A Critical And Exegetical Commentary On The Book Of Exodus With A New Translation By James G Murphy PDF Download

Excerpt from A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Exodus The Rev. Dr. Murphy has, by long, faithful, and effective discharge of his duties as an instructor, secured the confidence of the British public. A minister of the Gospel, and a useful and edifying preacher, he became known to a generation, now in middle life, as an effective teacher in the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, Ireland, from which for many years went forth the educated men who have, like Lord Cairns in England, and many in America, India, and Australia, rendered distinguished public service in all the professions. Nearly forty years ago the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland decided on the establishment of a theological college, substantially the same in plan and relations with Princeton and Yale seminaries - in close sympathy with adjoining colleges, and at the same time under the control of the Church. To the chair of Hebrew Dr. Murphy was appointed. His career has been uniform, useful in a high degree, and eminently influential in promoting the critical and exegetical study of the Old Testament. He has reached the period of life when most men are supposed to be entitled to honorable rest; but his energies have suffered no abatement, and they who see him among his students, or taking his part in the benevolent work of the great centre with which he has been so long identified, or enjoying summer leisure among books and scholars in London, would hardly realize that he has been a foremost and most laborious educator for half a century. Though not a student under the care of Dr. Murphy, it has been my privilege to be associated with him in many objects of common interest; and if the issue of this volume should carry his thoughts into new circles of readers, there will be to me the great pleasure of making a valued friend known where, until later, his influence would not have been appreciated. The plan of Dr. Murphy in his Commentaries on the early books of the Bible has been his own. Brief critical notes - no more lengthened than a careful reader acquainted with Hebrew requires - precede an original translation of the sections. Then follow the explanations, in which, without nicely marking off the exegetical or the critical from the theological, or even the devotional, the effort is made to reflect to an ordinary reader the mind of the Spirit. The results of wide reading, of careful and most conscientious study, and of long-continued application of revealed truth to the conscience and the life of men, are presented in a style which not unfitly represents the simplicity, modesty, and clear directness of the author. That this estimate of Dr. Murphy as a commentator is not formed through the partiality of a friend will appear from the fact that when his Commentary on Genesis appeared, Dr. Thompson of New York pronounced it "the most thorough, satisfactory, and exhaustive Commentary upon the book of Genesis that has yet been written in the English language." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.