{"id":61785,"date":"2025-12-01T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T02:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61785"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:12:33","slug":"best-commentaries-on-deuteronomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-deuteronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Deuteronomy"},"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 Rob O\u2019Lynn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob O\u2019Lynn teaches preaching at Kentucky Christian University, Johnson University, and Fuller Theological Seminary, and is a minister in Ashland, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"wp-block-ct wp-block-ct-amazon wp-block-ct-amazon-type-book\">\n\t<div class=\"cover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0802825249?tag=christtoday-20&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41PEm6IPhAL._SL160_.jpg\" width=\"108\" height=\"160\" alt=\"The Book of Deuteronomy (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT))\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t<svg height=\"27\" width=\"56\" class=\"icon availableatamazon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\">\n\t\t<title id=\"title-availableatamazon-51153\">availableatamazon<\/title>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#availableatamazon\"><\/use>\n\t\t\n\t<\/svg>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"item-info\">\n\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0802825249?tag=christtoday-20&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1\" class=\"amazon-link\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Book of Deuteronomy (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT))\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"byline\">Peter C. 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