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A COMMENTARY AND CRITICAL NOTES

ON THE

HOLY BIBLE

OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

DESIGNED AS A HELP TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING

OF THE SACRED WRITINGS

BY ADAM CLARKE, LL.D., F.S.A., &c.

A NEW EDITION, WITH THE

AUTHOR’S FINAL CORRECTIONS

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our

learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures

might have hope.—Rom. 15:4.

Adam Clarke’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A derivative of Adam Clarke’s Commentary for the Online Bible

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CONTENTS

Ancillary Items from Adam Clarke’s Commentary

General Preface

New Testament Index

Old Testament Index

Observations… on Baptism

Observations… on Blood

Dissertation on… Parabolic Writing

Observations on the Being of a God.

A short account of the Bastinado, supposed to be referred to in

Hebrews 11:35.

Lowman’s Scheme - Order - Prophecies - Apocalypse

Principles - Revealed in the Sacred Writings

H.S. Boyd’s “An Essay on the Greek Article.”

Postscript to the Essay on the Greek Article

Supplement to the Postscript

Observations on the… genealogy of our Lord

Observations on the Jewish manner of DIVIDING and READING the Law

and the Prophets.

General Observations on the five books of Moses

A Sketch of the History and Character of Moses

Psalms 151

Sketch of the Life and Character of David

Asiatic Proverbs

Fourteenth Century Manuscript of Canticles

The Gitagovinda, or the Songs of Jayedeva

The Targum or Chaldee Paraphrase on the Song of Songs