Vol 04 - EZRA NEHEMIAH, and ESTHER.
EZRA NEHEMIAH, and ESTHER.
KEIL (K. F.) Commentary on Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Translated by Sophia Taylor. 8vo. 10/6. Edinb., T. &. T. Clark. 17. T.L. x873.
Just the kind of book in which Kei1’s method of commenting appears to the best advantage. He gives much needful information, and thus supplements more didactic works. We cannot read Keil with pleasure, for we want spiritual meat, but yet it is most desirable for us to know what the text really means.
321 PILKINGTON (JAMES, B.D. Bishop of Durham. 1520 — 1575). A Godlie Exposition upon certeine chapters of Nehemiah. x585. Reprinted in the Parker Society’s edition of Pilkington’s Works. 8vo. Cam&, x 842.
Very old fashioned and singular, somewhat in the style of Latimer and perhaps a little coarser. Pilkington’s downright onslaughts upon the vices and follies of his times are fine instances of personal, faithful preaching; they are, however, so minutely descriptive of the manners which then prevailed that they are the less useful now. The style is cramped, and even grotesque in places, yet Pilkington is a grand old author. He has only written upon five chapters.
322 RANDALL (J. MONTAGUE, A.K.C.) Nehemiah, the Tirshatha: his Life and Lessons. Post 8vo. 3/6. land., Nisbet. 1874. The substance of thirteen Sunday evening addresses to a village congregation, “dictated by the author, who is nearly blind, on the following Monday.” These familiar and almost chatty discourses are full of gospel teaching, and while they give a fair idea of Nehemiah and his times, they are also enlivened by anecdote, and made exceedingly interesting. Students will not learn much from these sermons, but they may see how rustic preaching should be done.
SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF NEHEMIAH; or, Chapters for Christian Workers. [Anon.] Fcap. 8vo. 1[. Zonal., 66, Paternoster Row, E.C. The heads of these chapters would serve exceedingly well for the keynotes of a series of sermons.
324 STOWELL (HUGH, M.A.) A Model for Men of Business; or, Lectures on the Character of Nehemiah 8:1-18 vo. Lond., Hatchards. i855. S. 3/- The author does not attempt a full exposition, but aims at furnishing a plain, practical handbook for men of business and others whose time is limited. He gives fourteen good, sensible lectures on the Book.
325 WOODWARD (HENRY, M.A.) Thoughts on the Character and History of Nehemiah. I2mo. Lond., I849.
Words, and only words.