Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG & Co. In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington TROW'S PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING CO., NEW YORK. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CRITICAL, DOCTRINAL, AND HOMILETICAL COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE. GENERAL EDITORS: Rev. JOHANN PETER LANGE, D.D., Consistorial Counselor and Professor of Theology in the University of Bonn. Rev. PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Sacred Literature in the Union Theological Seminary, New York. 1. CONTRIBUTORS TO THE GERMAN EDITION. Rev. C. A. AUBERLEN, Ph.D., D.D., Rev. KARL CHR. W. F. BÄHR, D.D., Rev. KARL BRAUNE, D.D., General Superintendent at Altenburg, Saxony. Rev. PAULUS CASSEL, Ph.D., Rev. CHR. FR. DAVID ERDMANN, D.D., Rev. F. R. FAY, Pastor in Crefeld, Prussia. Rev. G. F. C. FRONMÜLLER, Ph.D., Rev. KARL GEROK, D.D., Prelate and Chief Chaplain of the Court, Stuttgart. Rev. PAUL KLEINERT, Ph.D., B.D., Professor of Old Testament Exegesis in the University of Berlin. Rev. CHRIST. FR. KLING, D.D., Rev. GOTTHARD VICTOR LECHLER, D.D., Rev. J. J. VAN OOSTERZEE, D.D., Rev. C. J. RIGGENBACH, D.D., Professor of Theology in the University of Basle. Rev. OTTO SCHMOLLER, Ph.D., B.D., Rev. FR. JULIUS SCHROEDER, D.D., Rev. FR. W. SCHULTZ, D.D., Rev. OTTO ZOECKLER, D.D., Professor of Theology in the University at Greifswald Rev. GEO. E. DAY, D.D., Professor in Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. Rev. CHAS. ELLIOTT, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Chicago, Ill. Rev. L. J. EVANS, D.D., Professor of New Test. Exegesis in Lane Theol. Seminary, Cincinnati. Rev. PATRICK FAIRBAIRN, D.D., Principal and Professor of Divinity in the Free Church Rev. WILLIAM FINDLAY, M.A., Rev. JOHN FORSYTH, D.D., LL.D., Rev. FREDERIC GARDINER, D.D., Rev. ABRAHAM GOSMAN, D.D., Rev. W. HENRY GREEN, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Oriental Literature in the Theol. Seminary at Princeton, N. J. Rev. J. ISADOR MOMBERT, D D., Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. DUNLOP MOORE, D.D., New Brighton, Pa. Miss EVELINA MOORE, Newark, N. J. JAMES G. MURPHY, LL.D., Professor in the General Assembly's and the Queen's College at Belfast. Rev. HOWARD OSGOOD, D.D., Professor of the Interpretation of the Old Test. in the Theol. Sem., Rochester, N. Y. Rev. JOSEPH PACKARD, D.D. Professor of Biblical Literature in the Theological Seminary at Alexandria, Va. Rev. DANIEL W. POOR, D.D., Professor of Church History in the Theological Seminary at San Francisco, Cal. Rev. MATTHEW B. RIDDLE, D.D., Professor of New Testament Exegesis in the Theol. Seminary at Hartford, Conn. Rev. CHAS. F. SCHAEFFER, D.D., Professor of Theology in the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia. Rev. WILLIAM G. T. SHEDD, D.D., LL.D., Professor of Systematic Theology in the Union Theological Seminary, New York. Rev. CHAS. C. STARBUCK, M.A., Formerly Tutor in the Theological Seminary at Andover, Mass. Rev. P. H. STEENSTRA. Professor of Biblical Literature at Cambridge, Mass. Rev. JAMES STRONG, D.D., Professor of Exegetical Theology in the Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N. J. Rev. W. G. SUMNER, M.A., Professor in Yale College, New Haven, Conn. Rev. C. H. TOY, D.D., Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis, Rev. E. A. WASHBURN, D.D., LL.D., WILLIAM WELLS, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Modern Languages in Union College, New York. Rev. C. P. WING, D.D., Rev. E. D. YEOMANS, D.D., Orange, N. J. PREFACE. THE thirteenth volume of this work embraces the Commentaries on the Prophetical Books of Ezekiel and Daniel. I. The Commentary on EZEKIEL was prepared (1873) by my friend, the Rev. F. W. J. SCHRÖDER, Pastor of the First Reformed Church at Elberfeld, a gentleman of thorough theological education, sound views, and great pulpit abilities. He intended to devote himself to an academic carcer, took the degree of B.D. (Lic. Theol.), in the University of Berlin, and began a Commentary on the Old Testament somewhat similar to that of LANGE, issuing a volume on Genesis, which was well received. But when the celebrated Dr. F. W. KRUMMACHER removed from Elberfeld to Berlin (in 1847), Mr. SCHRÖDER, on his recommendation, was selected his successor, and continued in this pastoral charge till his death, in February, 1876. He looked forward with great interest to the appearance of the English translation of his work, on which he spent much labor and care. 1 The English edition was intrusted to the Rev. Dr. FAIRBAIRN, of Glasgow, one of the fathers and founders of the Free Church of Scotland, and himself the author of a valuable Commentary on Ezekiel, as well as other well known theological works. His lamented death delayed the work. But he had associated with him his pupil and friend, the Rev. WM. FINDLAY, M. A., of Larkhall Scotland, who, in connection with two other Scotch ministers, the Rev. THOMAS CRERAR, M. A. of Cardross, and the Rev. SINCLAIR MANSON, M. A., Free Church College, Glasgow, completed the task. The translation has been executed as follows: 1 Dr. PATRICK FAIRBAIRN was born in January, 1805, and died August 6, 1874. See the Biographical Sketch by Prof. DOUGLAS, D.D. (his successor), in the "Monthly Record" of the Free Church of Scotland, for Oct. 1, 1874, pp. 217-218, and the Memoir prefixed to FAIRBAIRN'S "Pastoral Epistles," Edinburgh, 1875. X3468 Many of the additions, which are numerous, have been extracted from Dr. FAIRBAIRN's Commentary and from his manuscript notes. His forte lay in the development of principles and comprehensive views rather than in critical notes and details. The chief additions are on the English literature of Ezekiel (p. 30), the vision of the Cherubim (pp. 52-54), the symbolical actions (pp. 77-78), the 390 days (p. 81), the abominations in the Temple (pp. 104-106), Noah, Daniel and Job (p. 151), the marriage union of Jehovah and Israel (pp. 161-162), the Jewish Sabbath (p. 197), the Prince of Tyre (pp. 262-263), the Assyrian cedar (p. 284), the image of the Shepherd (p. 318), the divine promises in Chaps. XXXIV-XXXVII (pp. 352–353), Gog and Magog (pp. 372–373), and especially on the vision of the Temple (pp. 439-444). II. The Commentary on DANIEL is the work of Prof. ZÖCKLER (1870), whom the readers of LANGE already know as one of the largest and ablest contributors to the Old Testament part of this Commentary. The English edition of DANIEL is the work of the Rev. Dr. STRONG, of Drew Theological Seminary, aided by the Rev. G. MILLER, B. D., of Walpach Centre, N. J., who prepared the first draft of the translation. DR. STRONG has inserted the Biblical Text with its emendations and Critical Notes, and has made all the additions to the Commentary. The most extensive of these are the synoptical view of Daniel's prophecies, in tabular form, given in the Introduction, originally prepared by Dr. STRONG for another work, and the excursus on the Seventy Weeks. Dr. STRONG has everywhere added the interpretations of later or unnoticed Commentaries, especially those of Dr. KEIL and MOSES STUART. He differs from the German author with respect to the genuineness of certain parts of Chap. XI (vers. 5-39), and hopes he has fully vindicated the complete integrity of the text, as well as cleared up those difficulties which the author has confessedly left unsolved. Dr. ZÖCKLER himself admits, in the Preface, that his doubts concerning Chap. XI. are purely subjective, (the supposed analogia visionis prophetica,) and that the external testimonies are all in favor of the integrity of the text. PHILIP SCHAFF. 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