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It is hoped that this edition of the Holy Bible will be found to contain
the essence of Biblical research and criticism, that lies dispersed through
an immense number of volumes.

Such is the nature and design of this edition of the Sacred Volume, which,
from the various objects it embraces, the freedom of its pages from all
sectarian peculiarities, and the beauty, plainness, and correctness of the
typography, that it cannot fail of proving acceptable and useful to
Christians of every denomination.

In addition to the usual references to parallel passages, which are quite
full and numerous, the student has all the marginal readings, together with
a rich selection of _Philological, Critical, Historical, Geographical_, and
other valuable notes and remarks, which explain and illustrate the sacred
text. Besides the general introduction, containing valuable essays on the
genuineness, authenticity, and inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, and
other topics of interest, there are introductory and concluding remarks to
each book--a table of the contents of the Bible, by which the different
portions are so arranged as to read in an historical order.

Arranged at the top of each page is the period in which the prominent
events of sacred history took place. The calculations are made for the year
of the world before and after Christ, Julian Period, the year of the
Olympiad, the year of the building of Rome, and other notations of time. At
the close is inserted a Chronological Index of the Bible, according to the
computation of Archbishop Ussher. Also, a full and valuable index of the
_subjects_ contained in the Old and New Testaments, with a careful analysis
and arrangement of texts under their appropriate subjects.

Mr. Greenfield, the editor of this work, and for some time previous to his
death the superintendent of the editorial department of the British and
Foreign Bible Society, was a most extraordinary man. In editing the
Comprehensive Bible, his varied and extensive learning was called into
successful exercise, and appears in happy combination with sincere piety
and a sound judgment. The Editor of the Christian Observer, alluding to
this work, in an obituary notice of its author, speaks of it as a work of
"prodigious labour and research, at once exhibiting his varied talents and
profound erudition."

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LIPPINCOTT'S EDITION OF

THE OXFORD QUARTO BIBLE.

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