Biblical Commentary in the Victorian Age: An Overview (original) (raw)

Forms

• Matthew Henry, Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible e-text (HTML at CCEL)
• Introduction to the Scriptures: Thomas Hartwell Horne
  • Defines typology
  • God's Gospel Scheme and Typology
  • Attacks "Extravagent Typification"
• Volumes on Individual Books
  • Psalms -- John Morrison [no material yet]
  • Psalms -- Samuel H. Pierce [no material yet]
  • Psalms -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon [no material yet]
  • Daniel [no material yet]
  • Revelations
• Annotated Bibles: Thomas Scott
  • Introduction
  • on the Brazen Serpent
  • Verbal Inspiration and the Literal Truth of the Bible
  • Uzzah's Blasphemy
• Sermons

Modes

• Moral [no material yet]
• Prophetic
• Apocalyptic
• Typological

Biblical Commentary as a Literary Form [no material yet]

• Introduction
• Rhetoric and Structure
• Influence upon Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

Political and Social Contexts [no material yet]

• Gender Matters
• Class and Society

4 April 2015