Religification…

… sounds like something bad; do I need to worry about it being contagious?  Probably not, but my audience may be at a loss as to what I am talking about.

The Transforming Word

Mark Hamilton and a group of over 50 contributors have created a one volume commentary covering both the Old and New Testament.

Mark W Hamilton, General Editor

Review

This commentary is a one volume work with a little over 1100 pages that attempts to give an overview of each book in the bible.  Various topics are covered at the beginning of the book to including basic topics on prophecy, theology, history, and canon of the bible.   The student will find a chapter for each book of the bible with chapter contents, list of included resources, further study and works cited.   A brief introduction is given to each book of the bible and then a commentary that breaks the book into smaller sections and subsections.

Since this is a one volume work it cannot provide an in depth analysis of the books of the bible. However, this does give the reader a very good beginning point and overview of what the biblical writer is trying to convey.  Many low cost and free online commentaries are very dated and narrow in their perspective.  This volume will give you a concise and no nonsense look at the scripture by an impressive list of knowledgeable academicians.