Oxford Commentaries.
General Editor, Walter Lock, D.D., Warden of Keble College
Dean Ireland's Professor of Exegesis in the University of Oxford.
Messrs. Methuen propose to issue a series of Commentaries upon such Books of the Bible as still seem to need further explanation.
The object of each Commentary is primarily exegetical, to interpret the author's meaning to the present generation. The editors will not deal, except very subordinately, with questions of textual criticism or philology; but taking the English text in the Revised Version as their basis, they will try to combine a hearty acceptance of critical principles with loyalty to the Catholic Faith. It is hoped that in this way the series may be of use both to theological students and to the clergy, and also to the growing number of educated laymen and laywomen who wish to read the Bible intelligently and reverently.
THE BOOK OF JOB. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by E. C. S. Gibson, D.D., Vicar of Leeds. Demy 8vo. 6s.
The Churchman's Bible.
General Editor, J. H. Burn, B.D., Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Aberdeen.
Messrs. Methuen propose to issue a series of expositions upon most of the books of the Bible. The volumes will be practical and devotional rather than critical in their purpose, and the text of the authorised version will be explained in sections or paragraphs, which will correspond as far as possible with the divisions of the Church Lectionary.
The volumes will be produced in a very handy and tasteful form, and may be obtained in cloth or leather bindings.
The first volume will be: