Book Reviews on Bible Aid and Bible Commentaries

For those of you who are looking for some very good Bible aids so as to help you understand and interpret our Bible, here is a list of some of the absolute best aids on this subject matter.In these Bible aids you will find every single verse of the Bible properly interpreted for you when you are having a hard time in deciphering what a particular Scripture verse may mean. For those of you who are serious in your study of Scripture, each one of these aids are truly indispensable.1. "The Illustrated Guide to Biblical History" by Kendell EasleyFor those of you looking for a good book that will give you a nice, basic overview of the history of our Christian faith - this particular book does a very nice job for you. This overview is presented in a very easy-to-understand and follow manner. This book enables you to locate specific people and events on the correct timeline as they occurred in the Bible at a very quick glance. This book also has many colored photographs and maps so you can see where all of these incredible events took place.2. "The Three-In-One Bible Reference Companion" by Thomas NelsonThis is one of my absolute favorites as far as a Bible reference guide. It is a combination concordance, topical index and dictionary. You can look up the meaning of a word for its definition, and right underneath the word will be all of the Scripture verses that will have that word in it. All of the words and topics are listed alphabetically so that you can find what you are looking for a very fast glance. This book combines the best features of a Bible dictionary, concordance and encyclopedia. All of the most important words listed in the Bible are in this book.3. "Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary" edited by Trent ButlerThis particular Bible reference book has become one of the best selling reference tools since it was first published back in 1991. This book has very good definitions on all of the main words in the Bible, along with 600 full color photos, illustrations and charts to help explain the meaning of the words to you. It also has some of the latest archaeological information from some of the different Jerusalem excavations. Very thorough and very complete Bible dictionary.4. "Holman Bible Handbook" by David DockeryThis book goes into each of the individual 66 books of the Bible. It gives very good commentary on all of the key themes and sections in the different books of the Bible along with giving a many full-color photos, illustrations, charts and maps of some of the events that occurred in the Bible. Everything presented in a nice and easy to understand format, even for beginners. These kinds of books will help accelerate your knowledge in the Bible and will save you years and years of having to do this kind of research for yourself.5. "King James Version Bible Commentary" by Ed HindsonAs far as all of the different Bible commentaries that are out there - I believe this one to be one of the absolute best. Even though it is only dealing with the King James Version of the Bible, you can still use this even if you like some of the other different translations. This book will literally interpret every single verse of the Bible for you and does so in a very easy-to-understand manner. I have several different Bible commentaries, but this is the first one I will always go to when I need a good explanation on what a particular Scripture verse may mean. I simply cannot recommend this particular commentary high enough.6. "The Hayford Bible Handbook" by Jack HayfordI believe Jack Hayford to be one of the best Bible scholars and teachers we have in the Body of Christ today. Again, this book from Mr. Hayford is another one of my personal favorites. In the first part of the book, he interprets every line of Scripture for you. In the second half of the book he has very good definitions, commentaries and full explanations for many of the keys words and phrases that are found in the Bible. This is another great book that I cannot recommend highly enough. This man is truly a genius in God with the wealth of information and knowledge that he has on the Bible.7. "Tyndale Bible Dictionary" by Walter ElwellThis is another exceptional Bible dictionary. Besides giving very good basic definitions of many of the main words found in the Bible, it goes even further and then gives actual commentary on many of these words so that you can fully understand what each of these words mean. This book is 1332 pages long and has several beautiful maps at the end of the book so that you can see what all of these Bible areas looked like back at the time that all of these incredible events were occurring. This is just another good solid Bible dictionary that the Body of Christ has available for all the real seekers.8. "Believer's Bible Commentary" by Arthur FarstadThis is another good basic Bible commentary, interpreting every line of Scripture for you. Presented in a very nice and easy-to- read format. It is 2383 pages long. I use this side by side with the King James Version Bible Commentary mentioned above as it is good to have several Bible commentaries when looking up the meaning of different Scripture verses.9. "Holman's Concise Bible Commentary" by David DockeryThis book is a smaller, more concise type of Bible commentary, but don't let the smaller size of this particular book fool you. It is loaded with very good commentary on all of the main verses from Scripture. This is the third main Bible commentary I have in my own personal God-library and I use it in conjunction with the above two Bible commentaries mentioned above. It is only 681 pages in length, but there is a lot of valuable knowledge and revelation in this shorter commentary. dr seuss book collection