The Layman's Old Testament By H. G. Glazebrook, Canon of
Ely. (Oxford University Press. 4s. 6d.)—Canon Glaze- brook has done the intelligent layman a great service by this volume. To some extent it covers the same ground as Mr. Courtney's Literary Man's Bible, but the principle of selection is different. It is the religious value of the Bible that is uppermost with Canon Glazebrook. Accordingly he prints his text not from the Authorized but the Revised Version, or rather what he calls the Revisers' Version; that is to say, a version which pays a good deal of attention to the marginal readings of the Revisers. The passages chosen from the historical books come in their familiar order, but those from the prophets in what is now thought to be the order of date, and a separate section is given to the eschatological passages. The Apocrypha is represented by 1 Maccabees, Ecelesiasticus, and Wisdom. A good many more passages than those in the Revised Version are printed as poetry. The book is made much more useful by a copious supply of short notes, giving explanations of Hebrew names and phrases and information about places, dates, and customs. There are also numerous maps.
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