Originally published in the late 19th century, the Keil and Delitzsch commentaries on the Old Testament are virtual monuments of rigorous scholarship. The authors have given us a work that is full of historical, linguistic, and archaeological information, a great majority of which is still quite current. They perform very admirably, as well, in refuting the rationalistic Biblical criticism of their day and in upholding the veracity of the Scriptures. A word of warning, however, is in order. Hendrickson Publishers (who is responsible for this edition) has done a less-than-thorough job of editing the text. I have had my set for less than a year and have done in-depth study in only two of the volumes. However, both of these have been riddled with typographical errors. There are several punctuation mistakes, but the real problem lies in running words together (for instance, the phrase "it has been" appears as "ith as been," and so forth). These can be mildly annoying but, in the end, the sheer value and richness of the commentary overshadows these problems and should not deter the interested reader from taking advantage of the tremendous learning of Messrs. Keil and Delitzsch.