A New Commentary on Holy Scripture Including the Apocrypha

by Charles Gore; H. L. Goudge; Alfred Guillaume

Publisher:

Macmillan Co.

, 1942

Overview

Praised by C.S. Lewis as “Probably the best single book of modern comment on the Bible,” A New Commentary on Holy Scripture Including the Apocrypha focuses on the spiritual understanding and application of the Scriptures. Written by a variety of respected Anglican scholars, and edited by Charles Gore, H.L. Goudge, and Alfred Guillaume, this volume was created in the spirit of progressive criticism and it comes to conclusions that differed widely from the accepted views of the day.

The scholars dedicated to this work believed that the Apocrypha are extremely important as background for understanding the New Testament. Each author’s contributions reflect their unique views, often cross-referenced to one another where considerable differences of opinion arise. The text also includes clarifying footnotes by the editors. While the commentary offers some scientific and archaeological aspects, it’s the depth of its scriptural commentary that makes this a critical resource for any biblical scholar.

Key Features

• Insight into complex areas of Scripture
• Biblical criticism from prominent Anglican scholars
• Cross-references to opposing viewpoints and relevant arguments

Contents

Top Highlights

“one. Thus the meaning is ‘deliver us from evil lest we be led into spiritual death.’ The” (Volume 3, Page 142)

“His references to the Flood and to Lot’s wife, cannot be pressed as requiring of us a belief that these stories are historical descriptions of actual occurrences.” (Volume 1, Page 4)

“Of course the story is not to be taken as literal history” (Volume 1, Page 580)

“The records of the prehistoric period are based very largely on Babylonian tradition. They express the current Hebrew ideas on the creation of man and human origins; the facts of human nature, its limitations, habits and institutions; and the distribution of mankind on the earth. Here, approaching the study of the Old Testament on the right lines, we should not expect, and we do not find, in the sphere of geology and ethnology, accuracy of facts as established by modern scientific research.” (Volume 1, Page 37)

“If the word is not entirely new, it assumes new importance in Christian living. And agape is the virtue of koinonia. Though the word itself does not occur in Acts, the excellencies that it denotes appear at once as the fruits of Pentecost. If it is not named, it is exhibited in the whole life of the community, not as a mere emotion, but as a sustained and practical activity.” (Volume 3, Page 336)

Contributors

• G.A. Cooke
• Walter Lock
• David Samuel Magoliouth
• Darwell Stone

Product Details

• Title: A New Commentary on Holy Scripture: Including the Apocrypha
• Authors: Charles Gore, H. L. Goudge, Alfred Guillaume
• Publisher: Macmillan Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1942
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 1598
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Apocrypha › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. › Commentaries
• Resource ID: LLS:NWCMMHLYSCRPTR
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-24T16:35:39Z

About the Editors

Charles Gore (1853–1932) was born in Wimbledon, London. He attended Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with honors in classics and philosophy. In 1875, he accepted a fellowship at Trinity College, Oxford; he was ordained in the Church of England three years later. In 1883, Gore became the first principal of the newly established Pusey House, a library and study center named for the Anglo-Catholic scholar Edward Pusey. Four years later, in 1887, Gore founded the Community of the Resurrection—a religious society for priests, modeled on monastic society. In 1902, Gore was named the bishop of Worcester, and in 1905, he became bishop of the newly created diocese of Birmingham. He transferred to the diocese of Oxford in 1911, an office he held until he retired in 1919. He began lecturing in theology at King’s College, Oxford, and later became the dean of the faculty of theology at University of London. During this period, he travelled throughout the world preaching and lecturing. In 1930, he went on a preaching tour through India and returned quite ill. He died in 1932.

H. L. Goudge (1866–1939) was principal of Theological College, Salisbury, and then served as regius professor of divinity at Oxford from 1923 until 1938.

Alfred Guillaume (1888–1966) studied theology and oriental languages at Oxford and became professor of Arabic and head of the department of the Near and Middle East in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. He was also a visiting professor at Princeton University,the American University of Beirut, and the University of Istanbul. His works include The Life of Muhammad and Hebrew and Arabic Lexicography.