Also, another Jewish series from the Jewish Publication Society is their 5-volume commentary on the Torah.
The church approves of using Jewish commentaries, mindful that they have a different point of view. For example, in this series, there is an essay about “the binding of Isaac” and its interpretation, first, as a argument against human sacrifice, and, second, as an argument against the Christian belief that God send His Son to be a sacrifice for sin. Well, it’s good to get their point of view so clearly, although it is not entirely so logical as to exclude that possibility that the Christian belief is valid.
I think that’s probably the most complicated anti-Christian argument they make, although, when the text supports something else, they will pounce on that as an anti-Christian proof text, but you won’t be mislead by these, because they are so blatant. Otherwise, it’s a fairly good exposition of what is in the Torah.
JPS has plans for other commentaries on the Jewish scriptures. some already have been published for Ruth, Judges, Esther (which they say is the most hilarious book in the Bible), Jonah, Song of Songs, maybe one or two others. the commentary on Psalms will be published by 2025.
Alternately, an much less expensive way to go is with The Jewish Study Bible, Oxford U Press, 2nd edition.
A Protestant commentary on the whole Bible is Matthew Henry’s Commentary, which is 250 years old, or more. I haven’t gone through it to any large extent. It’s a Protestant Christological point of view of scripture. I mention it because I think you can still get a relatively inexpensive one-volume version of this.
Then, for about $30 a pop, there’s the 30 (or so ) volume Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, which has copious excerpts from the early church fathers (well, that’s all that’s in here are such excerpts). Intervarsity Press, with lots of Catholic contributions. Some of the commentaries cited are from church fathers who might have been a little heretical here or there. The editors usually point this out, but you have to watch your step. The ECF largely used an allegorical method of exegesis, but there are still some very good insights, often on every page. apparently many of these citations are translated into English here for the first time. The editors have done a lot of selecting from ancient texts. Mostly the citations cover verse-by-verse of the Bible, but there are gaps where apparently nobody had written a commentary worth quoting. Sometimes the excerpt corresponds to the topic of a verse but may not have been originally written as a commentary on that verse.
I’ll have to re-read the previous post about ArtScroll. I’ve looked over their catalogs at least a half-dozen times, and I cannot point to anything like a line-by-line commentary of the Jewish Scriptures. Maybe I’ve overlooked it. They have the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds (“study of scripture”) in Aramaic, Hebrew, and English – these would be for scholars who have 000’s to invest. Surely I don’t have these.
At your nearby public library or nearby in your vicinity, you might be able to find the NEW Interpreter’s Bible, which is a Protestant set of commentaries. 1 Co 14 says we should pray for the gift of prophecy, but do you ever HEAR that prayer in a Catholic church? It’s not even discussed in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. You’ll find some pertinent remarks on that subject in this reference. My local library discarded the older version, which was not in the Reference section of the library, but they put the NEW version in the Reference Section – they hid it on me.
did you check in the Scripture Study Resources? It’s the first sticky in Sacred Scripture Forum. There maybe be something in there …I haven’t checked though 