Bible. Q.J. Prophets. English. 1909. THE HEBREW PROPHETS FOR ENGLISH READERS IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE REVISED VERSION OF EDITED BY FRANCIS H. WOODS, B.D. SOMETIME FELLOW AND THEOLOGICAL LECTURER OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEge, oxford AUTHOR OF 'FOR FAITH AND SCIENCE,' 'THE HOPE OF ISRAEL,' ETC. AND FRANCIS E. POWELL, M.A. LATE VICAR OF SEWERBY And grindale, editor of 'the unified GOSPEL' IN FOUR VOLUMES VOL. II-ZEPHANIAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, AND Te prophetarum laudabilis numerus OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK TORONTO AND MELBOURNE PREFACE 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. BAINTON RECTORY October 7, 1909 375437 F. H. W. |