The Hebrew Prophets for English Readers, Vol. 1 of 4: In the Language of the Revised Version of the English Bible, Printed in Their Poetical Form with

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Excerpt from The Hebrew Prophets for English Readers, Vol. 1 of 4: In the Language of the Revised Version of the English Bible, Printed in Their Poetical Form With Headings and Brief Annotations When this edition was first proposed some doubts were raised as to whether, with the many editions and commentaries on the Prophetic Books already published, there was really room for a work of this sort. In the Preface to the first volume we pointed out our reasons for dissenting from this view. We believed that there was a distinct need for something which should come between the ordinary commentary, which is valuable for purposes of reference and textual exegesis, and the bare text of A. V. or R. V. of our English Bible, which the average reader often finds difficult to understand. And we now think that we are fully justified in saying that such doubts are entirely dispersed by the very gratifying reception which the first volume has met with, especially in the Press. The work has been felt to possess a certain educational value of its own, not so much by repeating what has been said about the Prophets, but as bringing the Prophets themselves nearer to the heart and mind of the reader. We are glad to add that the edition has already been adopted as a textbook in some of our schools. In addition to what has been already said on the subject in the Preface to Vol. I, we should like to mention our special indebtedness in this volume to Keil's excellent, if somewhat over-conservative, commentary on Jeremiah. 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.