Barnes' Notes: Job, vol. 1

by Albert Barnes

Publisher:

Blackie & Son

, 1847

Overview

Albert Barnes and James Murphy wrote this verse-by-verse commentary on Job. Published in the 1800s, it is still well-loved and well-read by evangelicals who appreciate Barnes' pastoral insights into the Scripture. It is not a technical work, but provides informative observations on the text, intended to be helpful to those teaching Sunday School. Today, it is ideally suited to anyone teaching or preaching the Word of God, whether a professional minister or layperson.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The account of the existence of such a man is regarded as historically true by the inspired writers of the Scriptures.” (Page 4)

“From the representations in the book itself, it is clear that he lived before the departure from Egypt. This is evident from the fact that there is no direct allusion either to that remarkable event, or to the series of wonders which accompanied it, or to the journey to the land of Canaan. This silence is unaccountable on any other supposition than that he lived before it occurred, for two reasons.” (Page 13)

“The fact of his existence is expressly declared, and the narrative has all the appearance of being a simple record of an actual occurrence.” (Page 4)

“fidelity is the mere result of selfishness, produced by the favours that God had bestowed on him,” (Page 91)

“. Much of the apparent virtue and religion of the world is the result of circumstances,” (Page 103)

Product Details

• Title: Barnes' Notes: Job, vol. 1
• Authors: Albert Barnes and James Murphy
• Publisher: Blackie & Son
• Publication Date: 1847
• Pages: 384

About Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823. Barnes was ordained as a Presbyterian minister by the presbytery of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1825, and was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey (1825–1830), and of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (1830–1867).

He held a prominent place in the New School branch of the Presbyterians during the Old School-New School Controversy, to which he adhered on the division of the denomination in 1837. In 1836, he had been tried (but not convicted) for heresy, mostly due to the views he expressed in Notes on Romans of the imputation of the sin of Adam, original sin and the atonement; the bitterness stirred up by this trial contributed towards widening the breach between the conservative and the progressive elements in the church. He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class. Of the well-known Notes on the New Testament, it is said that more than a million volumes had been issued by 1870. The Notes on Job, the Psalms, Isaiah and Daniel were also popularly distributed. The popularity of these works rested on how Barnes simplified Biblical criticism so that new developments in the field were made accessible to the general public.