Creating a firestorm of controversy in 1862 with its publication, John William Colenso’s The Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua Critically Examined sparked the revival of scholarly study into the first five books of the Bible. A South African missionary appointed as Bishop to Natal, Colenso began questioning the historicity of the Pentateuch while performing his missionary duties with the Zulu natives. Feeling it was his duty to God and to the Church to seek the “ultimate truth,” Colenso not only challenged the historical accuracy of the Pentateuch, he also challenged its Mosaic authorship. One of the first respected theologians to pursue this line of inquiry, his published work fomented a flurry of historically significant scholarship in response to his assertions that helped solidify a classical understanding of the Pentateuch.

This massive twenty-one volume collection features some of the best commentaries and studies on the book of Leviticus from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. With scholars such as S. R. Driver, M. M. Kalisch, James G. Murphy, and William Kelly, Classic Commentaries and Studies on Leviticus (21 vols.) offers over 4,000 pages of interpretation, observations, translations, contextual history, and application of law. The twenty-one volumes contained in Classic Commentaries and Studies on Leviticus (21 vols.) have had an enduring impact on Old Testament exegesis, and this exceptional collection provides easy accessibility to this wealth of significant scholarship.

This massive collection features some of the best commentaries and studies on the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy from the eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries. The Classic Commentaries and Studies on the Torah offers thousands of pages of interpretation, observations, translations, contextual history, and application on this crucial books to understanding the Old Testament. These volumes have had an enduring impact on Old Testament exegesis, and this exceptional collection provides easy accessibility to this wealth of significant scholarship.

Directing his attention to Leviticus 18:18, Alexander McCaul provides a concise exposition on the ethics of marriage.

An astute analysis of John William Colenso’s book, Alexander McCaul’s Examination scrutinizes each of Colenso’s arguments and negates them assertively. Starting with the Colenso’s Preface, McCaul moves chapter-by-chapter and notes the numerous flaws he finds in Colenso’s assertions. A confident work, McCaul pulls no punches in his repudiation of Colenso’s controversial book.

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