The Expositor's Bible: Index

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The Psalms. Vol. III.

By the Rev. ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D., D.Lit.

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1

Hebrews, I. 1.

2

The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia, p. 258.

3

As represented for instance by the earlier editions of Dr. Angus's Bible Handbook, or by Keil's O. T. Introduction.

4

As represented by Driver's Introduction.

5

The belief in a dim, shadowy existence in Sheol, the Semitic Hades; and the belief in exact retribution for sin and reward for virtue in the present life.

6

Religion of Egyptians, etc., p. 296.

7

T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. Four Volumes, with a fifth supplementary volume.

8

A. & C. Black. Four Volumes.

9

The Study of Religion, p. 51.

10

That of the "Vatican MS.," with its lacunæ supplied from the uncial MS. which occupies the next place in point of age and importance.

11

T. & T. Clark. Judges by Prof. G. F. Moore, Samuel by Prof. H. P. Smith, etc., etc., only four or five O. T. volumes published as yet.

12

Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen. Job by Prof. Budde, Psalms by Prof. Baethgen, Ezra, etc., etc., by Prof. Siegfried, etc.

13

J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), Freiburg, i. B. Genesis by Holzinger, Ezekiel by Bertholet, Proverbs by Wildeboer, etc., etc.

14

Oskar Beck, Munich, Orelli on Isaiah and Jeremiah, etc., etc.

15

Genesis by C. J. Ball; Numbers by Prof. J. A. Paterson (Edinburgh), etc., etc.

16

Edited by J. Estlin Carpenter and G. Harford Battersby.

17

For other examples of the analysis of the main documents into earlier works, see Gunkel's Genesis, the Polychrome Genesis, Joshua, and Prof. H. G. Mitchell's World Before Abraham, etc., etc.

18

See the Polychrome Judges and Samuel.

19

German.

20

E. g., Cheyne.

21

Duhm.

22

Mainly by Budde, in the New World, 1894.

23

Biblical Introduction, Bennett and Adeney, p. 169.

24

For instance, in English or translated into English, Histories of Israel by Cornill, Kittel, and Wellhausen, Prof. J. F. McCurdy's History, Prophecy, and the Monuments, etc. O. T. Theologies by Piepenbring, Duff, etc.; and in German Smend's Textbook of the History of O. T. Religion, and the latest edition of Marti's revision of Kayser's O. T. Theology; G. A. Smith's Historical Geography of the Holy Land.

25

Cf. above, p. 19.

26

E. g., Steuernagel in his Immigration of the Israelites into Palestine.

27

Only mentioned I Samuel xxvii. 10, xxx. 29 and I Chron. ii. 9-42.

28

See Cheyne's Critica Biblica, and his articles in the Encyclopædia Biblica.

29

See discussion in G. A. Smith's Book of the Twelve Prophets (Expositor's Bible).

30

See Sellin, Serubbabel, etc.

31

Especially Psalms XLIV, LXXIV, and LXXIX.

32

Dr. H. E. Ryle, in his Early Narratives of Genesis, published when he was Hulsean Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, p. IX.

33

Modern Criticism and the Preaching of the Old Testament, p. 11.

34

See Tischendorf, Novum Testamentum Græce, 8th edit.

35

See Hort, Introduction to Westcott and Hort's N.T.

36

See Blass, Philology of the Gospels; Nestlè, Textual Criticism of the Greek Testament; Kenyon, Handbook to the Textual Criticism of the New Testament.

37

See especially Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern English; Moffatt, The Historical New Testament; The Twentieth Century New Testament.

38

See Encyclopædia Biblica; also Cheyne, Bible Problems.

39

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible.

40

The Encyclopædia Biblica.

41

See Pfleiderer, Urchristentum, First Edition (1887).

42

It is interesting to observe that, as Eusebius informs us, Papias's commentary on the Logia, or "Oracles of the Lord," was composed in five books. These might correspond to the five sections of the teachings of Jesus in our Matthew.

43

Especially Hipollytus The Refutation of All Heresies, and Tatian's Diatessaron.

44

E. g., Harnach, McGiffert.

45

Wendt.

46

See Lechler, Apostolic and Post-Apostolic Times.

47

See Ramsay, St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman citizen.

48

By Von Soden and Jülicher, although some interpolations are allowed. Even Pfleiderer admitted that it contained fragments of St. Paul's genuine writings, after Hilgenfeld had followed his leader Baur in rejecting it altogether. Lightfoot, T. K. Abbott, Zahn, and Sanday all defend its claims.

49

Not by Davidson, however, nor more recently by Bacon or Moffatt. Dr. Horton (Century Bible) balances the arguments pro and con and refuses to decide either way.

50

This is Harnach's view. On the other hand so independent a scholar and drastic a critic as Mr. Conybeare told the present writer that he had no doubt of their genuineness.

51

Especially by Menégoz, Bruce, and Milligan.

52

Still it is vindicated by Dr. Bigg, International Commentary.

53

J. B. Mayor, The Epistle of St. James.

54

E. g., Pfleiderer, Holtzmann, Jülicher, Harnach, the last regarding it as a collection of sermon notes put together by some unknown James in the second century. But are not its very archaic features against this view?

55

As expounded by Gunkel, Bousset, and Charles.

56

E. g., Grim-Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, and Grammars of New Testament Greek by Winer, Schmiedel and by Blass.

57

See Deissmann, Bible Studies; Dalman, The Words of Jesus.

58

On the whole the best English and American series of commentaries is that known as the International Critical Commentary; the most recent work of smaller dimensions is The Century Bible.

59

E. g., Ramsay on Galatians, Wellhausen on the Synoptic Gospels, the Abbé Loisy on St. John.

60

See especially Schürer, The Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah; Bousset, Die Religion Des Judentums; Volz, Judische Eschatolagie.

61

See Mommsen, Provinces of the Roman Empire; Ramsay, The Church in the Roman Empire, &c.

62

E. g., Geikie, Farrar, Edersheim, Stalker, Didon, &c., in popular works; Keim, Weiss, Sanday (Dictionary of the Bible), Bruce (Encyclopædia Biblica), Oscar Holtzmann, &c., in critical studies.

63

See The Christian Ecclesia and Judaistic Christianity.

64

See Apostolic Times.

65

Christianity in the Apostolic Age.

66

The Apostolic Age.

67

See especially works on this subject by Weiss, Stevens, Beyschlag, Bovon (French), Holtzmann (German); Wernle, Beginnings of Christianity.

68

See Wendt, Horton, on The Teachings of Jesus; John Watson, The Mind of the Master; Bruce, The Kingdom of God, and The Training of the Twelve.

69

See Driver, Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible, article, "Son of Man."

70

See Charles, Jewish and Christian Eschatology; and for the latter view, Muirhead, The Eschatology of Jesus.

71

Paulinism.

72

Saint Paul.

73

See Stevens on this subject, and the teachings of St. James.