1 Samuel [antikvár]

Preface There is need of a series of bibhcal expositions which are especially appropriate for Enghsh speaking preachers in the Third world. Such expositions need to be laid out in such a way that they will be useful to those who put their material to others in clear points. They need to avoid difficult vocabulary and advanced grammatical structures. They need to avoid European or North American illustrations. Preaching Through the Bible seeks to meet such a need. Although intended for an international audience I have no doubt that their simplicity will be of interest to many first-language speakers of English as well. These expositions will take into account the Hebrew and Greek texts but will also take into account three translations of the Bible, the New King James (or Revised Authorized) Version, the New American Standard Version and the New International Version. The expositions will be comprehensible whichever of these three versions is used, and no doubt with some others as well. At times the expositor will simply translate the Hebrew or Greek himself. It is not our purpose to deal with minute exegetical detail, although the commentator often has to do work of this nature as part of his preliminary preparation. But just as a good housewife likes to serve a good meal rather than display her pots and pans, so the good expositor is concerned with the 'good meal' of Scripture, rather than the 'pots and pans' of