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One cannot avoid the conclusion that the students for whom A.A. Bevan wrote his Short Commentary on the Book of Daniel were fairly advanced, given that they would have been expected to have a familiarity with both Hebrew and Syriac in order to make the best use of it! This public domain volume comes from…
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The Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools is an old series written by a team of scholars who has a superb grasp of Greek. I am pleased therefore to find that most of the missing volumes in the set are to be found in the Library at Spurgeon’s College. Here is Reginald St. John Parry’s work…
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E.W. Hengstenberg [1802-1869] was a German neo-Lutheran theologian remembered for his staunch defence of Christian orthodoxy. His books, most of which were translated into English during his lifetime, proved very influential in both England and America and are still valued today. My thanks to Book Aid for making this two volume commentary on John’s Gospel…
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H.B. Swete’s Commentary on the Apocalypse of John receives the following comment from Don Carson in his New Testament Commentary Survey: Swete is normally stodgy and often dull, but although he never shakes of his pedestrianism, in this commentary there is some really useful and thorough material that helps the reader to see the depth…
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I came across this hard-to-find article y F.F. Bruce on Daniel and the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Library at Spurgeon’s College. It appears online by permission of F.F. Bruce Copyright International, Inc., Bath, England, and Nashville, Tennessee. F.F. Bruce, “The Book of Daniel and the Qumran Community,” E.E. Ellis & M. Wilcox, eds., Neotestametica…
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This is a commentary on the Greek text of the Gospel of Matthew in the Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools series. A number of people have contacted me to say how helpful this series is proving to students learning Greek, so I am trying to digitise all those in the public domain. You can access…
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This is a brief commentary on Mark’s Gospel. Frank Marshall’s series of biblical commentaries were written for students preparing from University entrance exams in the 19th Century. They provide an overview of the biblical books they cover and include numerous summary lists which appear very helpful. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy…
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A Brief Review of the Book The Fourth Gospel functions as a literary masterpiece that facilitates a narrative beyond the time and space aspects. The Gospel’s linguistic phenomena and stylistic aspects are peculiar as they attune the attention of the reader toward a dramatic and ideological world of its own. The connection between the narrator…