Derek Kidner has been a very helpful commentator for me. I know his works (at least the ones I’m familiar with) aren’t technical, but I don’t always need technical. He’s rare among his breed for having such pleasing prose. His style seems just perfect for the OT books on which I’ve read his comments.
More important, of course, he honors the Lord. I thought this little section from his commentary on Ezra 6 (the story where Tattenai tries to stop the Jews from building the temple by telling Darius about them–only to have Darius tell Tattenai to supply the Jews with all they need for building!) was excellent.
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