The Book of Judges with Introduction and Notes
Overview
At its publication C. F. Burney’s The Book of Judges with Introduction and Notes was a bastion of critical scholarship. Exegetical in nature, Burney moves through Judges verse-by-verse, offering insight and detailed scholarship on important aspects of the text of Judges. Informed and with great detail, Burney’s commentary on Judges has stood the test of time and still proves to be one of the classic works on Judges.
- Discusses the place of Judges in the canon
- Compares to the Hebrew text and word choice
- Provides verse-by-verse commentary
- Principal Abbreviations Employed
- Transliteration of Semitic Words
- Introduction
- The Book of Judges
- Description of the Plates
- Note on the Maps of Palestine
- Indices
- Title: The Book of Judges with Introduction and Notes
- Author: C. F. Burney
- Publisher: Rivingtons
- Publication Date: 1918
- Pages: 502
C. F. Burney (1868–1925) was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at St. John's College, Oxford. Burney went on to become Oriel Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at Oxford. He was also Canon of Rochester and Fellow of St. John Baptist's College in Oxford. He was the author of several titles including Outlines of Old Testament Theology, Israel's Settlement in Canaan, The Aramaic Origin of the Fourth Gospel, and The Poetry of Our Lord.