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Dr. John Walton, a Hebrew professor at Wheaton, sent me a list of recommended academic commentaries which I've added to Best Commentaries. But his list also included a grid view that listed books of the Bible on the left and commentaries series on top. Each cell had an icon representing how strongly he recommends the work. With Dr. Walton's permission, I used his idea to build something similar based on the overall rankings in Best Commentaries.

Here's what it looks like

Go check it out: Commentaries Series Rankings

Moore College, an Anglican institution in Australia, has generously allowed Best Commentaries to use its "Recommended Commentaries and Reference Works" available from the Moore College book store. The list was originally published in Societas 2007, pages 14-17.

In addition to adding the works as5-star reviews I've created four libraries out of their recommendation lists:

• New Testament Advanced Commentaries (73 books)
• New Testament Introductory Commentaries (58 books)
• Old Testament Advanced Commentaries (58 books)
• Old Testament Introductory Commentaries (60 books)

Thanks Moore College!

Today, Desiring God gave me permission to include their great resource of commentary recommendations on BestCommentaries.com. This is great because it will help populate the initial dataset of recommendations.

On a side note, I really appreciate the openness of John Piper's ministry. At the bottom of every page, they have the following notice:

Permissions: You are permitted and encouraged to reproduce and distribute this material in any format provided that you do not alter the wording in any way and do not charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction. For web posting, a link to this document on our website is preferred. Any exceptions to the above must be approved by Desiring God.

I emailed asking for permission to "atler the wording" by changing the list into ratings, and they quickly responded saying that I could do so. The body of Christ is wonderful.