{"id":61652,"date":"2025-12-01T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61652"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:45:27","slug":"best-commentaries-on-hebrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-hebrews\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Hebrews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Hershael York<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hershael York is pastor of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, as well as professor of Christian Preaching and dean of Southern Seminary&#8217;s School of Theology in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gareth Lee Cockerell, The Epistle to the Hebrews, New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>George Guthrie, NIV Application Commentary: Hebrews (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1998).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas R. Schreiner, Commentary on Hebrews, Biblical Theology for Christian Proclamation (Nashville: Holman Reference, 2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. 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