2,200+ Public Domain Articles from The Expository Times available for free download

The Expository Times is one of the United Kingdom’s longest-running theological journals, having been published monthly from 1889 to the present day. Like other publications published in this country, the copyright lasts for the lifetime of the author + 70 years. This means that articles enter the public domain in a piecemeal manner and require careful research to establish the date of death of the authors before they can be legally placed online.1 According to my research, over 2,200 articles from The Expository Times are now public domain and can be accessed via the table of contents.

I have listed some of the interesting public domain articles below according so subject. Please that inclusion in this list does not imply my personal endorsement.

Sample Articles

Biblical Archaeology

• Stanley Arthur Cook [1873-1949], “Recent Excavations in Palestine,” The Expository Times 37.11 (August 1926): 487-492.
• James William Jack [1866-1942], “The Israel Stele of Merenptah,” The Expository Times 36.1 (Oct. 1924): 40-44.
• James William Jack [1866-1942], “Some Outstanding Old Testament Problems: VIII. The Bearing of Archaeology on Old Testament Criticism,” The Expository Times 47.10 (July 1936): 440-444.
• Stephen Herbert Langdon [1876-1937], “Recent Excavations in Mesopotamia, 1918-1926,” The Expository Times 38.2 (Nov. 1926): 70-77.
• Charles Marston [1867-1946], “The Lachish Letters,” The Expository Times 46.11 (August 1935): 502-504.
• W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-1942], “Recent Egyptian Discoveries,” The Expository Times 36.4 (Jan. 1925): 155-158.

Biblical Interpretation

• Lewis Bostock Radford [1869-1937], “Psalm lxxxiv: A Study in the History of Biblical Interpretation,” The Expository Times 42.12 (Sept. 1931): 556-562.

Christian Missions

• Nicol MacNicol [1870-1952], “The New Mass Movement in Indía,” The Expository Times 47.11 (August 1936): 484-488.
• Nicol MacNicol [1870-1952], “Missionary Problems of Today: The Apologetic for Foreign Missions : A Preliminary Survey,” The Expository Times 44.7 (April 1933): 311-315.

Church History

Early Church History

• William Emery Barnes [1859-1939], “Leaders of the Ancient Church: IV. The Third Century and its Greatest Christian: Origen,” The Expository Times 44.7 (April 1933): 295-300.
• William Emery Barnes [1859-1939], “The Heretics of the Church and Recurring Heresies: Arius and Arianism,” The Expository Times 46.1 (Oct. 1934): 18-24.
• Adolf Deissmann [1866-1937], “Athanasiana,” The Expository Times 36.1 (Oct. 1924): 8-11.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “The Shepherd of Hermas in the west,” The Expository Times 39.6 (March 1928): 259-261.
• Francis Ryan Montgomery Hitchcock [1867-1951], “Leaders of the Ancient Church: I. Irenaeus of Lugdunum,” The Expository Times 44.4 (Jan. 1933): 167-171.
• Wilbert Francis Howard [1880-1952], “The Anti-marcionite prologues to the Gospels,” The Expository Times 47.12 (Sept. 1936): 534-538.
• John Edgar McFadyen [1870-1933], “Celsus,” The Expository Times 36.10 (July 1925): 473-474.
• Adam Mitchell Hunter [1871-1955], “The Apostles’ Creed,” The Expository Times 45.3 (Dec. 1933): 123-128.
• Archibald Main [1876-1947], “Leaders of the Ancient Church: VI. The Fourth Century : Athanasius the Great,” The Expository Times 44.9 (June 1933): 409-413.
• Alphonse Mingana [1881-1937], “A Note on the Work of Theodore of Mopsuestia, ‘At Baptizandos’,” The Expository Times 44.6 (March 1933): 285.

Medieval Church History

• James Philip Lilley [1846-1931], “Francis of Assisi,” The Expository Times 38.1 (Oct. 1926): 38-44.

Doctrine

Eschatology

• William Ernest Wilson [1880-1955], “The Development of Paul’s Doctrine of Dying and Rising again with Christ,” The Expository Times 42.12 (Sept. 1931): 562-565.

Salvation

• John Gervase Riddell [1896-1955], “Recent Thoughts on the Doctrine of the Atonement,” The Expository Times 47.6 (March 1936): 246-250.
• John Gervase Riddell [1896-1955], “Recent Thoughts on the Doctrine of the Atonement. II,” The Expository Times 47.7 (April 1936): 327-332.
• Robert Mackintosh [1858-1933], “Recent Thought on the Doctrine of the Atonement,” The Expository Times 37.5 (Feb. 1926): 198-203.

Sin

• H. Wheeler Robinson [1872-1945], “Recent Thought on the Doctrine of Sin,” The Expository Times 37.4 (Jan. 1926): 152-156.

Jesus Christ

• Archibald Browning Drysdale Alexander [1855-1931], “The Kingdom of God and the Ethic of Jesus,” The Expository Times 40.2 (Nov. 1928): 73-77.
• Francis Crawford Burkitt [1864-1935], “The Baptism of Jesus,” The Expository Times 38.5 (Feb. 1927): 198-202.
• Cecil John Cadoux [1883-1947], “Some Outstanding New Testamant Problems: VIII. The Historical Jesus : A Study of Schweitzer and After,” The Expository Times 46.9 (June 1935): 406-410.
• John Owen Farquhar Murray [1858-1944], “The Witness of the Baptist to Jesus,” The Expository Times 37.3 (Dec. 1925): 103-109.

New Testament

• Alfred Ernest Garvie [1861-1945], “The Value of the New Testament for the Christian Church,” The Expository Times 49.10 (July 1938): 456-458.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “An Unrecognized Latinism in St. Mark,” The Expository Times 35.9 (June 1924): 403-405.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “The Influence of Philo upon the New Testament,” The Expository Times 37.12 (Sept. 1926): 565-566.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “The Early Christian Interpretation of the passover,” The Expository Times 38.2 (Nov. 1926): 88-90.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “Two Remarkable Glosses in the Text of Hebrews,” The Expository Times 39.12 (Sept. 1928): 550-553.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “Tobit and the New Testament,” The Expository Times 40.7 (April 1929): 315-319.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “An Orphic Reaction in the Epistle to the Hebrews,” The Expository Times 40.10 (July 1929): 449-451.
• Wilbert Francis Howard [1880-1952], “The Position of the Temple Cleansing in the fourth Gospel,” The Expository Times 44.6 (March 1933): 284-285.
• James William Jack [1866-1942], “The Census of Quirinius,” The Expository Times 40.11 (August 1929): 496-498.
• Vivian Charles Macmunn [?-1950], “Who compiled the Sermon on the Mount ?” The Expository Times 35.5 (Feb. 1924): 221-225.
• John Kenneth Mozley [1883-1946], “After Fifty Years: IX. The Real Unity of the New Testament,” The Expository Times 50.11 (August 1939): 499-502.
• A.T. Robertson [1863-1934], “The Implications in Luke’s Preface,” The Expository Times 35.7 (April 1924): 319-321.

Old Testament

• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.1 (Oct. 1928): 11-14.
• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.2 (Nov. 1928): 60-64.
• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.3 (Dec. 1928): 135-139.
• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.3 (Dec. 1928): 135-139.
• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.4 (Jan. 1929): 168-172.
• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.5 (Feb. 1929): 214-218.
• John Battersby Harford [1857-1937], “Altars and Sanctuaries in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 40.6 (March 1929): 281-285.
• John Edgar McFadyen [1870-1933], “Poverty in the Old Testament,” The Expository Times 37.4 (Jan. 1926): 184-189.
• Campbell N. Moody [1865-1940], “Spiritual Power in Pagan Religions and in the Qld Testament,” The Expository Times 38.4 (Jan. 1927): 180-184.
• Frances Herbert Stead [1857-1928], “The Idea of God in the Psalms,” The Expository Times 37.12 (Sept. 1926): 547-551.
• Adam C. Welch [1864-1943], “Some Misunderstood Psalms,” The Expository Times 37.2 (Nov. 1925): 60-62.
• Adam C. Welch [1864-1943], “Some Misunderstood Psalms,” The Expository Times 37.3 (Dec. 1925): 128-130.
• Adam C. Welch [1864-1943], “Some Misunderstood Psalms,” The Expository Times 37.9 (June 1926): 408-410.

Pauline Studies

• Sydney Cave [1883-1953], “After fifty Years: VIII. The Significance of the Apostle Paul,” The Expository Times 50.10 (July 1939): 452-456.
• Alfred Ernest Garvie [1861-1945], “Paul’s Personal Religion,” The Expository Times 36.6 (March 1925): 248-254.
• Francis Ryan Montgomery Hitchcock [1867-1951], “The Pastorals and a Second Trial of Paul,” The Expository Times 41.1 (Oct. 1929): 20-23.
• Robert Martin Pope [1865-1944], “The Greek Style of St. Paul,” The Expository Times 49.12 (Sept. 1938): 534-536.

Prayer

• Evelyn Underhill [1875-1941], “Thoughts on Prayer and the Divine Immanence,” The Expository Times 42.9 (June 1931): 405-409.

Preaching

• Arthur John Gossip [1873-1954], “On Preaching the Cross,” The Expository Times 42.10 (July 1931): 443-446.
• John Edgar McFadyen [1870-1933], “The Historical Method and the Preacher,” The Expository Times 40.1 (Oct. 1928): 36-40.

Systematic Theology

• Sydney Cave [1883-1953], “National Contributions to Biblical Science: XIII. Great Britain’s Contribution to Systematic Theology,” The Expository Times 42.12 (Sept. 1931): 535-540.

Textual Criticism

• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “Some Diatessaron Readings from Sinai,” The Expository Times 35.7 (April 1924): 296-298.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “A Lacuna in the Text of the Acts of the Apostles,” The Expository Times 36.4 (Jan. 1925): 173-175.
• James Rendel Harris [1852-1941], “A Lost Verse of St. John’s Gospel,” The Expository Times 38.8 (May 1927): 342-343.
• Frederic George Kenyon [1863-1952], “After Fífty Years: II. The Text of the Greek New Testament,” The Expository Times 50.2 (Nov. 1938): 68-71.
• Charles A. Phillips [1871-1950], “The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri,” The Expository Times 45.2 (Nov. 1933): 55-60.
• Charles A. Phillips [1871-1950], “The Rendel Harrís Papyrí,” The Expository Times 48.11 (August 1937): 518-520.
• Charles A. Phillips [1871-1950], “The Oldest Old Testament Papyrus, and a Leaf from a Testimony Book,” The Expository Times 48.4 (Jan. 1937): 168-170.
• A.T. Robertson [1863-1934], “Romance and Tragedy in the History of the New Testament Text,” The Expository Times 36.1 (Oct. 1924): 19-24.

Theologians

• Sydney Cave [1883-1953], “Professor Barth’s Dogmatics,” The Expository Times 49.8 (May 1938): 376-380.
• Hugh Ross Mackintosh [1870-1936], “Leaders of Theological Thought: Karl Barth,” The Expository Times 39.12 (Sept. 1928): 536-540.

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