Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

{{Short description|Biblical commentary set published in 56 volumes by Cambridge University Press}}

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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges is a biblical commentary set published in 56 volumes by Cambridge University Press between 1878 and 1918. Many volumes went through multiple reprintings, while some volumes were also revised, usually by another author, from 1908 to 1918. Early volumes used the Authorised Version as the base text. Later volumes, and several of the revised editions, instead used the Revised Version, which had appeared in three stages 1881-1894.

Anglican bishop John Perowne was the general editor, with A. F. Kirkpatrick the editor for the Old Testament and Apocrypha, and Reginald St John Parry for the New Testament. The first section published was written by theologian Edward Hayes Plumptre in 1878 and covered the Epistle of St. James; the last volumes to appear, in 1918, were Deuteronomy by Sir George Adam Smith, and the revised edition of Joshua by George Albert Cooke.

The editors exercised limited editorial control over the writers of individual commentaries. Perowne stated that his aim was "to leave each contributor to the unfettered exercise of his own judgment".[https://archive.org/details/cambridgebiblef00unkngoog Preface by the General Editor], accessed 12 March 2016

Volumes and contributors

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! Serial no. !! Volume !! Contributor !! Date !! Notes

1An Introduction to the PentateuchArthur Thomas Chapman1911
2GenesisHerbert Edward Ryle1914
3ExodusSamuel Rolles Driver1911
4LeviticusArthur Thomas Chapman and Annesley William Streane1914
5NumbersAlan Hugh McNeile1911
6DeuteronomyGeorge Adam Smith1918
7JoshuaGeorge Frederick Maclear1878
8JoshuaGeorge Albert Cooke1918Revised edition
9JudgesJohn James Lias1882
10Judges & RuthGeorge Albert Cooke1913Revised edition
111 SamuelAlexander Francis Kirkpatrick1880
122 SamuelAlexander Francis Kirkpatrick1881
131 KingsJoseph Rawson Lumby1886
141 KingsWilliam Emery Barnes1908Revised edition
152 KingsJoseph Rawson Lumby1887
162 KingsWilliam Emery Barnes1908Revised edition
171 & 2 ChroniclesWilliam Emery Barnes1899
18Ezra & NehemiahHerbert Edward Ryle1893
19EstherAnnesley William Streane1907
20JobAndrew Bruce Davidson1884
21Psalms 1-41 (Book I)Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick1891
22Psalms 42-89 (Books II & III)Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick1895
23Psalms 90-150 (Books IV & V)Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick1901A combined edition of the three individual volumes on the Psalms was issued in 1902
24ProverbsThomas Thomason Perowne1899
25Ecclesiastes; or, the PreacherEdward Hayes Plumptre1881
26Song of SolomonAndrew Harper1902
27Isaiah 1-39John Skinner1896
28Isaiah 1-39John Skinner1915Revised edition
29Isaiah 40-66John Skinner1898
30Jeremiah & LamentationsAnnesley William Streane1881
31Jeremiah & LamentationsAnnesley William Streane1913Updated edition, using Revised Version
32EzekielAndrew Bruce Davidson1892
33DanielSamuel Rolles Driver1900
34HoseaThomas Kelly Cheyne1884
35Joel & AmosSamuel Rolles Driver1897
36Joel & AmosSamuel Rolles Driver1915Adapted to the Revised Version by Henry Craven Ord Lanchester
37Obadiah & JonahThomas Thomason Perowne1883
38MicahThomas Kelly Cheyne1891
39Nahum, Habakkuk & ZephaniahAndrew Bruce Davidson1896
40Haggai, Zechariah & MalachiThomas Thomason Perowne1890
41Haggai, Zechariah & MalachiWilliam Emery Barnes1917Revised edition
42Wisdom of SolomonJohn Allen Fitzgerald Gregg1909
431 MaccabeesWilliam Fairweather and John Sutherland Black1897
44Wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirach; or, EcclesiasticusWilliam Oscar Emil Oesterley1912
45MatthewArthur Carr{{efn|Carr was a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and Assistant Master at Wellington College.Logos.com, [https://www.logos.com/product/16765/the-cambridge-bible-for-schools-and-colleges-matthew Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Matthew], accessed 30 August 2024}}1881
46MarkGeorge Frederick Maclear1892
47MarkAlfred Plummer1915Revised edition
48LukeFrederic William Farrar1888
49JohnAlfred Plummer1880
50Acts 1-14Joseph Rawson Lumby1881
51Acts 15-28Joseph Rawson Lumby1884
52RomansHandley Carr Glyn Moule1879
531 CorinthiansJohn James Lias1881
542 CorinthiansJohn James Lias1879
55GalatiansEdward Henry Perowne1890
56EphesiansHandley Carr Glyn Moule1886
57PhilippiansHandley Carr Glyn Moule1889
58Colossians & PhilemonHandley Carr Glyn Moule1893
591 Thessalonians & 2 ThessaloniansGeorge Gillanders Findlay1891
601 & 2 Timothy, & TitusAlfred Edward Humphreys1895
61HebrewsFrederic William Farrar1883
62JamesEdward Hayes Plumptre1878
631 Peter, 2 Peter & JudeEdward Hayes Plumptre1893
641, 2 and 3 JohnAlfred Plummer{{efn|Alfred Plummer (1841–1926) was master of University College Durham.Plummer A. (1892), [https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/e-books/plummer/epistles-of-john_plummer.pdf Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: The Epistles of S. John], accessed 16 May 2020}}1892
65RevelationWilliam Henry Simcox1890

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