The Book Of Genesis: With Introduction And Notes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From The Book Of Genesis: With Introduction And Notes The Unexpected Death Of Dr Driver In 1914 Has Prevented Any Further Revision Of This Commentary, As He Has Left No Materials Available For The Purpose. It Is However Worth Mentioning That Since The Ninth Edition Appeared Dr Driver Published A Revised Edition Of His Introduction To The Lite Rature Of The Old Testament (9Th Ed. 1913) And In The Addenda To That Volume (Pp. Xxvi - Xxxiii) Will Be Found A Few Notes Bearing On Genesis, And Particularly His Last And Fullest Discussion Of The Controversy About The Value Of The Names Of God As A Clue To The Sources Of The Pentateuch. He There Refers With Approval To Articles In The Expositor By Dr Skinner, Since Republished In Book Form (The Divine Names In Genesis, Hodder And Stoughton And Also To The Appendix In The Rev. D. C. Simpson S Pentateuchal Criticism (Hodder And Stoughton, Which Was Written At Dr DriverS Suggestion And Had The Benefit Of His Revision. The Ninth Edition, Of Which This Is A Reprint, Consequently Represents The Final Form Of This Commentary. The Progress Of Old Testament Criticism And Of Oriental Archaeological Studies Will Doubtless Modify Particular Statements In It, But The Wide Range Of Dr DriverS Knowledge, The Accuracy Of His Scholarship And The Sanity Of His Judgment Cannot Fail To Secure A Permanent Value For All His Work. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.