Lanterna Rally

Author: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-19

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 9781331764458

Excerpt from Critical and Exegetical Hand-Book: To the Epistles to the Philippians and Colossians, and to Philemon The present volume of Meyers Critical and Exegetical Handbook to the New Testament contains the Commentaries on the Epistles to the Philippians, the Colossians, and Philemon, by Meyer himself, and the Commentary on the two Epistles to the Thessalonians, by his coadjutor, Dr. Gottlieb Liinemann. According to the arrangement of the New Testament books which is found in the English Version, and also that of the editions of the Greek text which differ in some respects from the English Version, the Epistle to Philemon is placed after the Epistle to Titus. It has been deemed best, however, to insert the commentary upon this Epistle in the present volume, rather than in the one which includes the Pastoral Epistles, for two reasons: first, because the Epistle itself was written at the same time with the Epistle to the Colossians, and secondly, because the commentary upon it was prepared by Meyer, while the Pastoral Epistles were assigned by him to one of his fellow-workers, Dr. Huther. It may be added, that the superintendence of the English translation of the Hand-book by Dr. Dickson extended to all the parts of which Meyer himself was the author, but not to those parts which were written by others. The English Editor, Dr. Dickson, has prefixed to the volume on Philippians and Colossians no formal preface, but only a brief prefatory note. All that is of any present interest in this note is the following passage: The Commentary on the Epistle to the Philippians was translated from the third edition of the German by the late Mr. G.H. Venables; but, as it became necessary to incorporate the numerous alterations and additions made by Dr. Meyer for the fourth edition, the work of revising and completing the version of Mr. Venables has been entrusted to the Rev. John C.Moore, who has also executed independently the greater portion of the translation, from the fourth German edition, of the Commentary on the Epistle to the Colossians. I have myself translated a small portion of the latter, and, as in previous volumes, have revised the whole with some care, and carried it through the press. 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.