The Minor Prophets: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary: Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi

by Thomas Edward McComiskey (Editor)

An Exegetical and Expository Commentary, The Minor Prophets -Volume Three. Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. The Minor Prophets sets a new standard among Old Testament commentaries, featuring the finest evangelical scholars. The authors provide meticulous exegesis of the Hebrew text, and also relate the message of the ancient prophets to contempory life, in meaningful and practical ways. Each commentary is prefaced by an introduction that presents the historical background, date and authorship of the prophetic book. The authors provide their own translations of the text, alongside that of the New Revised Standard Version.

1412 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Scott Cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thomas Edward McComiskey (1928-1996; PhD, Brandeis University) taught Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and served as presiding fellow of the American College of Biblical Theologians. I have utilized this excellent third volume in the series for all the minor prophet books listed in the title, except for Zechariah (which I used the International Commentary on Zechariah by Mark J. Boda). The commentaries are in two sections or perspectives: the exposition section (on the bottom) is “designed to amplify the conclusions reached in the (top) Exegesis section.” (which explains more of the linguistic nuances). The commentaries are both technical and practical in nature; highly recommended!

[CELIA · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very scholarly and thorough with both exegesis and exposition on every passage. Personally I found the first two books by Alec Motyer to have more present day application.

[Charles · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read Stuart on Malachi.

[Peter Krol · Rating 2 out of 5]

This commentary is somewhat helpful on the basics, especially historical background.

I read the section on Habakkuk by F.F. Bruce. Bruce is an excellent historian, but not as good of a commentator. I felt that his commentary suffered from cross-reference-itis. Much of my time reading, I found myself asking, "yes, those are nice verses that use the same words that Habakkuk used, but what was Habakkuk's point?"

All in all, I would prefer a more expositional commentary, and fewer word studies (which have their place, but aren't the most important things when seeking to interpret a text).