Genesis, Volumes 1-3

Genesis Expositional Commentary

by James Montgomery Boice

A set of three newly repackaged editions of classic commentaries from James Montgomery Boice who discusses the events of Genesis and how they set the stage for all of Scripture.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

James Montgomery Boice was a Reformed theologian, Bible teacher, and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1968 until his death in 2000. He was also president and cofounder of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the parent organization of The Bible Study Hour on which Boice was a speaker for more than thirty years.

Reviews

[Wanderval Perry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hebrew Creation Story and the Fall
This readings were quit engaging as I have read it many times in my life. By reading them in this format of how they make we feel. At this stage in my life I question more than I did as a young person searching for answers and direction for my life. I never noticed in Genesis 2:11-14 that the river that God established for Eden became four heads what is the meaning of that and why? And his command of man to eat of every tree of the garden seems a bit strong. Why the command? I like the idea of the voice of God walking. Can you imagine how scary that would be? Not see anybody and know there was only the two of you on earth. I question in Genesis 1:26 where God says, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Who is us? Maybe the angels because no one else was there. Good read. (166)

[Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boice was the model of scholarly pastor -- BA Harvard; MDiv. Princeton Seminary; PhD Basel Switzerland. He spent his entire ministry at one church (30 years at 10th Presbyterian), in the city he loved and grew it to thousands.

I have used his commentaries now in Ephesians, Acts, Genesis, and John, and in my opinion his NT work tends to be less moralistic and more Christ-Centered than his OT work.

Nevertheless, his exegesis is always thorough, readable, theologically solid. And the hardcover edition by Baker is packaged nicely. This set is definitely worth having, but you will want to supplement it with something like Allen Ross (more technical), Iain Duguid (more focused on covenant theology), and Waltke (more theologically rich).

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Commentary on the first book of the Bible. A little hard to get into at first, it took several chapters to cover the first few verses of Chapter 1 and the creation. After getting past all of the theories on creation, it was a great source of information and insight.

[Jesse Broussard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite well done, very objective and thorough. Boice is fundamentally compromised with the scientific world, but it is outweighed by the level of study that he put into the series.

[Bob Almond · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best commentary on Genesis, I've read.