thechildrshou-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and have enjoyed looking through it. I always appreciate seeing what commentaries are found useful by preachers or teachers whom I respect. I must say I find more benefit from Carson and Longman&#8217;s commentary surveys though. Thomas tends to list with no or little comment whereas Carson &amp; Longman provide more description and critique (esp. Carson).<\/div>\n<p>Still, this is a useful tool.<\/p>\n<p>I purchased my copy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solid-ground-books.com\/\">Solid Ground Christian Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently purchased a copy of the revised edition of Derek Thomas&#8217; The Essential Commentaries for a Preacher&#8217;s Library and have enjoyed looking through it. I always appreciate seeing what commentaries are found useful by preachers or teachers whom I respect. I must say I find more benefit from Carson and Longman&#8217;s commentary surveys though. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=368\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Derek Thomas&#8217; Commentary Guide&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3267,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}