The Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. Jude

Plummer, Alfred, 1841-1926Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. Jude by PlummerAuthor: Plummer, Alfred, 1841-1926,Language: English, Class: BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament, Release Date: Nov 12, 2014

Editor's review

This book is the nineteenth-century British biblical scholar Alfred Plummer's commentary on the Epistles of James and Jude, originally part of The Expositor's Bible series and prepared by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain e-book. Its value lies in its verse-by-verse exposition, tracing the flow of the text while balancing linguistic scholarship with doctrinal interpretation, in a style marked by the rigor and pastoral care of Victorian commentaries. For readers studying the New Testament General Epistles, it serves as an older commentary sample, illuminating how late nineteenth-century English scholarship handled these two books and what theological concerns it brought. Read it as a reference work rather than a cover-to-cover read, and use it alongside modern commentaries and original-language tools to see the differences in method and period perspective. The e-book is easy to search by keyword and scriptural reference, making it suitable for consultation passage by passage in Bible-study preparation or academic writing.

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  1. Read the texts of James and Jude first, then read the commentary passage by passage, avoiding interpretation divorced from the text.
  2. For Bible-study preparation, search by theme—faith and works, the tongue, perseverance—and read the relevant passages together.
  3. Compare side by side with a modern scholarly commentary, noting where Plummer's exegetical assumptions differ from contemporary research.
  4. Mark cited scriptural references as you read, so you can return to the biblical text to check the chain of argument.

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FAQ

Which biblical books does this commentary cover? According to the title and materials, this book contains commentary on the General Epistles of James and Jude. It is one volume in The Expositor's Bible series, written by Alfred Plummer.
Is the e-book suitable for reading straight through? It is better used as a reference work for consultation. The commentary proceeds passage by passage, so reading straight through can lose the main thread; read the scriptural text first, then consult the relevant passages as needed, comparing with modern commentaries.
What language background is needed to read this book? The original is in English, in the style of nineteenth-century academic commentary, and involves biblical terminology and theological concepts. Readers with good English reading ability and familiarity with the background of the New Testament Epistles will find it easier going.

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About the author

Plummer, Alfred, 1841-1926 Author · British · 1841–1926

Alfred Plummer (1841–1926) was an English Anglican theologian, New Testament scholar, and biblical commentator. Public information about him is limited, and few details of his life survive; nonetheless, his extant works show that his scholarly focus lay in the exposition and commentary of New Testament books. The library holds one of his works, The Expositor's Bible: The General Epistles of St. James and St. Jude, a commentary on the General Epistles in the Expositor's Bible series. Commentaries of this kind were addressed to general readers and church members, attending to the historical and linguistic background of the text; his prose is plain and clear, combining scholarship with readability. The work belongs to the tradition of Victorian British biblical commentary and retains some value for the study and teaching of the General Epistles.