The Family Expositor; or, a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament, with Critical Notes and a Practical Improvement of Each Section, by Philip Doddridge, D.D. Royal octavo. $
The late Bishop of Durham (Dr. Barrington), in addressing his clergy on the choice of books, says:
“In reading the New Testament, I recommend Doddridge’s Family Expositor, as an impartial INTERPRETER AND FAITHFUL monitor. Other Expositions might be mentioned, greatly to the honor of their respective authors, for their several excellences; such as, elegance of exposition, acuteness of illustration, and copiousness of erudition; but I know of no Expositor who unites so many advantages as Doddridge; whether you regard the fidelity of his version, the fullness and perspicuity of his composition, the utility of his general and historical information, the impartiality of his doctrinal comments, or, lastly, the piety and pastoral earnestness of his moral and religious applications. He has made, as he professes to have done, ample use of the commentators that preceded him; and in the explanation of grammatical difficulties, he has profited much more from the philological writers on the Greek Testament than could almost have been expected in so multifarious an undertaking as the Family Expositor. Indeed for all the most valuable purposes of a Commentary on the New Testament, the Family Expositor can not fall too early into the hands of those intended for holy orders.”
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