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To find commentaries on a specific book of the Bible, go the advanced search page of Pepperdine's library catalog. Choose "subject" from the drop-down menu and enter these search terms, substituting the name of the book you need:

Bible.Commentaries Mark

To find commentaries in a particular series or by a particular publisher, add a "keyword" search for the series name or publisher name to your "subject" search from above. Here is a sample:

su:(Bible.Commentaries Mark) AND kw:("New Collegeville Bible Commentary")

Or if you just want to see the available commentaries from a particular publisher or in a particular series (not limited to a particular book of the Bible) enter your "subject" search and "keyword" search terms in this way, substituting the name of the publisher or series you would like to find:

su:(Bible.Commentaries) AND kw:("Eerdmans")

Another helpful search might be to search by subject or topic:

su:(Bible.Commentaries) AND kw:(Belief)

Or to search by series name, simply try the following search, substituting the name of the series you would like to find:

se:(The Story of God Bible Commentary)

Pepperdine has both print and online commentaries. To view only electronic commentaries, limit your search to ebooks by checking that box on the left side of the results page.

The electronic availability of Bible commentaries varies widely by publisher, series, and publication year. Here are a few commentary series that can be accessed electronically via Pepperdine Libraries:

• Hermeneia: original author translations intended for academic audience with critical and liberal perspective
• Septuagint Commentary Series (Brill)
• The Story of God Bible Commentary (Zondervan): evangelical approach intended for pastoral audience

Many volumes from the following series are available on ProQuest Ebook Central, and can be found through the Library catalog or by searching ProQuest Ebook Central:

• Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: orthodox Christian perspective intended for pastoral and lay audience.
• Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: intended for pastoral and lay audience, includes Greek exegesis
• Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture
• New Collegeville Bible Commentary: New Testament: Roman Catholic perspective
• New Testament Library (Westminster): based on Revised Standard Version bible for a pastoral audience; critical, evangelical perspective
• Old Testament Library (Westminster): based on Revised Standard Version bible for a pastoral audience; critical, evangelical perspective
• Paideia New Testament: Catholic and Protestant perspective intended for patoral and academic audience
• Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Reformed Protestant perspective intended for pastoral and lay audience
• The Bible Speaks Today: Old Testament Series: Evangelical perspective intended for pastoral and lay audience
• The Two Horizons Old Testament commentary (Eerdmans): intended for pastoral audience
• Tyndale Old Testament commentaries: intended for pastoral audience