Open Source Commentary Survey – December Update

Today’s free book is Frederic Rendall’s commentary on the Greek text of the letter to the Hebrews. Rendall was classmates at school with B.F. Westcott, J.B. Lightfoot and E.W. Benson. He was a regular contributor to The Expositor and was the editor of the Galatians commentary in the Expositor’s Greek Testament. This public domain title…
I recently digitised a hard-to-find article by F.F. Bruce: F.F. Bruce, “Bishop Westcott and the Classical Tradition,” Spectrum 11 (September 1978): 19-21. [Click to download this article in PDF] Bruce’s thesis in this article is that training in the Classical tradition (typically that of the old Public School in the UK) is essential if one…
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…
This is a commentary on the Greek Text of 2 Corinthians by the prolific biblical commentator Alfred Plummer. The Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges series is proving to be one of the most popular I have digitised to date, as the contributors’ knowledge of Greek was outstanding. My thanks to Book Aid for…
This is a basic commentary on the Greek text of Galatians, written for Schools and Colleges and should be of great assistance to those learning Greek. My thanks to Book Aid for providing a copy of this public domain work for digitisation. Arthur Lukyn Williams [1853-1943], The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians…
The Reverend William Henry Simcox was the Rector of Harlaxton in Lincolnshire. This is his contribution to the Cambridge Bible for Schools series on the Book of Revelation. My thanks to Book Aid for providing a copy of this public domain title for digitisation. William Henry Simcox [1843-1889], The Revelation of S. John the Divine…