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Today’s free public domain book is a detailed, well-illustrated and referenced history of the Jewish people under the Roman Empire. William Douglas Morrison [1852-1943], The Jews Under Roman Rule. The Story of the Nations. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. Hbk. pp.426. [Click here to visit the download page for this title] Table of Contents Main…
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With the start of 2025 many books published in the UK whose authors died in 1954 enter the public domain for the first time, including those listed below.* John Henry Chaytor [1871-1954] Richard Seymour Cripps [1886-1954] Kenneth Escott Kirk [1886-1954] Ernest Findlay Scott [1868-1954] William Barron Stevenson [1869-1954] If you are interested in reading more…
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F.F. Bruce’s commentary on Paul’s first and second letters to the Corinthians in the New Century Bible commentary series is now available online for free download. My thanks to Professor Bruce’s family for their kind permission to make it available for free educational purposes. F.F. Bruce, 1 & 2 Corinthians. The New Century Bible Commentary….
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I was saddened to hear via Tyndale House of the death of Alan Millard, Rankin Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic languages, and Honorary Senior Fellow (Ancient Near East), at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (SACE) in the University of Liverpool. I first met Professor Millard whilst working at Liverpool Cathedral and…
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For some time I have been wanting to digitise and make available, free of charge, the early issues of The Review and Expositor. The issues published between 1904 and 1928 are now in the public domain. As can be seen from the table of contents (available here), they contain some very interesting articles. The difficulty…
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The Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries held their Spring Conference in Edinburgh at New College this year, based at New College. The library of New College was founded in 1846 and now holds 250,000 print items over 5 floors on nearly 3km of shelving. The pictures above include three images of the main…
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I have always been fascinated by the arguments for and against the unity of the book of Isaiah, which many scholars now consider to have been settled in favour of the book’s disunity. The following new title caught my attention as the authors take as their starting point the unity of the book. Benedetta Rossi,…
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Rutherford Centre for Reformed Theology is closing and merging with the Highland Theological College (pictured above). I have been asked to share their final newsletter, which can be viewed by clicking the link below. Rutherford Centre for Reformed Theology Newletter, February 2024. Click here to view all 6 pages.