Login
Login

International Critical Commentary

The International critical commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments (International Critical Commentary or ICC) is a series of commentaries in English on the text of the Old Testament and New Testament. It has been published by T&T Clark,{{cite journal |last1=Riches |first1=John |title=The Dissemination of Scottish Theology: T&T Clark |journal=The Expository Times |date=November 2021 |volume=133 |issue=2 |pages=49–60 |doi=10.1177/00145246211043336}} now an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.{{cite web |last1=Michaels |first1=Steve |title=Cook Library: Bible Commentaries: Technical Commentary Series |url=https://guides.westernsem.edu/bible/commentaries/technical |website=guides.westernsem.edu |language=en}}

Initially started in 1895, the International Critical Commentary series is a highly regarded academic-level commentary on the Bible. The ICC is described as "a venerable institution in biblical study and interpretation", "known for its detailed, critical, and theological interpretation"{{cite journal |last1=Fitzmyer |first1=Joseph A. |title=Book reviews |journal=Theological Studies |date=March 1996 |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=145 |doi=10.1177/004056399605700111 |url=}} and "the gold standard of critical commentaries for the last century".{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Benjamin J. M. |title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 1-5, H. G. M. Williamson, Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014 (ISBN 978-0-567-47370-7), xxxviii + 410 pp., pb £24.99 |journal=Reviews in Religion & Theology |date=January 2016 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=79–81 |doi=10.1111/rirt.12599}} It aims to marshall all available aids to exegesis: linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary and theological. No unifying scheme is sought but each scholar has been free to express their expertise.{{cite web|title=Review of the series|work=readingacts.com|date=23 August 2011 |url=http://readingacts.com/2011/08/23/more-free-books-the-international-critical-commentary-icc/|access-date=30 November 2015}} Many of its volumes are continue to be cited as among the best commentaries on their respective books, decades after they were written.{{cite news |last1=Armerding |first1=Carl E. |title=Genesis through Job |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/1972/01/genesis-through-job/ |access-date=17 April 2025 |work=Christianity Today |date=21 January 1972}}

The original editors of the series were Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred A. Plummer and Charles Augustus Briggs.{{cite book |last1=Plummer |first1=A. |title=The International Critical Commentary on the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments: II Corinthians, by A. Plummer |date=1915 |publisher=Scribner|chapter=Preface |pages=vii-viii |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_International_Critical_Commentary_on/fzI2AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22International+Critical+Commentary%22+editor+Briggs&pg=PR8&printsec=frontcover |language=en}} The series has been in the hands of various editors since. A new series began with C. E. B. Cranfield's commentary on Romans in 1975 under the editorship of Cranfield, John Emerton and Graham Stanton. As of the 2020s, the editors are Stuart Weeks, Christopher M. Tuckett, and Jacqueline Vayntrub.{{cite web |title=International Critical Commentary |url=https://bestcommentaries.com/series/international-critical-commentary-icc/ |website=Best Commentaries |access-date=17 April 2025 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=International Critical Commentary, Bloomsbury Press |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/international-critical-commentary/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |website=International Critical Commentary, Bloomsbury Press}}{{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Martinus C. de |title=John 1-6: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary |date=12 December 2024 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-567-71816-7 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/John_1_6/CEIqEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Weeks,++Tuckett,++Vayntrub.&pg=PR1&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}

Volumes

  • {{cite book|title=Genesis|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic01skin|last=Skinner|first=John E. |author-link=John E. Skinner|year=1910}} 552 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Numbers|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic04grayuoft|last=Gray|first=G. Buchanan |author-link=G. Buchanan Gray|year=1903}} 489 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Deuteronomy|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe01drivgoog|last=Driver|first=S. R. |author-link=Samuel Rolles Driver|year=1902}} 434 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Judges|last=Moore|first=George F. |author-link=George Foot Moore|year=1895|publisher=T. & T. Clark |isbn=978-0-567-05004-5}} 476 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Samuel I and II|last=Smith|first=Henry P. |author-link=Henry Preserved Smith|year=1899}} 421 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Kings I and II|last1=Gehman|first1=H. S. |author-link=H. S. Gehman|last2=Montgomery|first2=James A. |author-link2=James A. Montgomery|year=1951}} 574 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Chronicles I and II|last1=Curtis|first1=E. L. |author-link=E. L. Curtis|last2=Madsen|first2=Albert |author-link2=Albert Madsen|year=1910}} 534 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Ezra and Nehemiah|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.169837|last=Batten|first=L. W. |author-link=L. W. Batten|year=1913}} 384 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Esther|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe10goog|last=Paton|first=L. B. |author-link=L. B. Paton|year=1908|publisher=T. & T. Clark }} 334 pages{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Nijay |last2=Sun |first2=Chloe T. |title=My Top Six OT Commentaries: Esther (Dr. Chloe T. Sun) |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/cruxsola/2022/02/my-top-six-ot-commentaries-esther-dr-chloe-t-sun/ |website=Crux Sola |access-date=17 April 2025 |language=en |date=3 February 2022}}
  • {{cite book|title=Job|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ld1XAAAAYAAJ|last1=Driver|first1=S. R. |author-link=Samuel Rolles Driver|last2=Gray|first2=G. Buchanan |author-link2=G. Buchanan Gray|year=1921}} 360 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Psalms: Volume 1|last1=Briggs|first1=Charles A. |author-link=Charles Augustus Briggs|last2=Briggs|first2=E. G. |author-link2=E. G. Briggs|year=1906}} 360 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Psalms: Volume 2|last1=Briggs|first1=Charles A. |author-link=Charles Augustus Briggs|last2=Briggs|first2=E. G. |author-link2=E. G. Briggs|year=1907}} 571 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Proverbs|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe00toygoog|last=Toy|first=C. H. |author-link=C. H. Toy|year=1899|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's Sons }} 554 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Ecclesiastes|url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-3260072|last=Barton|first=G. A. |author-link=G. A. Barton|year=1908|publisher=Journal of Biblical Literature }} 212 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Isaiah 1–5|last=Williamson|first=Hugh G. M. |author-link=Hugh G. M. Williamson|year=2006}} 448 pages{{cite journal |last1=MacDonald |first1=Nathan |title=Isaiah 6–12, written by H. G. M. Williamson |journal=Vetus Testamentum |date=17 April 2019 |volume=69 |issue=2 |pages=332–333 |doi=10.1163/15685330-12341367-05 }}
  • {{cite book|title=Isaiah 6–12|last=Williamson|first=Hugh G. M. |author-link=Hugh G. M. Williamson|year=2018}} 808 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Isaiah 1–27|last=Gray|first=George Buchanan |author-link=George Buchanan Gray|year=1912}} 472 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Isaiah 40–55, vol. 1|last1=Goldingay|first1=John |author-link=John Goldingay|last2=Payne|first2=David |author-link2=David Payne (theologian)|year=2006}} 424 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Isaiah 40–55, vol. 2|last1=Goldingay|first1=John |author-link=John Goldingay|last2=Payne|first2=David |author-link2=David Payne (theologian)|year=2006}} 392 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Isaiah 56–66|last=Goldingay|first=John |author-link=John Goldingay|year=2014}} 560 pages{{cite journal |last1=Oswalt |first1=John |title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Isaiah 56–66 |journal=Themelios |date=2014 |volume=39 |issue=2 |url=https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/review/a-critical-and-exegetical-commentary-on-isaiah-56-66/}}
  • {{cite book|title=Jeremiah 1–25|last=McKane|first=William |author-link=William McKane|year=1986}} 658 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Jeremiah 26–52|last=McKane|first=William |author-link=William McKane|year=1986}} 1,396 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Lamentations|last=Salters|first=R. B. |author-link=R. B. Salters|year=2010}} 416 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Ezekiel|last=Cooke|first=G. A. |author-link=G. A. Cooke|year=1936}} 557 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Daniel|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic22montuoft|last=Montgomery|first=James A. |author-link=James A. Montgomery|year=1927}} 478 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Hosea|last=Macintosh|first=A. A. |author-link=A. A. Macintosh|year=1997}} 600 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Amos and Hosea|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe04goog|last=Harper|first=W. R. |author-link=W. R. Harper|year=1905|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's Sons }} 424 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Obadiah, and Joel|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic24smituoft|last1=Smith|first1=John Merlin Powis |author-link=John Merlin Powis Smith|last2=Ward|first2=W. H. |author-link2=W. H. Ward|last3=Bewer|first3=J. A. |author-link3=J. A. Bewert|year=1911}} 560 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Jonah|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegeti00mitc|last1=Bewer|first1=J. A. |author-link=J. A. Bewer|last2=Smith|first2=John Merlin Powis |author-link2=John Merlin Powis Smith|last3=Mitchell|first3=H. G. |author-link3=H. G. Mitchell|year=1912}} 515 pages
  • {{cite book|title=St. Matthew|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic00allerich/page/n7/mode/2up|last=Allen|first=Willoughby C. |author-link=Willoughby Allen|year=1907}} 350 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Matthew 1–7|last1=Allison|first1=Dale C. |author-link=Dale C. Allison|last2=Davies|first2=W. D. |author-link2=W. D. Davies|year=2004}} 731 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Matthew 8–18|last1=Allison|first1=Dale C. |author-link=Dale C. Allison|last2=Davies|first2=W. D. |author-link2=W. D. Davies|year=1991}} 807 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Matthew 19–28|last1=Allison|first1=Dale C. |author-link=Dale C. Allison|last2=Davies|first2=W. D. |author-link2=W. D. Davies|year=1991}} 789 pages
  • {{cite book|title=St. Mark|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic27gouluoft|last=Gould|first=Ezra P. |author-link=Ezra Palmer Gould|year=1896|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's sons }} 317 pages
  • {{cite book|title=St. Luke|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe01plumgoog|last=Plummer|first=Alfred A. |author-link=Alfred A. Plummer|year=1896|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's Sons }} 592 pages
  • {{cite book|title=John 1–4|last=McHugh|first=John |author-link=John McHugh (theologian)|year=2009}} 368 pages
  • {{cite book|title=St. John 1–7, vol. 1|url=https://archive.org/details/ACriticalAndExegeticalCommentaryOnTheGospelOfSt.JohnVol.1|last=Bernard|first=J. H. |author-link=J. H. Bernard|year=1928}} 740 pages
  • {{cite book|title=St. John 8–21, vol. 2|url=https://archive.org/details/ACriticalAndExegeticalCommentaryOnTheGospelOfSt.JohnVol.2/mode/2up|last=Bernard|first=J. H. |author-link=J. H. Bernard|year=1928}} 740 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Acts: Volume 1|last=Barrett|first=C. K. |author-link=C. K. Barrett|year=1994}} 692 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Acts: Volume 2|last=Barrett|first=C. K. |author-link=C. K. Barrett|year=1998}} 1,272 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistle to the Romans|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe00headgoog|last1=Headlam|first1=A. C. |author-link=A. C. Headlam|last2=Sanday|first2=William W. |author-link2=William Sanday (theologian)|year=1895}} 450 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistle to the Romans: Volume 1|last=Cranfield|first=C. E. B. |author-link=C. E. B. Cranfield|year=1975}} 480 pages{{cite web |last1=Lock |first1=John Mason |title=A Survey of Historic Romans Commentaries |url=https://livingchurch.org/covenant/a-survey-of-historic-romans-commentaries/ |website=The Living Church |date=3 July 2023}}
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistle to the Romans: Volume 2|last=Cranfield|first=C. E. B. |author-link=C. E. B. Cranfield|year=1979}} 496 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.88459|last1=Plummer|first1=Alfred A. |author-link=Alfred A. Plummer|last2=Robertson|first2=Archibald |author-link2=Archibald Robertson (bishop)|year=1911}} 424 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe04plumgoog|last=Plummer|first=Alfred A. |author-link=Alfred A. Plummer|year=1915|publisher=New York, Scribner }} 404 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Second Epistle to the Corinthians 1–7|last=Thrall|first=Margaret E. |author-link=Margaret E. Thrall|year=1994}} 978 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Second Epistle to the Corinthians 8–13|last=Thrall|first=Margaret E. |author-link=Margaret E. Thrall|year=1994}} 978 pages{{cite web |last1=Oropeza |first1=B. J. |title=Top 10 Commentaries On 2 Corinthians |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/inchrist/2022/01/top-10-commentaries-on-2-corinthians/ |website=In Christ |access-date=17 April 2025 |language=en |date=17 January 2022}}
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistle to the Galatians|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.88314|last=Burton|first=Ernest DeWitt |author-link=Ernest DeWitt Burton|year=1920}} 539 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Ephesians|last=Best|first=Ernest |author-link=Ernest Best|year=1998}} 685 pages{{cite web |last1=Black |first1=Eric |title=Equip: Resources on the Book of Ephesians |url=https://baptiststandard.com/equip/equip-resources-on-the-book-of-ephesians/ |website=Baptist Standard |date=11 March 2025}}
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic36abbouoft|last=Abbott|first=Thomas K. |author-link=Thomas Kingsmill Abbott |year=1902|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's sons }} 315 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Colossians and Philemon|last=McL. Wilson|first=Robert |author-link=Robert McL. Wilson|year=2005}} 512 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Philippians and Philemon|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe00vincgoog|last=Vincent|first=Marvin R. |author-link=Marvin Vincent |year=1897|publisher=C. Scribner's sons }} 201 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Thessalonians|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe07goog|last=Frame|first=J. E. |author-link=J. E. Frame|year=1912|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's Sons }} 326 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Pastoral Epistles|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic39lockuoft|last=Lock|first=W. W. |author-link=W. W. Lock|year=1924}} 163 pages
  • {{cite book|title=Pastoral Epistles|last=Marshall|first=I. Howard |author-link=I. Howard Marshall|year=1999}} 882 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistle to the Hebrews|url=https://archive.org/details/criticalexegetic40moffuoft/page/n5/mode/2up|last=Moffat|first=J. J. |author-link=J. J. Moffat|year=1924}} 264 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistle of St. James|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.179333|last=Ropes|first=J. H. |author-link=J. H. Ropes|year=1916}} 319 pages
  • {{cite book|title=James|last=Allison|first=Dale C. |author-link=Dale C. Allison|year=2013}} 848 pages
  • Williams, Travis B.; Horrell, David G. (2023). 1 Peter: Volume 1. 853 pages{{cite journal |last1=Reese |first1=Ruth Anne |title=1 Peter: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary |journal=Review of Biblical Literature |date=January 2024 |volume=26 |pages=452–455}}
  • {{cite book|title=The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude|url=https://archive.org/details/acriticalandexe00bigggoog|last=Bigg|first=C. C. |author-link=C. C. Bigg|year=1901|publisher=New York, C. Scribner's Sons }} 353 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Johannine Epistles|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.150804|last=Brooke|first=A. E. |author-link=A. E. Brooke|year=1912}} 242 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Revelation of St. John: Volume 1|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.153339|last=Charles|first=R. H. |author-link=R. H. Charles|year=1920}} 373 pages
  • {{cite book|title=The Revelation of St. John: Volume 2|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.167208|last=Charles|first=R. H. |author-link=R. H. Charles|year=1920}} 497 pages
  • {{cite book |last1=Weeks |first1=Stuart |title=A critical and exegetical commentary on Ecclesiastes |date=2020 |publisher=T&T Clark |location=London |isbn=9780567031136}}{{cite journal |last1=Machia |first1=Alain |title=Stuart Weeks, Ecclesiastes 1-5 : A Critical and Exegetical Commentary. Vol. 1. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney, T&T Clark Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020, 736 p. |journal=Laval théologique et philosophique |date=25 May 2021 |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=320–321 |doi=10.7202/1077456ar |url=https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1077456ar|url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |title=Ecclesiastes by Stuart Weeks |url=https://bestcommentaries.com/book/5302/ |website=Best Commentaries |access-date=17 April 2025 |language=en}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Tuckett |first1=Christopher M. |title=A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Galatians |date=2024 |publisher= T&T Clark |location=London New York |isbn=9780567139191}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Martinus C. de |title=Introduction and commentary on John 1 - 6 |date=2025 |publisher= T&T Clark |location=London New York |isbn=978-0567429056}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

Category:Biblical commentaries

Category:Series of non-fiction books