book reviews A ll the Kings and Queens of the Bible B y Herbert Lockyer By and by all the ‘alls’ w ill be used up. We have had half a dozen or more books of this kind on the Bible. It would look as though this volume would have to duplicate to some ex tent the m aterial in “A ll the Men of the Bible” and “A ll the Women of the Bible,” but the author has here a special aspect under study. He has some introductory m aterial on the subject of sovereignty and its implica tions. There are a good m any conjec tures as to the identity of foreign kings mentioned or implied in the Bible narrative. There is an alphabet ical index of nations, kings, and queens. The m ain body is more or less chronological in its development. 253 pages; cloth; Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; $3.95. W hat m ight look on the surface like an insurmountable task, seems to have been successfully accomplished. The task was performed by Dr. Leslie F. Church, distinguished British editor connected w ith Epworth Press. His method was to condense only by de leting. No phrases have been changed, except in the interest of accuracy, which more modem knowledge has provided. It is felt th a t M atthew Hen ry would have wanted it th a t way. No phrasing has been changed other wise. In reducing the six volumes of the original to one, the proportion does not hold because this is a large volume of almost 2,000 pages, while the original six ran a little over 4,000 There need be no hesitation now on account of price for any pastor to be w ithout this greatest of expository commentaries, xi, 1204, 784 pages; cloth; Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; $9.25. Commentary on the Whole Bible by M atthew H enry Principles of Biblical Hermeneutics By J. Edw in Hartill This is not a new book, bu t is the ten th p rin ting (first published in 1947). It seems to have remained largely unknown up to this time. Among its virtues is its manifold coverage of a variety of principles of interpretation, runn ing through the dispensations, covenantal, ethnic, dis-
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