These commentaries are part of an experiment. This is the first time that anyone has attempted to write Bible commentaries that are limited to an academic field.

The project began in May, 1973, with one brief chapter on Genesis 1:1. It is not yet finished. Still to go: commentaries on the historical books, Joshua to Esther, plus Job, the Song of Solomon, Mark, and John. But most of the relevant passages in Mark are covered in Matthew and Luke. There may be as few as three verses in John, just as there were few in Revelation.

The printed pages so far total over 9,000. Three more commentaries are written but not typeset: the Psalms, the prophets, and the New Testament epistles, which include Revelation.