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COMMENTARIES xli<br />

a good authority on text. The American edition, 1885,<br />

4th Germ., contains the notes of President T. Dwight<br />

of Yale University. These are discriminating <strong>and</strong> help-<br />

ful. Dr. Dwight has a rare faculty of putting into a<br />

clear <strong>and</strong> simple form the factors of a complicated<br />

exegetical discussion.<br />

C. J. EllICOTT: a Critical <strong>and</strong> Grammatical Commentary on St. PaiiVs<br />

J.<br />

Epistles to the <strong>Philippians</strong>^ Colossians, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Philemon</strong>.<br />

5th ed. Ripe exegetical judgment; careful discrimi-<br />

nation of grammatical niceties; remarkable power of<br />

stating fine distinctions <strong>and</strong> shades of meaning; great<br />

accuracy. His commentary is still most valuable.<br />

B. LiGHTFOOT : St. Pauls Epistle to the <strong>Philippians</strong>. Revised Text with<br />

Introduction^ Notes, <strong>and</strong> Dissertations, ist ed. 1868;<br />

1 2th ed. 1896, a reprint of the revised <strong>and</strong> slightly<br />

altered 4th ed. of 1885. Has long held a very high<br />

rank among commentaries on this epistle. The la-<br />

mented author's large <strong>and</strong> varied learning appears<br />

especially in the essays <strong>and</strong> excursuses which so de-<br />

lightfully exhibit the historical setting of the letter. In<br />

point of exegesis, the commentary, while always sug-<br />

gestive, is not equal to some others.<br />

B. Weiss: Der Philipperbrief ausgesetzt und die Geschichte seiner<br />

Auslegung kritisch dargestellt. 1859. A most thorough<br />

piece of work. It leaves no point untouched, <strong>and</strong> treats<br />

every point with ample learning, conscientious pains-<br />

taking, independence, <strong>and</strong> positiveness. It is valuable<br />

in studying the history of the exegesis.<br />

Albert Klopper: Der Brief des Apostel Paulus an die Philipper. 1893.<br />

A commentary which must be reckoned with. Care-<br />

fully <strong>and</strong> conscientiously done, with adequate scholar-<br />

ship. Needlessly elaborated; too diffuse; but the<br />

reader who has the patience to make his way through<br />

the mazes of an involved style will commonly be re-<br />

warded for his pains. His critical tendencies are radi-<br />

cal, but he accepts <strong>and</strong> defends the authenticity of the<br />

epistle.<br />

Joseph Agar Beet : A Commentary on St. Pauls Epistles to the Ephesians,<br />

<strong>Philippians</strong>, <strong>and</strong> Colossians, <strong>and</strong> to <strong>Philemon</strong>. 1891.<br />

With a good scholarly basis. It can hardly be called<br />

a popular commentary, but does not meet the dem<strong>and</strong>s<br />

of a full critical commentary. In the attempt to con-<br />

dense, some things are passed over with mere statement<br />

which deserve more careful notice.<br />

J. RAWSON Lumby : The Epistle of Paul to the <strong>Philippians</strong>. Schaff's Popular<br />

Commentary, 1882. Bright, interesting, <strong>and</strong> suggestive.

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