Book Reviews
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This reprint edition of studies in the book of Acts will be a valuable addition to any library. The author was a professor in the University of Aberdeen and is best known as an outstanding student of archeology, which eminently fits him for a work of this kind. The reviewer does not agree with all of the ideas set forth in the book, but it contains so much that is worthwhile, it can certainly be recommended to the student. Sir William had a clear concept of the position of the primitive ekklesia, and what the Jewish members intended. The gradual extension from a Jewish sect to a universal or catholic fold embracing believers in the Messiah among all nations is portrayed in simple, unadorned language.
The Cross-Reference Bible. Edited by Harold E. Monser. Baker Book House. 2405 pages. $14.95 per copy ($13.95 until December 31).
This massive volume is a complete analysis of the Bible. It is in the American Revised Version (1901) text. Among its scores of features not found in any other volume, there is a complete scriptural analysis of almost every important subject, so the teacher or speaker has before him a wealth of subject-material for lessons and talks, without having to search through the Bible. There are literally hundreds of variorum readings, which are the renderings of words and terms from the original by various scholars. To those who do not have a copy of the American Revised Version, probably the best that has been made from the standpoint of accuracy, this will permit them to own a copy with invaluable aids.