The Old Testament is the least known part of the Bible for many Christians. Preachers with a good working knowledge of the Old Testament are better able to understand the New Testament and help Bible come to know God.

Here are some of Wendell Winkler’s favorite Old Testament commentaries.

Genesis

  • Leupold, H. C., Exposition of Genesis (2 volumes), 1963.
  • Thomas, W. H. Griffith, Genesis A Devotional Commentary, 1946.

Psalms

  • Leupold, H. C., Exposition of the Psalms, 1961.

Proverbs

  • Ironside, H. A., Notes on the Book of Proverbs, 1964.

Ecclesiastes

  • Leupold, H. C., Exposition of Ecclesiastes, 1952.

Isaiah

  • Young, Edward J., The Book of Isaiah (3 volumes), 1965.
  • Hailey, Homer. The Book of Isaiah.

Jeremiah

  • Smith, Jeremiah and Lamentations, College Press, Joplin, Missouri, 1970.

Ezekiel

  • Blackwood, Andrew W., Ezekiel, Prophecy of Hope, 1965.
  • Ellison, H. L., Ezekiel the Man and His Message, 1956.

Daniel

  • Young, Edward J., The Prophecy of Daniel, 1949.

The Minor Prophets

  • Laetsch, Theodore, Bible Commentary: The Minor Prophets, 1956.
  • The works of Hailey, Homer, Adam Clark, F.C. Cook, J. W. McGarvey, William Barclay (a modernist but his background sermon material is good).