Matthew Henry: The Bible, Prayer, and Piety : A Tercentenary Celebration

Middleton, Paul (EDT)/ Collins, Matthew A. (EDT)

T.& T.Clark Ltd（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 304 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780567670212
• DDC分類 230.092

Full Description

Three hundred years after his death, Matthew Henry (1662-1714) remains arguably the best known expositor of the Bible in English, due largely to his massive six-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments. However, Henry's famous commentary is by no means the only expression of his engagement with the Scriptures. His many sermons and works on Christian piety — including the still popular Method for Prayer — are saturated with his peculiarly practical approach to the Bible.

To mark the tercentenary of Henry's death, Matthew A. Collins and Paul Middleton have brought together notable historians, theologians, and biblical scholars to celebrate his life and legacy. Representing the first serious examination of Henry's body of work and approach to the Bible, Matthew Henry: The Bible, Prayer, and Piety opens a scholarly conversation about the place of Matthew Henry in the eighteenth-century nonconformist movement, his contribution to the interpretation of the Bible, and his continued legacy in evangelical piety.

Contents

List of Figures
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction - Matthew A. Collins and Paul Middleton, University of Chester, United Kingdom
PART I. CONTEXT AND BIOGRAPHY
2. The Church and Nonconformity in Later Stuart England: The Wider World of Matthew Henry - Jeremy Gregory, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
3. Matthew Henry: Minister and Preacher - David L. Wykes, Dr Williams's Library, United Kingdom
4. From Educated Underworld to the Queen's First Knight: The Henrys in Context - Clyde Binfield, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
5. 'For the Church or the Stable': A Chester Consistory Court Case of 1693-94 - Peter Bamford, Chester Cathedral Library, United Kingdom
PART II. THE BIBLE
6. Matthew Henry's Commentary in Context: Reading Ecclesiastes - Stuart Weeks, Durham University, United Kingdom
7. Professors of Religion and their Strange Wives: Diluvian Discord in the Eyes of Matthew Henry - Matthew A. Collins, University of Chester, United Kingdom
8. 'Filling up the Full Measure of their Sins': Matthew Henry on the Destruction of the Jerusalem Temple - Paul Middleton, University of Chester, United Kingdom
9. Matthew Henry's Exposition of Joshua 7 in Socio-Legal and Sociological Perspective - David J. Chalcraft, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
10. Soul Prosperity: Reading Psalm 1 with Matthew Henry - George J. Brooke, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
11. The Making of Ministry: Matthew Henry on the Parable of the Faithful Steward (Matt 24:45-51) - Loveday Alexander, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
PART III. PRAYER AND PIETY
12. Prayer and Providence: Matthew Henry and the Theology of the Everyday - Christine Helmer, Northwestern University, United States
13. 'The Expressing of Devout Affections of the Heart': Piety and the Affections in the Works of Matthew Henry - Michael A.L. Smith, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
14. Matthew Henry's Legacy in Prayer and Piety - Ligon Duncan, Reformed Theological Seminary, United States
PART IV. CATALOGUING THE WORKS OF MATTHEW HENRY
15. Matthew Henry: An Annotated Bibliography - Philip Alexander, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Index of References
Index of Names