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larly grateful to (the Cambridge University the text of 1611, revised by a comparison with 



Press) for having produced, with the able as- later issues on principles stated by him in his 



sistance of Dr Scrivener, a complete critical Introduction. Here he enters at length into 



edition of the Authorized Version of the Eng- the history of the chief editions of the version, 



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of the Editor, would have been executed long use of italic type, and the changes of ortho- 



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&quot; No one can say that the Old Testament is point in English exegesis of the Old Testa- 



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mentary. Its wealth of literary and historical is far inferior on this head to Dr Plumptre.&quot; 



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