Best Commentaries

[tqpix]

What are the best commentaries you've bumped into?

I just bought six of The John Phillips Commentaries series:

• Exploring the Gospel of Matthew: An Expository Commentary
• Exploring the Gospel of Mark: An Expository Commentary
• Exploring Romans: An Expository Commentary
• Exploring Hebrews: An Expository Commentary
• Exploring the Epistle of James: An Explository Commentary
• Exploring Revelation: An Expository Commentary.

I'm looking for other commentaries.

 

[dcyates]

The following are among the better major NT commentaries. Those that are in bold are, in my opinion, superior in quality, and the ones in parentheses are widely considered virtual must-haves. Additionally, the ones that have a number sign (#) preceding them are forthcoming. ​

Due to space constraints, I begin with those commentaries covering the Gospels and Acts.

NT COMMENTARIES​

Matthew:
W.F. Albright, C.S. Mann (AB 26, 1971)
#Clifton Black (NTL, ?)
Craig Blomberg (NAC, 1992)
D.A. Carson (EBC, Vol. 8, 1984)
W.D. Davies, D.C. Allison (ICC, 1988/91/97)
Richard T. France (TNTC, 1985)
#Richard France (NICNT, ?)
Michael Green (BST, 2000)
Donald Hagner (WBC, 1993/95)
Douglas R.A. Hare (Interp, 1993)
Craig S. Keener (1999)
Craig Keener (IVPNTC, 1997)
#Jack Dean Kingsbury (ECC, ?)
Ulrich Luz (Herm, 1989/01/?)
John Nolland (NIGTC)
Rudolph Schnackenburg (2002)
David Turner (BECNT, ?)
Michael Wilkins (NIVAC, 2004)
(Hagner - WBC, Keener, #France - NICNT, #Turner - BECNT)

Mark:
James Brooks (NAC)
C.E.B. Cranfield
C.A. Evans (WBC, 8.27-16.20)
William L. Lane (NICNT)
R. Alan Cole (TNTC)
James Edwards (Pillar)
Austin Farrer
Richard T. France (NIGTC)
David Garland (NIVAC)
R. Guelich (WBC, 1.1-8.26)
Robert Gundry
Morna D. Hooker (BNTC)
#Richard Horsley (NTC)
#Donald Juel (NTL)
#Ron Kernaghan (IVPNTC)
Joel Marcus (AB, 1-8)
#Robert Stein (BECNT)
Vincent Taylor
Lamar Williamson, Jr. (Interp)
Ben Witherington III (Socio-Rhetorical)
(France - NIGTC, Evans - WBC, #Stein - BECNT, Edwards - Pillar)

Luke:
Darrell L. Bock (BECNT)
Darrell Bock (NIVAC)
François Bovon (Herm)
G.B. Caird (PGC)
#John Carroll (NTL)
Craig A. Evans (NIBCNT)
Joseph A. Fitzmyer (AB:1-9/10-24)
Joel B. Green (NICNT)
#Peter Head (Pillar)
A.C.R. Leaney (BNTC)
W.L. Liefeld (EBC - vol. 8)
I. Howard Marshall (NIGTC)
Leon Morris (TCNT)
John Nolland (WBC)
Robert Stein (NAC)
(Bock - BECNT, Green - NICNT, #Head - Pillar, Bovon - Herm)

John:
G.R. Beasley-Murray (WBC)
Raymond E. Brown (AB)
D.A. Carson (Pillar)
C.K. Barrett
#Richard Bauckham (NIGTC)
Craig L. Blomberg
Rudolf Bultmann
Gary Burge (NIVAC)
Ernst Haenchen (Herm)
Edwyn Hoskyns (J.N. Davey, ed.)
Craig Keener
#Andreas Köstenberger (BECNT)
Robert Kysar (ACNT)
R.H. Lightfoot
Malina/Rohrbaugh (Soc-Sci)
John Marsh (PGC)
G.H.C. MacGregor (Moffatt)
J. Ramsey Michaels (NIBCNT)
#J. Ramsey Michaels (NICNT)
Leon Morris (NICNT)
Hermann Ridderbos
Rudolph Schnackenburg
Gerard Sloyan (Interp)
R.V.G. Tasker (TNTC)
#Marianne Meye Thompson (NTL)
B.F. Westcott
Ben Witherington III
(Carson - Pillar, Blomberg, #Bauckham - NIGTC, Keener)

Acts:
C.K. Barrett (ICC)
C.K. Barrett (ICC - A Shorter Commentary)
#Darrell Bock (BECNT)
F.F. Bruce (NICNT)
Joseph A. Fitzmyer (AB)
#Joel Green (NICNT)
Ernst Haenchen
#Carl Holladay (NTL)
L.T. Johnson (Sacra Pagina)
William Larkin (IVPNTC)
Richard Longenecker (EBC - vol. 9)
I. Howard Marshall (TNTC)
Johannes Munck (AB)
John Polhill (NAC)
#David Peterson (Pillar)
#Stanley Porter (NIGTC)
John Stott (BST)
Paul W. Walaskay (WestBC)
Robert W. Wall (NIB - vol. 10)
##Steve Walton (WBC)
David J. Williams (NIBCNT)
Ben Witherington III (Socio-Rhetorical)
(Witherington, Barrett - ICC, #Porter - NIGTC, #Bock - BECNT)

 

[dcyates]

The following are commentaries covering the Pauline Epistles

Romans:
P. Achtemeier (Interp)
C.K. Barrett (HNTC)
F.F. Bruce (TNTC)
C.E.B. Cranfield (ICC)
C.H. Dodd (MNTC)
J.D.G. Dunn (WBC)
P.F. Esler
J.A. Fitzmyer (AB)
#B.R. Gaventa (NTL)
#R. Jewett (Herm)
#R.N. Longenecker (NIGTC)
E. Käsemann
Martin Luther
D.A. Moo (NICNT)
D.A. Moo (NIVAC)
L. Morris (Pillar)
G.R. Osbourne (IVPNTC)
T. Schreiner (BECNT)
J. Stott (BST)
S.K. Stowers
P. Stuhlmacher
B. Witherington III (Socio-Rhetorical)
N.T. Wright (NIB - vol. 10)
(Moo - NICNT, #Longenecker - NIGTC, Schreiner - BECNT, Wright - NIB)

1 & 2 Corinthians:
B. Witherington III (Socio-Rhetorical)

1 Corinthians:
C.K. Barrett (BNTC)
#L. Belleville (WBC)
C. Blomberg (NIVAC)
#A. Brown (NTL)
H. Conzelmann (Herm)
#E.E. Ellis (ICC)
G.D. Fee (NICNT)
#D. Garland (BECNT)
R.B. Hays (Interp)
#A. Johnson (IVPNTC)
L. Morris (TNTC)
W.F. Orr, W.A. Walther (AB)
#B. Rosner (Pillar)
J.P. Sampley (NIBC)
M. Soards (NIBCNT)
A. Thisleton (NIGTC)
(Fee - NICNT, Thistleton - NIGTC, #Garland - BECNT, #Ellis - ICC, #Belleville - WBC, #Rosner - Pillar)

2 Corinthians:
C.K. Barrett (BNTC)
P. Barnett (NICNT)
L. Belleville (IVPNTC)
V.P. Furnish (AB)
D. Garland (NAC)
#G. Guthrie (BECNT)
S.J. Hafemann (NIVAC)
M.J. Harris (EBC - vol. 10)
M.J. Harris (NIGTC)
C. Kruse (TNTC)
J. Lambrecht (SP)
R.P. Martin (WBC)
#F. Matera (NTL)
J.P. Sampley (NIB - vol. 11)
#M. Seifrid (Pillar)
R.V.G. Tasker (TNTC)
(Barrett - BNTC, Barnett - NICNT, Hafemann - NIVAC, #Guthrie - BECNT, Garland - NAC, Harris - NIGTC)

Galatians:
H.D. Betz (Herm)
#M. de Boer (NTL)
#G. Borchert (TNTC)
F.F. Bruce (NIGTC)
E. De Witt Burton (ICC)
#D.A. Carson (Pillar)
R.A. Cole (TCNT)
C.B. Cousar (Interp)
J.D.G. Dunn (BNTC, 1993)
T. George (NAC)
G.W. Hansen (IVPNTC, 1994)
R.B. Hays (NIB - vol. 11, 2000)
J.B. Lightfoot
R.N. Longenecker (WBC, 1990)
J. Louis Martyn (AB, 1997)
S. McKnight (NIVAC, 1995)
#G. Stanton (ICC)
S.K. Williams (ANTC, 1997)
B. Witherington III (Socio-Rhetorical, 1998)
(Longenecker - WBC, Bruce - NIGTC, #Carson - Pillar)

Ephesians/Colossians/Philemon:
F.F. Bruce (NICNT)

Ephesians:
M. Barth (AB)
E. Best (ICC)
F.F. Bruce (NICNT)
#D. Dockery (NAC)
F. Foulkes (TCNT)
#S. Fowl (NTL)
H. Hoehner
#Wm. Klein (NEBC)
A.T. Lincoln (WBC)
P.T. O’Brien (PNTC)
P. Perkins (NIB - vol. 11)
R. Schnackenburg
K.R. Snodgrass (NIVAC)
J. Stott (BST)
#F. Thielman (BECNT)
#M. Turner (NIGTC)
(O’Brien - Pillar, Lincoln - WBC, Hoehner, #Thielman - BECNT, #Turner - NIGTC, Best - ICC)

Philippians:
K. Barth
F.W. Beare (HNTC)
M. Bockmuehl (BNTC)
#C.B. Cousar (NTL)
G.D. Fee (NICNT)
G.D. Fee (IVPNTC)
#G.W. Hansen (Pillar)
G.F. Hawthorne (WBC)
M.D. Hooker (NIB - vol. 11)
R.A. Martin (TNTC)
R.P. Martin (NCBC)
R.P. Martin/G.F. Hawthorne (WBC, rev. edn.)
P.T. O’Brien (NIGTC)
#J. Reumann (AB)
Moisés Silva (BECNT)
F. Thielman (NIVAC)
M.R. Vincent (ICC)
#D. Whitely (ICC)
B. Witherington (NT in Context)
(Fee - NICNT, O’Brien - NIGTC, Bockmuehl - BNTC, Martin/Hawthorne - WBC rev. edn., Thielman - NIVAC, #Hansen - Pillar, Silva - BECNT)

Colossians/Philemon:
#G.K. Beale (BECNT)
F.F. Bruce (NICNT)
J.D.G. Dunn (NIGTC)
D. Garland (NIVAC)
M.J. Harris (EGGNT)
#G. Hawthorne (Pillar)
A.T. Lincoln (NIB - vol. 11)
E. Lohse (Herm)
M.Y. MacDonald (SP)
R.P. Martin (NCBC)
C.F.D. Moule (CGTC)
P.T. O’Brien (WBC)
#J. Sumney (NTL)
#S. Wilson (ICC)
N.T. Wright (TNTC)
(O’Brien - WBC, Garland - NIVAC, #Beale - BECNT)

1 & 2 Thessalonians:
G.K. Beale (IVPNTC)
E. Best (BNTC)
F.F. Bruce (WBC)
#K. Donfried (ICC)
V. Furnish (ANTC)
G. Green (Pillar)
#H. Hendrix (NTC)
M. Holmes (NIVAC)
#E. Johnson (NTL)
#H. Koester (Herm)
A.J. Malherbe (AB)
L. Morris (TNTC)
I. Howard Marshall (NCBC)
A. Smith (NIB - vol. 11)
J. Stott (BST)
C.A. Wannamaker (NIGTC)
#J. Weima (BECNT)
(Wanamaker - NIGTC, Malherbe - AB, Bruce - WBC, Best - BNTC, Green - Pillar, Holmes - NIVAC, Marshall - NCBC, Beale - IVPNTC, #Weima - BECNT)

1 & 2 Timothy, Titus:
C.K. Barrett (NCB)
J.M. Bassler (ANTC)
M. Dibelius, H. Conzelmann (Herm)
J.D.G. Dunn (NIB - vol. 11)
G.D. Fee (NIBCNT)
D. Guthrie (TNTC)
L.T. Johnson (AB)
J.N.D. Kelly (HNTC)
#R. Kidd (BECNT)

#A. Köstenberger (NEBC)
G.W. Knight III (NIGTC)
W. Liefeld (NIVAC)
#A.J. Malherbe (Herm)
I. Howard Marshall (ICC)
Wm. D. Mounce (WBC)
T. Oden (Interp)
P. Towner (IVPNTC)
#P. Towner (NICNT)
#T. Wilder (Mentor)
#R. Yarbrough (Pillar)

1 & 2 Timothy:
J.D. Quinn/Wm. C. Wacker (ECC)

Titus:
J.D. Quinn (AB)

(Marshall - ICC, Mounce - WBC, Quinn/Wacker - ECC/Quinn - AB, Fee - NIBCNT, Knight - NIGTC, Johnson - AB, Kelly - BNTC, #Towner - NICNT, #Kidd - BECNT)

Philemon:
M. Barth/H. Blanke (ECC)
J. Burtchaell
C.H. Felder (NIB - vol. 11)
(Barth/Blanke - ECC) [See also Colossians/Philemon above]

 

[dcyates]

The following are commentaries covering the General/Catholic Epistles and Revelation

Hebrews:
Harold Attridge (Herm)
F.F. Bruce (NICNT)
G.W. Buchanan (AB)
#Donald A. Carson (BECNT)
P. Ellingworth (NIGTC)
Donald Guthrie (TCNT)
George H. Guthrie (NIVAC)
Donald Hagner (NIBCNT)
P. Hughes
#Luke Timothy Johnson (NTL)
Craig R. Koester (AB)
William L. Lane (WBC)
James Moffatt (ICC)
#Peter O’Brien (Pillar)
David deSilva (Socio-Rhetorical)
(Attridge- Herm, Lane - WBC, Ellingworth - NIGTC, Koester - AB, DeSilva, Guthrie - NIVAC, #O’Brien - Pillar, #Carson - BECNT)

James:
Richard Bauckham (NTR)
Martin Dibelius/Heinrich Greeven (Herm)
Peter H. Davids (NIGTC)
#Joel Green (NTL)
Luke Timothy Johnson (AB)
#John Kloppenborg (Herm)
Sophie Laws (BNTC)
Ralph P. Martin (WBC)
#Dan McCartney (BECNT)
Douglas Moo (TCNT)
Douglas Moo (Pillar)
J.H. Ropes (ICC)
#Donald Verseput (NICNT)
(Bauckham, Davids - NIGTC, Moo - Pillar, Johnson - AB, Martin - WBC, #Verseput - NICNT)

1 Peter:
Paul J. Achtemeier (Herm)
C.E.B. Cranfield
Peter H. Davids (NICNT)
#Lewis Donelson (NTL)
John H. Elliott (AB)
Leonhard Goppelt
Wayne Grudem (TCNT)
#Scott Hafemann (Pillar)
#Daniel Harrington (Sacra Pagina)
#Karen Jobes (BECNT)
J.N.D. Kelly (BNTC)
I. Howard Marshall (IVPNTC)
#Troy Martin (NIGTC)
Scot McKnight (NIVAC)
J. Ramsey Michaels (WBC)
#Earl Richard (Smyth & Helwys)
Thomas Schreiner (NAC)
E.G. Selwyn
E. Walter & J. Daryl Charles (BCBC)
(Achtemeier - Herm, Michaels - WBC, Davids - NICNT, Goppelt, Elliott - AB, Marshall - IVPNTC, #Hafemann - Pillar, #T. Martin - NIGTC)

2 Peter/Jude:
Richard J. Bauckham (WBC)
#Peter H. Davids (Pillar)
#Lewis Donelson (NTL)
E.M.B. Green (TCNT)
#Gene Green (BECNT)
#Scott Hafemann (NIGTC)
#Robert Harvey (IVPNTC)
Dick Lucas & Christopher Green (BST)
J.N.D. Kelly (HNTC)
Douglas Moo (NIVAC)
Thomas Schreiner (NAC)
Robert Webb (NICNT)
(Bauckham - WBC, Moo - NIVAC, #Davids - Pillar, #Hafemann - NIGTC, #Green - BECNT)

1, 2, 3 John:
Daniel Akin (NAC)
Raymond E. Brown (AB)
Rudolf Bultmann (Herm, 1970)
#D.A. Carson (NIGTC)
Colin Kruse (Pillar)
#Judith Lieu (NTL)
I. Howard Marshall (NICNT)
Rudolph Schnackenburg
Stephen S. Smalley (WBC)
John R.W. Stott (TCNT)
Marianne Meye Thompson (IVPNTC)
#Robert Yarbrough (BECNT)
(Marshall - NICNT, Kruse - Pillar, #Carson - NIGTC, #Yarbrough - BECNT)

Revelation:
David E. Aune (WBC)
G.K. Beale (NIGTC)
George R. Beasley-Murray (NCBC)
I.T. Beckwith
#Brian Blount (NTL)
G.B. Caird (HNTC)
#D.A. Carson (Pillar)
Catherine Gunsalus González & Justo L. González (WestBC)
Dennis Johnson
Craig S. Keener (NIVAC)
George Ladd
J. Massyngberde Ford (AB)
Bruce J. Malina/John J. Pilch (Soc-Sci)
Leon Morris (TNTC)
Robert H. Mounce (NICNT)
Grant Osborne (BECNT)
Ben Witherington III (NCBC)
(Aune - WBC, Beale - NIGTC, Mounce - NICNT, Keener - NIVAC, Osborne - BECNT, #Carson - Pillar)

 

[tqpix]

Thank you very much, dcyates.

You have been very helpful.

I will now bookmark this thread.

 

[BalaamsAss51]

Hello tqpix.

I would highly recommend this commentary series:

The Concordia Commentary: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture. They are published by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis Missouri.

http://www.cph.org/cphstore/Category.asp?find%5Fcategory=80145&find%5Fdescription=Concordia+Commentary+&find%5Fpart%5Fdesc=commentary

Pax

 

[tqpix]

Hello tqpix.

I would highly recommend this commentary series:

The Concordia Commentary: A Theological Exposition of Sacred Scripture. They are published by Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis Missouri.

http://www.cph.org/cphstore/Category.asp?find%5Fcategory=80145&find%5Fdescription=Concordia+Commentary+&find%5Fpart%5Fdesc=commentary

Pax

Thank you for the recommendations.

 

[AnthonyE1778]

I would say that the best commentaries are the "Twenty-First Century Commentary Series". Mal Couch and a variety of other expositors thoroughly explain books of the New Testament. Also, Mr. Couch has written a commentary on 1st and 2nd Thessalonians called "The Hope of Christ's Return". It is magnificent. The MacArthur Commentarty by John MacArthur also has sound doctrine, as well as John Calvin's Bible Commentary.

 

[daveleau]

My favorite set is Warren Wiersbe's Bible Exposition Commentary:
Pentateuch
OT Histories
Prophets
Wisdom and Poetry
New Testament Vol 1& 2



Also:
Frank E. Gaebelein's Expositor's Bible Commentary (OT: 7 volumes, NT: 6 volumes)

Tyndale Commentary Set (NT and OT)


Great submissions so far in this thread. Thanks!

 

[dcyates]

Thank you very much, dcyates.

You have been very helpful.

I will now bookmark this thread.

Your very welcome. Anytime.

 

[daveleau]

dcyates,
I see you chose Bruce's commentaries for several books. I am about to pick up his commentary on John's Gospel and epistles (2 in 1 vol). Have you read it, and why did you leave this one out of Bruce's work? (I really like his work, but am buying this one blind based on name and availability ($10 @ christianbook).)
In Christ,
Dave

 

[johnd]

What are the best commentaries you've bumped into?

On Jeremiah 31:31-34 the best commentary I have encountered is the book of Herbrews.

 

[dcyates]

dcyates,
I see you chose Bruce's commentaries for several books. I am about to pick up his commentary on John's Gospel and epistles (2 in 1 vol). Have you read it, and why did you leave this one out of Bruce's work? (I really like his work, but am buying this one blind based on name and availability ($10 @ christianbook).)
In Christ,
Dave

I obviously like much of the late, great F.F. Bruce's works myself. He was a truly superlative NT scholar and this is amply evidenced by the fact that he at one time or another produced a major commentary on virtually every book of the NT. However, he largely ignored the Gospels, with the sole exception of his commentary on John along with the Johannine epistles, and his real area of expertise was the Pauline literature.

At any rate, whether or not I would personally recommend Bruce's commentary on John and the Johannine letters would depend on what it is you're looking for in such a study. If you wanted it to engage in exegetical research with all the critical issues explored and technically spelled out for the reader, then I would probably rather point you in another direction. Craig Keener's recent two-volume commentary set on the Gospel of John certainly has to be considered one of the very best available right now. And for an excellent treatment of the Johannine epistles, if you only wished to acquire one commentary, I would lean rather heavily toward Colin Kruse's contribution to the Pillar NT Commentary series. Although if you can wait, I would hold out for D.A. Carson's forthcoming work for NIGTC. (Carson has already composed a very good, more technical--yet accessible--commentary on John's Gospel, also for Pillar.)

But, if you wanted a more popularly written study for predominantly expositional purposes, Bruce will do very nicely indeed. He doesn't spell out all his choices and detail the reasons for his conclusions, but it's nonetheless quite obvious that both the research was there and that it was pondered sufficiently prior to him putting pen to paper, as it were. (That and you can hardly beat the price.)

 

[BalaamsAss51]

On Jeremiah 31:31-34 the best commentary I have encountered is the book of Herbrews.

Very good. Scripture interpretes scripture. We must remember all commentaries are man made, therefore failable. Not so God's Word.

Also, as in Bible translations, commentaries come with a background from their editors/writers of viewpoints, biases, and slants. A Lutheran commentary would have substantial differences from a Methodist commentary from a Roman Catholic commentary. That's why it's a good idea to draw from several different commentaries which reflect different traditions/ways of looking at scripture.

Along with this thought, I'd say that too many today are too focused on one tradition and are getting further and further away from historic Christianity. Too much paying attention to the more modern ways of doing things without seeing how they (in large part) don't fit in with what was taught.

Pax

 

[justified]

On Johannine literature, Raymond Brown's commentaries were seminal and still worth the read.

 

[Chris Green]

These are excellent audio files: http://www.joncourson.com/teaching/teachings.asp

 

[Dmckay]

I have several Lists of the best commentaries that have been compiled by various Professors over the years. Personally, after I put 12 years study into Greek and Hebrew I winnowed out most of the Commentaries that I had in my personal library. There isn't enough time to do the study I want to do, to be able to also weed out the bad from the good in most commentaries.

I would suggest that you either invest in a copy of The Minister's Library by Barber or suggest it as a present Idea for Christmas or your birthday. Most Seminaries have stopped recommending specific books and just suggest Barber's work. He does a pretty even-handed job of evaluating books in all catagories, he even breaks down positional biases that the authors might favor. Often he will provide denominational information of the Author. He also rates books according to how helpful he believes that they are.

I should have added this, I have saved a lot of money by doing two things. Never buying a book until I have really needed it at least 3 times. Yes, this can be a real pain if you don't live near a Seminary with a good library. But it helps you to determine the value of the book to your needs. Second, I always consult Barber about the book, or similar works to see what he has to say about them first. Sometimes there is another work that covers the same topic or area and does a better job. And then a third thing which has only come as the Internet has matured, I do a search for good used copies that might be available. I know that these 3 things have saved me several thousand dollars over the years. Especially, because like DeaconDean I prefer to go for copies that have been put of CD ROM. It saves space, it saves a lot of money and I can take a larger library with me when I go on the road teaching. If, unlike me, you use a PC platform instead of Mac you will find that there are more CD avenues open to you.

A great resource is Ages Master Christian Library vol 8. It has Bible versions, Commentary sets, theologies, word studies, histories, maps, biographies and a lot more on 3 CDs. Plus they sell other CD collections in separate sets. www.ageslibrary.com

 

[DeaconDean]

I use "The Pulpit Commentaries" on cd-rom. What is it, a 23 or 26 volume set of books condensed on one cd. Condensed isn't the right word because it is the full set of books all volumes on one cd. Rather than pay $300 for the set, I ordered it off of Christianbooks.com for $74. Very good set I might add. Complete with exposition of every book in the Bible along with 3 Homilies (right word?) of each book. Deep exposition of Hebrew and Greek words. Here is a link to it:

http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=06321&netp_id=133404&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW#details

Here is a link to the cd-rom:

http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=668001&netp_id=267858&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW

For some good examples see posts #21 & #22 in this thread, I used the Pulpit Commentaries when posting here:

http://www.christianforums.com/t2750399-daniel-11-is-about-antiochus.html&page=3#post22662966

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

On Jeremiah 31:31-34 the best commentary I have encountered is the book of Herbrews.

Preston Eby is one of my favorites and this study on the Royal Priesthood is excellent to go along with the book of Hebrews.

http://hisremnant.org/eby/list.html

http://hisremnant.org/eby/articles/kingdom/priest/priestindex.html

http://www.godfire.net/eby/