Testament. At the foundation of all more recent elucidation of the Epistle lies Bleek’s great work, Der Brief an die Hebraer erlautert (1828-1840), the most comprehensive and scholarly, and in all re- spects one of the best commentaries on any book of the New Testa- ment. Of almost equal value is Weiss’ contribution to the revised Meyer. Delitzsch though not so exact is generally suggestive and always rich in material, while his knowledge of the Old Testament enables him to enter into the author’s point of view. Westcott, largely indebted to Bleek, is, as always, full and accurate. Vaughan is of great use for ascertaining the precise meaning and biblical usage of words. Davidson (Clark’s Bible-class Hand-books) pene- trates to the meaning of the writer better than any other commen- tator. Peake (Jack’s Century Bible) rivals him in this and has a rare gift of compact lucidity. No better book could be conceived or is needed for English readers. Nothing better has been written on the Epistle than his chapter on its teaching.
Other works such as those by Owen, Peirce, Moses Stuart, Tholuck, Hofmann, McCaul, Lowrie and von Soden will be found helpful, and each has a merit of its own. And naturally the great collectors of illustrative material, Wetstein and Schoettgen, Kypke, Elsner and Raphel will be used. The parallels from Philo have been carefully collected by Carpzov. Where Anz is named, the reference is to his Subsidia ad cognoscendum Graecorum sermonem vulgarem e Pentateuchi versione Alexandrina repetita in the Disserta- tiones Philologicae Halenses, vol. xii., part ii. (1884).
Riehm’s Lehrbegriff des Hebréerbriefes is a classic, a monument of German industry and comprehensiveness, full of detail but never wearisome, always lighting up old meanings with fresh flashes of in- sight. Bruce’s presentation of the substance of the Epistle (The Ep. to the Hebrews, Clark) is characteristically vigorous and full of elevated thought and enriching ideas. An excellent book on The Theology of the Epistle has also been issued by Dr. George Milligan. And quite indispensable to the student is La Theologie de l’Epitre aux Hebreux, by Eugene Ménégoz.