Here are some specific commentary series, both Jewish and Christian, and their locations. For Dr. Klein's students, determine if the commentary you select qualifies as a 'primary source' commentary. Some, even in the series, are monographs by individuals on particular Biblical books; but others are multi-authored and derivative.
If you'd like to physically browse the commentaries in the Main Stacks, take a look at the Theology: Commentaries .pdf below, which will give you the call number range for monograph commentaries on an individual book of the Bible (but not those combining different books, or multivolume commentaries).
Remember that some commentaries may be in the OVERSIZE stacks or BASEMENT STORAGE; you can browse them by call number in LINUS.
Note that, unless you are doing a historical or doctrinal study, some faculty for lower-division classes would prefer you avoid older commentaries, both those with the subject heading "Bible - Commentaries - Early Works to 1800" and the commentaries of the Church Fathers, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, etc. Ask your teacher!
To find books on an individual book of the Bible, use LINUS, our online Catalog.
LINUS is in transition to a new system of cataloging (called 'RDA') which will eventually make for a more complete searching experience. During this transitional period, most of the Biblical Subject Headings will be changing to the new, simpler system. However, some materials (chiefly e-books) are placed in LINUS by vendors outside LMU; for these outside entries, only the older system (Bible. O. T. .... and Bible. N.T. ...) will work.
NOTE: The LINK+ catalog is also in transition! Use both the older O.T./N.T. formulas and the new wording when searching LINK+!
Try these formulas as SUBJECT HEADINGS in LINUS to see the difference:
Bible. Genesis - Commentaries Gets you all of the books and most of the e-books that are formal commentaries on Genesis
Bible. O.T. - Genesis - Commentaries Gets you some e-books not retrieved by the newer heading above, not all of them commentaries.
Bible. Amos - Commentaries Gets you all of the books, almost all of the e-books...
Bible. O.T. Amos - Commentaries Gets you an e-book or two ...
Bible. Psalms - Commentaries Gets you all of the books, most of the e-books ....
Bible. O.T. Psalms - Commentaries Gets you some e-books, some non-commentary e-books ...
Bible. Psalms I-LIX - Commentaries Gets you a commentary focused on Psalms 1-59 (you can pick only one, or existing clusters).
Bible. O.T. Psalms I-LIX - Commentaries Does not get you the one title focused on Psalms 1-59.
Bible. Ruth - Criticism, Interpretation, etc. Gets you books and e-books on Ruth that are not strictly commentaries.
Bible. O.T. Ruth - Criticism, interpretation, etc Gets you a couple of e-books on Ruth that are not strictly commentaries, and then finds Samuel!
With the dropdown menu set to Subject, try typing a search for your book of interest below, using one of the formulas above.
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