only the text is methodically analysed, but the sense of the words, by the help of writers, both antient and modern, is explained. By N. Byfield, London, 1615. folio.

162. The Epistles of St. Paul to the Colossians, to the Thessalonians, to Timothy, and to Titus, and the General Epistle of St. James: a new Version from the Greek, and chiefly from the Text of Griesbach. By Philalethes. [John JONES, LL.D.] London, 1820. 12mo.

Of this translation, which in many instances is made to support the scheme of the modern Socinians, the reader will find an account in the Eclectic Review (N. S.) vol. xiv. pp. 277-283.

163. Isagoge in Epistolam a Paulo Apostolo ad Colossenses datam Theologica, Historica, Critica, accesserunt Enarratio cap. I. Coloss. v.1—14. et Excursus epistolam spectantes tres. Confecit Gulielmus BOEHMERUS. Berolini, 1829. 8vo.

164. Gulielmi Boehmeri Symbola Biblicæ ad Dogmaticam Christianam sive Observationes in Sectionem Apostolicam Coloss. I. v. 18-23. Wratislaviæ, 1833. 8vo.

1 AND 2 THESSALONIANS.

165. An Exposition upon the two Epistles of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Thessalonians. By the Rev. Father John JEWEL, late Bishop of Sarisburie. London, 1583. 12mo. Reprinted in 1811. 8vo.

This valuable Commentary on the Epistles to the Thessalonians is printed in the folio edition of Bp. Jewel's works (London, 1609), and also in the seventh volume of the compilation, intitled the "Fathers of the English Church."

166. Joannis Alphonsi TURRETINI Commentarius Theoretico-practicus in Epistolas Divi Pauli ad Thessalonicenses. Basileæ, 1739. 8vo. also in the second volume of the collective edition of Turretini's Works, in 4to.

167. The Greek of the Epistle of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians explained. By John PHILLIPS. London, 1751. 4to.

"This work contains the Greek Text, but no translation. The notes are very considerable. They are philological, critical, and theological. It was designed as a specimen of a work upon all the Epistles, but which was never completed. It is exceedingly scarce." (Orme's Biblioth. Bibl. p. 349.)

168. Pauli Epistolæ ad Thessalonicenses. Recensuit, veterum recentiorumque notas selectas congessit, suasque adjecit, et tamquam specimen novæ editionis Epistolarum Pauli edidit F. SCHLEIERMACHER. Berolini,

1823. 8vo.

169. Specimen Academicum Inaugurale de Cœtus Christianorum Thessalonicensis Ortu Fatisque, et prioris Pauli iis scriptæ Epistolæ Consilio atque Argumento. Auctore Joanne Jacobo BURGERHOUDT. Lugduni Batavorum,

1825. 8vo.

This Dissertation may be considered as a valuable introduction to the first Epistle to the Thessalonians: every topic, which is necessary to the correct understanding of it, is satisfactorily discussed.

170. Epistolas Pauli ad Thessalonicenses commentario et delectis Patrum Ecclesiasticorum expositionibus, margini subjectis, illustravit Ludovicus PELT. Gryphiswaldiæ, 1830. 8vo.

171. J. G. REICHE Authentiæ posterioris ad Thessalonicenses Epistolæ Vindicia. Gottinga, 1830. 4to.

1 AND 2 TIMOTHY, TITUS, AND PHILEMON.

172. D. Pauli Epistolæ ad Timotheum, Titum et Philemonem, Observationibus grammaticis, historicis, logicis, theologicis illustratæ ab Abrahamo SCULTETO. Francofurti, 1624. 4to.

173. S. Pauli Apostoli Epistola utraque ad Timotheum, cum Commentario Joannis COCCEII. Lugduni Batavorum, 1667. 4to.

174. BECKHAUS (Joach. Frid.) Specimen Observationum Critico-Exegeticarum de Vocabulis àñaž λeyoμevois et rarioribus dicendi Formulis in prima ad Timotheum Epistola Paulina obviis, Authentiæ ejus nihil detrahentibus. Linga, 1810. 8vo.

175. A. CURTII de Epistolæ prioris ad Timotheum authentiâ, cum aliquo vitæ Paulinæ tempore conciliandâ Commentatio. Berolini, 1828. 8vo.

176. Commentationes de Epistolâ posteriori Pauli ad Timotheum. Scripsit Johannes BRÖCHNER. Hafniæ, 1829. 8vo.

177. Petri VON HAVEN Commentatio Analytica in Epistolam Paulli ad Titum. Halæ, 1742. 4to.

178. A Commentary on the Epistle of Saint Paul written to Titus. By Thomas TAYLOR. Cambridge, 1612. 4to. 1658. folio.

Walchius speaks very highly of this commentary both in a philological and in a practical point of view. (Bibl. Theol. Select. vol. iv. p.723.) The learned author was a frequent preacher before Queen Elizabeth and King James I.

179. Henrici HUMMELII Explanatio Epistolæ Apostoli Pauli ad Philemonem. Tiguri, 1670. folio.

180. Pauli ad Philemonem Epistola, Græce et Latine, illustrata a Lebr. Gottl. SCHMIDIO. Lipsiæ, 1786. 8vo.

181. A Commentary on the Epistle of Paul to Philemon, by John CALVIN; translated from the Latin by B. B. Edwards. In the seventh volume (pp. 431-440.) of the Biblical Repository. Andover, [Massachussetts] 1836. 8vo.

HEBREWS.

182. Petri Hoffstede de GROOT Disputatio qua Epistola ad Hebræos cum Paulinis Epistolis comparatur. Trajecti ad Rhenum, 1826. 8vo.

The Epistle to the Hebrews is here collated with the other writings of St. Paul: at the end there is an index, shewing under various heads the coincidence between them. It is a very valuable tract.

183. Essai Critique sur l'Authenticité de l'Epître aux Hébreux. Par Henry-Louis LAHARPE. Toulouse, 1832. 8vo.

This academical Disquisition, which was publicly defended before the Theological Faculty at Montauban for the degree of Bachelor in Divinity, is partly translated and partly abridged with much judgment from the first Volume of Professor Stuart's Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, which is noticed in p. 328. No. 195.

184. Vindicia Originis Paulinæ ad Hebræos Epistolæ, nova ratione tentatæ a Frid. Christ. GELPKE. Lugduni Batavorum, 1832. 8vo.

The object of this disquisition is to prove the Pauline origin of the Epistle to the Hebrews, from the coincidence of sentiments and expressions which the author conceives he has found between the Epistle to the Hebrews and some of Seneca's writings; which coincidence, be is of opinion, cannot be fortuitous, but is solely to be derived from Paul's intimate acquaintance with the Roman Philosopher. He further argues in favour of the historical tradition respecting Paul's intimacy with Seneca, and endeavours to shew, from internal criteria of time, that the Epistle to the Hebrews was written during the continuance of that intimacy. The hypothesis is maintained with great ingenuity, though it will not (we apprehend) carry conviction to the minds of its readers.

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185. The Apostolical Authority of the Epistle to the Hebrews: Inquiry, in which the received Title of the Epistle is vindicated against the cavils of Objectors, antient and modern, from Origen to Sir J. D. Michaelis, chiefly upon grounds of internal evidence hitherto unnoticed: comprising a comparative Analysis of the style and structure of this epistle, and of the

undisputed epistles of St. Paul; tending to throw light upon their Interpretation. By the Rev. Charles FORSTER, B.D. London, 1838. 8vo.

In Vol. IV. of the Introduction to the Critical Study of the Scriptures, pp. 409-422. the genuineness and apostolical authority of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews have been proved by a selection of the most striking evidences, both external and internal: but it has been reserved for the learned author of this work to demonstrate that apostolical authority by a mass of argument and evidence, not more original than ingenious and delightful to the Biblical Student, who will attentively study his volume. Having refuted the cavils of antient and modern objectors, from Origen to Michaelis, the author proceeds to adduce his evidence in fourteen sections: in which he shews the identity of manner between the epistle to the Hebrews and St. Paul's undisputed epistles in the use of particular words, and gives copious tables:-1. of the New Testament words peculiar to the epistle to the Hebrews, and the undisputed epistles of St. Paul, as well as, 2. of words peculiar to the epistle to the Hebrews, (which are not found elsewhere, either in the New Testament, the Septuagint, or the Apocrypha,) with their parallel verbal dependencies; and 3. of words occasionally occurring elsewhere in the New Testament, but in the manner, the frequency, or their occurrence, peculiar to the epistle to the Hebrews and the undisputed epistles of St. Paul. The author then institutes an examination of some leading parallel passages from the epistle to the Hebrews and St. Paul's undisputed epistles; and shows the identity of manner between that epistle and the undisputed epistles of the apostle in the use of favourite words, in the habit of going off at a word,' in the use of the paronomasia or play upon words, in quotations and modes of quotation from the Old Testament, in the use of key-texts. A copious table of the harmony of parallel passages between the epistle to the Hebrews and the undisputed epistles of St. Paul, is then subjoined. Having thus proved the Pauline original of the Epistle to the Hebrews from internal evidence, the learned author advances to a re-examination of the external evidences, including the testimonies of the apostolical fathers and those of Pantænus, Clemens Alexandrinus, and Origen; and adduces a powerful argument in proof that by the epistle of St. Paul, referred to in 2 Peter, iii. 15, 16., the epistle to the Hebrews is intended, which argument is deduced from the internal marks of reference to Hebrews by St. Peter in both his epistles. In an appendix are given tables of words occurring only once in the epistle to the Hebrews and in the undisputed epistles of St. Paul, as well as of Pauline words occurring in more than one epistle, and not occurring in the epistle to the Hebrews. The irresistible conclusion from the whole of the author's elaborate researches is, that that epistle is the genuine production of the great apostle of the Gentiles.

186. An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, with preliminary Exercitations. By John OWEN, D.D. folio. 4 vols. London, 1668–1674. Svo. 7 vols.

This work is particularly valuable for its illustration of the Epistle to the Hebrews by the aid of Rabbinical learning: it is replete with doctrinal and experimental remarks. A wellexecuted abridgment of it was published in 4 vols. 8vo. 1790, by Dr. Edward Williams, of which a new edition was printed in 1815. 4 vols. 8vo.

186*. Joannis BRAUNII Commentarius in Epistolam ad Hebræos, cum indicibus locupletissimis et quibusdam tabulis æneis elegantissimis. Amstel. 1705. 4to.

Professor Braun or Braunius is well known for several valuable pieces elucidating sacred antiquities. His commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, in the opinion of J. B. Carpzov, is one of the best ever edited, that is, up to the time of its publication. It is indeed truly valuable for its illustrations of that epistle by the aid of Rabbinical learning: and the author is particularly able in refuting the perverse interpretations of the celebrated Socinian teacher, Schlichtingius.

187. An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, by Mr. Robert DUNCAN, minister of the Gospel. Edinburgh, 1731. 8vo.

A useful and cheap exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews.

188. Joannis Benedicti CARPZOVII Exercitationes in Pauli Epistolam ad Hebræos ex Philone Alexandrino. Helmstadt, 1750. 8vo.

A work of singular utility in explaining the phraseology of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews. 189. A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews. By the late Rev. James PEIRCE. With a Paraphrase and Notes on the three last chapters of the Hebrews left unfinished by Mr. Peirce, and an Essay to discover the author of the Epistle and language in which it was originally written. By Joseph Hallett, Jun. London, 1733. Second Edition, 1773. 4to. This forms part of the work noticed in p. 317. No. 90. suprà. "Some of the

sentiments," says Professor Stuart, "differ widely from those of Owen, and are such as ought to be examined with great caution; but the work, as a whole, exceeds any English commentary which I have read. The author has a great deal of acuteness, and is by no means wanting in regard to a tact for criticism." (Stuart, on the Epistle to the Hebrews, vol. i. p. 286. (American Edition), or p. 346. (London Edition.)

190. A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews. To which is prefixed an Inquiry into the Author of this Epistle; when it was written; the manner of citing the Old Testament; and the method of reasoning in it, &c. By Arthur Ashley SYKES, D.D. London, 1755. 4to.

191. Joannis Augusti ERNESTI Lectiones Academicæ in Epistolam ad Hebræos ab ipso revisæ, cum ejusdem excursibus theologicis edidit; Commentarium, in quo multa ad recentissimorum imprimis interpretum sententias pertinentia uberius illustrantur, adjecit Gotlib Immanuel Dindorf. Lipsiæ,

1815. 8vo.

These Academic Lectures of Ernesti were delivered by that eminent scholar and divine while he was professor of divinity at Leipsic. They have been edited from his corrected copy, with various important additions by Professor Dindorf, who succeeded him in the Hebrew chair at Leipsic. These are included between brackets, with the initial letter D., and require to be read with caution, Prof. Dindorf's sentiments on the person of Christ not being the most correct. On some of the earlier chapters there are also some marginal observations of an anonymous pupil of Ernesti's, which are distinctly marked. Professor Stuart characterises it as "a book of real worth in a critical respect, although not executed with much taste as to form and matter." (On the Epistle to the Hebrews, vol. i. p. 287. American Edition ; or p. 347. London Edition.)

192. A Paraphrase and Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. By Archibald MACLEAN. London, 1819. 2 vols. 8vo.

193. Epistola ad Hebræos, Latinè versa et largo explicata commentario, a Chr. Frid. BOEHME. Lipsia, 1823. 8vo.

194. Epître aux Hébreux, divisée d'après les matières, avec des sommaires indiquant le contenu et l'objet de chaque division et sous-division, des notes, et des intercalations explicatives entremêlés au texte. Génève, 1824. 8vo.

195. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. By Moses Stuart, Associate Professor of Sacred Literature in the Theological Seminary at Andover, United States. Andover, 1827. 2 vols. 8vo. Second Edition, revised and enlarged. 1833, in one volume, 8vo. London, 1828. 2 vols. 8vo.

This masterly work originated in the arduous duties incident to the office which Professor Stuart has for some years filled, with equal credit to himself, and benefit to the Theological Seminary at Andover. To borrow the just character given of his labours by the English editor (the Rev. Dr. Henderson) ::-"It was impossible for any person who had perused the former works of our author, not to hail with high anticipations the present production as a most valuable accession to biblical literature. Intimately acquainted with the minutia of Hebrew Grammar; familiar with the diversified style of the sacred writers; trained by long study of the laws of biblical exegesis to a refined and matured tact in seizing the point, the bearing, the various shades and ramifications of meaning couched under the sacred phraseology; imbued with a sincere love of divine truth, and a profound reverence for its dictates; and, withal, endowed with a manly and richly cultivated intellect, he possesses qualifications peculiarly fitting him for the performance of a work replete with so many difficulties as that of a Translation and Critical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. The ordeal, to which this important portion of Scripture has been subjected by the wild and extravagant hypotheses of some of the master-spirits of German theology, rendered it a matter of imperious necessity, that some champion, completely accoutred and disciplined to the battle, should step forward and take up the gauntlet which they have so fearlessly and vauntingly thrown down. If we mistake not, such a champion has here entered the field, and won the day. Questions respecting style, authorship, and interpretation, which men of such celebrity as Eichhorn, Bertholdt, De Wette, and others, were considered to have completely set at rest, have been submitted to a fresh and rigid investigation; and in most instances triumphantly, in all more or less satisfactorily, the very reverse of their conclusions has been shown to be in accordance with the real facts of the case. (Preface to English edition, p. v.)

The topics discussed in the FIRST VOLUME, in forty sections, are- the form of the Epistle; to what church or churches it was addressed; its antiquity and canonical authority; the external and internal evidence that it was written by the apostle Paul, who is most decisively

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shown to have been its author. The various objections of Bertholdt, Schulz, Seyffarth, De Wette, and Boehme, are discussed, and satisfactorily refuted: to them succeeds a consideration of the style of the epistle and of the hypotheses advocated by some learned men, who have severally ascribed it to Barnabas, Luke, Clement of Rome, and to Apollos. hypotheses are shown to be destitute of foundation. The volume concludes with a brief notice of the "Critical and Exegetical Helps" to the study of this epistle. The SECOND VOLUME Commences with a new translation of the Epistle to the Hebrews, the object of which is to give a more exact view of the features of the original Greek, than is presented by the authorised English Version. This translation is followed by an admirable continuous commentary upon the whole epistle. When difficulties demanded special and extended investigation, he has thrown the result of such investigation into excursus at the end, after the method pursued by Heinrichs, Koppe, Dindorf, and other German philologers and critics; because difficult subjects can there be treated and studied with more convenience, and also more fully, than if intermixed with the usual series of exegetical notes. The London reprint has been edited with great care by the Rev. Dr. HENDERSON.

196. A literal Translation of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, from the original Greek, with copious explanatory notes. By the late Rev. George Vaughan SAMPSON, M.A. Edited by his son, the Rev. G. V. Sampson.

London, 1828. 8vo.

197. Christiani Theophili KUINÖEL Commentarius in Epistolam ad Hebræos. Lipsiæ, 1831. 8vo.

"With the idiom and spirit of Paul's writings, I cannot help thinking him to be but very moderately acquainted. On questions of higher criticism he details with a good deal of brevity and accuracy what others have said; but he adds nothing to the stock of thought already before the world." (Prof. Stuart, in the Andover Biblical Repository, January, 1833. vol. iii. p. 160.)

198. The Epistle to the Hebrews. A new Translation in Sections, with Marginal Notes and an Introductory Syllabus. [By Josiah CONDER.] London, 1834. small 8vo.

199. Horæ Hebraica: an Attempt to discover how the Argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews must have been understood by those therein addressed, with Appendices on Messiah's Kingdom, &c. By George, Viscount MANDEVILLE. London, 1835. large 8vo.

For an account of this work, which includes only the first four chapters of the Epistle to the Hebrews, the reader is referred to the Christian Guardian for March 1835, pp. 105–110. 200. G. M. AMTHOR Commentatio Exegetico-Dogmatica in tres priores versus capitis primi Epistolæ ad Hebræos scriptæ. Coburgi, 1828. 8vo. 201. De Epistolæ, quæ dicitur ad Hebræos, Indole maxime peculiari Librum composuit Traugott Augustus SEYFFARTH. Lipsiæ, 1821. 8vo.

An elaborate investigation of the style, scope, &c. of the Epistle to the Hebrews; the main object of which is, to disprove the Pauline origin of this epistle. Dr. Seyffarth's hypothesis is completely refuted by Professor Stuart in his Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, vol. i. § 28.

THE SEVEN CATHOLIC EPISTLES.1

202. Gottlob Christiani STORR opusculum de Catholicarum Epistolarum occasione et scopo. (In the second volume of his collected Opuscula, pp. 367-415.) Tubinga, 1797. 8vo.

203. A Practical Paraphrase on the Seven Catholic Epistles, after the manner of Dr. Clarke's Paraphrase on the Four Evangelists. By Samuel COLLET. London, 1734. Svo.

204. Epistolarum Catholicarum Septenarius, Græce, cum nova versione Latina, ac scholiis grammaticis atque criticis, opera Joh. Benedicti Carpzovii, Halæ, 1790. 8vo.

In this work, the received Greek Text of the Seven Catholic Epistles is retained, and the

1 The Paraphrases of Dr. Benson on these Epistles have already been noticed in No. 90. p. 317. suprà.