PUBLICATIONS OF 



THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, &c. 



THE CAMBRIDGE PARAGRAPH BIBLE 



of the Authorized English Version, with the Text Revised by a Colla- 

 tion of its Early and other Principal Editions, the Use of the Italic 

 Type made uniform, the Marginal References remodelled, and a Criti- 

 cal Introduction prefixed, by the Rev. F. H. Scrivener, M.A.,LL.D., 

 Editor of the Greek Testament, Codex Augiensis, &c., and one of 

 the Revisers of the Authorized Version. Crown Quarto, cloth, gilt, 21s. 



From the Times. 



"Students of the Bible should be particu- 

 larly grateful to (the Cambridge University 

 Press) for having produced, with the able as- 

 sistance of Dr Scrivener, a complete critical 

 edition of the Authorized Version of the Eng- 

 lish Bible, an edition such as, to use the words 

 of the Editor, 'would have been executed 

 long ago had this version been nothing more 

 than tlie greatest and best known of English 

 classics.' Falling at a time when the formal 

 revision of this version has been undertaken 

 by a distinguished company of scholars and 

 divines, the publication of this edition must 



be considered most opportune 



For a full account of the method and plan of 

 the volume and of the general results of the 

 investigations connected with it we must refer 

 the reader to the editor's Introduction, which 

 contains a mass of valuable information about 

 the various editions of the Authorized Ver- 

 sion." 



From the Athenceuvi. 



"Apart from its religious importance, the 

 English Bible has the glory, which but few 

 sister versions indeed can claim, of being the 

 chief classic of the language, of having, in 

 conjunction with Shakspeare, and in an im- 

 measurable degree more than he, fi.xed the 

 language beyond any possibility of important 

 change. Thus the recent contributions to the 

 literature of the subject, by such workers as 

 Mr Francis Fry and Canon Westcott, appeal to 

 a wide range of sympathies ; and to these may 

 now be added Dr Scrivener, well known for 

 his labours in the cause of the Greek Testa- 

 ment criticism, who has brought out, for the 

 Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 

 an edition of the English Bible, according to 

 the text of 1611, revised by a comparison with 

 later issues on principles stated by him in his 

 Introduction. Here he enters at length into 

 the history of the chief editions of the version, 

 and of such features as the marginal notes, 

 the useof italic type, and the changes of or- 

 thography, as well as into the most interesting 

 question as to the original texts from which 



our translation is produced 



Dr Scrivener may be congratulated on a 

 work which will mark an important epoch in 

 the history of the English Bible, and which 

 is the result of probably the most searching 

 examination the text has yet received." 



From Notes and Queries. 

 "The Syndics of the University Press 

 deserve great credit for this attempt to supply 

 biblical students and general readers with a 



copy of the Bible, which presents the ar- 

 rangement of an unbroken text in paragraphs 

 accommodated to the sense (the numerals, 

 indicating the chapters and verses, being 

 removed to the margin) ; with the broad dis- 

 tinction between the prose and poetical por- 

 tions of Scripture duly maintained, and with 

 such passages of the Old Testament as are 

 quoted in the New being marked by the use 

 of open type." 



From the Spectator. 

 "Mr. Scrivener has carefully collated the 

 text of our modern Bibles with that of the 

 first edition of 1611, restoring the original 

 reading in most places, and marking every 

 place where an obvious correction has been 

 made ; he has made the spelling as uniform 

 as possible ; revised the punctuation (punc- 

 tuation, as those who cry out for the Bible 

 without note or comment should remember, 

 is a continuous commentary on the text); 

 carried out consistently the plan of marking 

 with italics all words not found in the original, 

 and carefully examined the marginal refer- 

 ences. The name of Mr. Scrivener, the 

 learned editor of the ' Code.x Augiensis,' 

 guarantees the quality of the work." 



From the MctJwdist Recorder. 

 " This noble quarto of over 1300 pages is 

 in every respect worthy of editor and pub- 

 lishers alike. The name of the Cambridge 

 University Press is guarantee enough for its 

 perfection in outward form, the name of the 

 editor is equal guarantee for the worth and 

 accuracy of its contents. Without question, 

 it is the best Paragraph Bible ever published, 

 and its reduced price of a guinea brings it 

 within reach of a large number of students. . 

 But the volume is much more than a Para- 

 graph Bible. It is an attempt, and a success- 

 ful attempt, to give a critical edition of the 

 Authorised English Version, not (let it be 

 marked) a revision, but an exact reproduc- 

 tion of the original Authorised Version, as 

 published in i6ii, minus patent mistakes. 

 This is doubly necessary at a time when the 

 version is about to undergo revision. . . To 

 all who at this season seek a suitable volume 

 for presentation to ministers or teachers we 

 earnestly commend this work." 



From the London Quarterly Review. 



"The work is worthy in every respect of 

 the editor's fame, and of the Cambridge 

 University Press. The noble English Ver- 

 sion, to which our country and religion owe 

 so much, was probably never presented be- 

 fore in so perfect a form." 



London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row. 



