Barnes' Notes: Exodus to Ruth
Overview
Albert Barnes and James Murphy wrote this verse-by-verse commentary on Exodus to Ruth. Published in the 1800s, it is still well-loved and well-read by evangelicals who appreciate Barnes' pastoral insights into the Scripture. It is not a technical work, but provides informative observations on the text, intended to be helpful to those teaching Sunday School. Today, it is ideally suited to anyone teaching or preaching the Word of God, whether a professional minister or layperson.
Top Highlights
“‘A new king’ is a phrase not found elsewhere. It is understood by most commentators to imply that he did not succeed his predecessor in natural order of descent and inheritance. He ‘arose up over Egypt,’ occupying the land, as it would seem, on different terms from the king whose place he took, either by usurpation or conquest. The fact that he knew not Joseph implies a complete separation from the traditions of Lower Egypt.” (Page 7)
“The words express absolute, and therefore unchanging and eternal Being” (Page 13)
“The leading trait in the character of Joshua is courage” (Page 347)
“This chapter in fact contains a fulfilment of the predictions recorded in Gen. 46:3, and in Gen. 15:13.” (Page 7)
“The exact meaning is ‘son,’ but the verbal root of the word signifies ‘produce,’ ‘draw forth.’” (Page 9)
- Title: Exodus to Ruth
- Authors: Albert Barnes, F. C. Cook, J. M. Fuller
- Series: Barnes’ Notes on the Old and New Testaments
- Publisher: John Murray
- Print Publication Date: 1879
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Pages: 480
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Exodus › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Leviticus › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Numbers › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Deuteronomy › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Joshua › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Judges › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Ruth › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780801008368, 0801008360
- Resource ID: LLS:BARNES02EX
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:02:35Z
Albert Barnes graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, in 1820, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1823. Barnes was ordained as a Presbyterian minister by the presbytery of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1825, and was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Morristown, New Jersey (1825–1830), and of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia (1830–1867).
He held a prominent place in the New School branch of the Presbyterians during the Old School-New School Controversy, to which he adhered on the division of the denomination in 1837. In 1836, he had been tried (but not convicted) for heresy, mostly due to the views he expressed in Notes on Romans of the imputation of the sin of Adam, original sin and the atonement; the bitterness stirred up by this trial contributed towards widening the breach between the conservative and the progressive elements in the church. He was an eloquent preacher, but his reputation rests chiefly on his expository works, which are said to have had a larger circulation both in Europe and America than any others of their class. Of the well-known Notes on the New Testament, it is said that more than a million volumes had been issued by 1870. The Notes on Job, the Psalms, Isaiah and Daniel were also popularly distributed. The popularity of these works rested on how Barnes simplified Biblical criticism so that new developments in the field were made accessible to the general public.