An explanation of the meaning and theme of each chapter is given, which is very useful. Peakes commentary makes many textual corrections, usually siding with the lxx. I have added some more references for this edition, but only very sparingly. In 1937, peakes commentary was republished with a 40 page supplement, edited by a. Peake s commentary on the bible by black, matthew, ed. One thing that i dont like is his adherence to the heilgsechicte salvation history theory on the book of genesis. Peakes commentary on the bible is a onevolume commentary on the bible that gives special attention to biblical archaeology and the thenrecent discoveries of biblical manuscripts. A running explanation of the biblical text for the people of todays world. Written by wellknown and popular theologians, bible commentaries aid in the study of scripture by providing explanation and interpretation of biblical text. His insights are livedthrough, profound and rich of application. Text, mp3 and video lessons and sermons in 50 languages.
Those eight books are now combined into the onevolume bridgeway bible commentary, which is a companion in size, style and format to the bridgeway bible dictionary, an a to z of biblical information. Matthew henrys complete bible commentary provides an exhaustive look at every verse. Make your choice below and download the pdf commentary ebook for free. Ebook peake s commentary on the bible as pdf download. Now available in paperback, this classic commentary, drawing on the expertise of over sixty scholars, gives students of the bible a thorough grounding in the origin and meaning of all the books of the bible. He was the first holder of the rylands chair of biblical criticism and exegesis in the university of manchester, from. Biblical quotation in this edition was from the revised version of the bible.
Peakes commentary, first published in 1919 as a commentary on the bible, was written by 61 authors and edited by arthur samuel peake. Peakes commentary was first published in 1919 as a commentary on the bible, edited by arthur samuel peake 18651929 with the assistance of a. Genesis, exodus, leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy, joshua, judges, ruth. Grieve, alexander james, 1874publication date 1920 topics bible. Pdf bible background commentarynew testament ernst.