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UNDER THE EDITORSHIP OF
THE REV. CHARLES AUGUSTUS D.D.BRIGGS,
andProfessor of Theological Encyclopedia Symbolics
Union New York Seminary,
THE REV. SAMUEL ROLLES D.D.DRIVER,
Regius Professor ofHebrew, Oxford
THE REV. ALFRED D.D.PLUMMER, M.A.,
Late Master Durhamof University College,InternationalThe
Critical Commentary
of the Old andOn the Holy Scriptures
New Testaments
EDITORS' PREFACE
are now before the Commentaries,public many
of awritten British and American divines, popularbyTHERE
Bibleor homiletical character. The Cambridge for
and Privatethe Handbooks Bible Classes Students,Schools, for
TheThe CommentarySpeaker's Commentary, Popular (Schaff),
1
theirThe s and other similar haveseries,Bible,Expositor
not enter into theand But dospecial place theyimportance.
such series offield of Critical Biblical scholarship occupied by
Handbuch zumCommentaries as the Kurzgefasstes exegetisches
A. T. De Wette's zum;
N. T. Kommentar Keil and;; Meyer's Kritisch-exegetischer
Delitzsch's Biblischer Commentar uber das A. T. ; Lange's
HandkommentarBibelwerk Nowack's;Theologisch-homiletisches
zum N. T. SeveralA. T. Holtzmann's Handkommentar zum;
of these have been and in some casesedited,translated, enlarged
and for the others are in
;adapted, English-speaking public
of translation. But series Britishnoprocess bycorresponding
or American divines has hitherto been The haswayproduced.
been Commentaries Ellicott,prepared by special Cheyne,by
and theandKalisch, others;Lightfoot, Perowne, Westcott,
time has in the this enter-of the ofcome, judgment projectors
when it is combine British and Americantoprise, practicable
scholars in the of aproduction critical, comprehensive
that will be abreast ofmodern biblicalCommentary scholarship,
and in a measure lead its van.INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL COMMENTARYTHE
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons of New and Messrs.York,
to suchT. & T. Clark of a seriesEdinburgh, propose publish
on and New underof Commentaries the Old theTestaments,
of Prof. C. A. in andeditorship BRIGGS, D.D., D.Litt, America,
S. R. for the Oldof Prof. andDRIVER, D.D., D.Litt., Testament,
the Rev. ALFRED for the New inPLUMMER, D.D.,
Great Britain.
will be international andThe Commentaries inter-confessional,
will be free from and ecclesiastical bias.and polemical They
will be based a critical of the textsstudy originalupon thorough
of the and critical methods ofBible, interpretation.upon They
are for students and and will beclergymen,designed chiefly
written in a Each book will be anprecededcompact style. by
the results of criticism and discuss-it,Introduction, stating upon
the still The detailsimpartially questions remaining open.ing
of criticism will in their in the of theappear proper place body
willEach section of the Text be introducedCommentary.
with a or of contents. Technical detailsparaphrase, summary
as aof textual and criticism bewill, rule,philological kept
character indistinct from matter of a more and thegeneral ;
will be as farOld Testament the notes asarranged,exegetical
not withso as to be serviceable to studentspossible, acquainted
willHebrew. The of of the Books beInterpretationHistory
with criticaldealt when in the Introductions,with, necessary,
notices ofthe most literature ofthe Historicalimportant subject.
of Biblicaland as well as questionsArchaeological questions,
are included in the of the butCommentaries,Theology, plan
will con-not Practical or Homiletical The VolumesExegesis.
stitute a uniform series.