Language: English
Published by William Tegg and Co., London, 1851
Seller: Old Shelves, Woking, SURRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. STUART, MOSES (1780 -1852) Prof. of Hebrew and Oriental Languages, Harvard. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. London : William Tegg & Co., 1851. 8vo. 604 pp. First published in 1827 and then in 2 volumes in 1828. Half calf binding with marbled boards. Raised bands with gilt title on dark labels. Clean and solid. An attractive tome. Clean, marbled endpapers. Contents clean, crisp and unmarked with a.e.g. Moses Stuart's 'A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews' provides exposition of the text with regard for semantic interpretation, historical context, and formulation of doctrine. The introduction focuses on explication of the text, authorship, canonical authority, and doctrinal arguments. "We are constantly differing from Moses Stuart, but are bound to consult him. He is one of the greatest of American scholars, and this is one of his best comments." - C.H. Spurgeon. "A concise conservative commentary based on the Greek text. Its main strength lies in its extensive introduction." - C.J. Barber.