TheCambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges is abiblical commentary set published in 56 volumes byCambridge University Press between 1878 and 1918. Many volumes went through multiple reprintings, while some volumes were also revised, usually by another author, from 1908 to 1918. Early volumes used theAuthorised Version as the base text. Later volumes, and several of the revised editions, instead used theRevised Version, which had appeared in three stages 1881-1894.
Anglican bishopJohn Perowne was the general editor, withA. F. Kirkpatrick the editor for theOld Testament andApocrypha, andReginald St John Parry for theNew Testament. The first section published was written by theologianEdward Hayes Plumptre in 1878 and covered theEpistle of St. James; the last volumes to appear, in 1918, wereDeuteronomy bySir George Adam Smith, and the revised edition ofJoshua byGeorge Albert Cooke.
The editors exercised limited editorial control over the writers of individual commentaries. Perowne stated that his aim was "to leave each contributor to the unfettered exercise of his own judgment".[1]
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Facsimiles of the individual printed volumes are available on various websites:Introduction to the Pentateuch,Genesis (US access only),Exodus,Leviticus,Numbers,Deuteronomy,Joshua,Judges and Ruth,1 Samuel,2 Samuel,1 Kings,2 Kings,Chronicles,Ezra and Nehemiah,Esther,1 Maccabees,Job,Psalms 1-41,Psalms 90-150,Ecclesiastes,Solomon,Isaiah 1-39,Jeremiah and Lamentations,Ezekiel,Daniel,Hosea,Joel and Amos,Obadiah and Jonah,Micah,Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah,Haggai and Zechariah.Mark,Luke,John,Acts,Romans,Ephesians,Philippians,Colossians and Philemon,1 & 2 Thessalonians,Timothy and Titus,Hebrews,James,1 & 2 Peter and Jude,1-3 John (US access only),Revelation.