of Christ must attach primary importance to the position, the action, the sufferings and the very words of his Lord and Master. The teachings of Jesus form the most valuable part of every book that deals at all adequately with New Testament Theology as a whole;67 but they are also discussed in works wholly devoted to this great subject.68 One interesting report which has been brought out with peculiar force both by Beyschlag and by Wendt is the essential harmony between our Lord's teaching in the synoptic gospels and that in John. Special attention has lately been given the teaching of Christ about Himself, and in particular to the meaning of the title, "the Son of Man."69 There has also been much discussion about the teaching of Jesus in the gospels concerning the last things, and Dr. Charles, the greatest authority on this subject, has set forth the view that Jewish eschatological notions are here blended with the original teachings of Jesus, while others think that our Lord's teachings about the Destruction of Jerusalem have been confused with His teachings about the end of the world and the final judgment.70
The teachings of St. Paul, the greatest theologian of the primitive church, and indeed of all ages, have received searching investigation during recent years. They are discussed with much fullness in the books on New Testament Theology as a whole that have been already referred to; and valuable works have been devoted to the exclusive study of them. The prejudiced views of Baur having been to a great extent demolished, Pfleiderer, also of "the left wing" of criticism, produced a powerful work,71 in which the ideas of the Apostle were subjected to a keen but not very sympathetic analysis. August Sabatier72 contributed a brilliant study to the development of the ideas of the Apostle in the course of his writings which were taken in historical order; and he was followed by the more cautious exposition of Prof. Stevens. Other extremely useful writings on this most fruitful theme have appeared from time to time, as well as special monographs of Johannine Theology.73
The result of all these studies is that we have now a storehouse of collected information concerning the specific teachings of the several parts of the New Testament, such as no scholarship of previous ages had attempted, because the historical method on which it is all based was not practised until recently. Much of this storehouse was at the disposal of the writers of the Expositor's Bible, and many of its treasures will be found in their volumes, while perhaps it is not too much to hope that these volumes themselves will be welcomed as valuable original contributions to the same supremely important study – the study of the mind of Christ and the thought of His Apostles.
COMPLETE INDEX TO THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE
The value of work like that which follows requires no argument to prove its worth. An unindexed book is like an unexplored continent. It may contain streams of thought which might be sources of power if known. Diamonds and gold may there be hidden away. The index is the explorer's chart to the undiscovered country. The great stores of a work like The Expositor's Bible are not realized until they are tabulated in an index. The chemistry of thought has produced many a gem for this great work. This index will show where they are. The compiler has endeavored to make a complete, comprehensive, and practical index to this series. The index is by subjects, texts, and authors quoted.
It has given me great pleasure to know in this intimate way what The Expositor's Bible contains. If this work shall help others to the same knowledge, the labor involved is worth while.
HOW TO USE THE INDEX
As an illustration of the method by which to use the subject index, take the first topic, Aaron. The reference to Aaron and his sons will be found in the volume "Numbers" of The Expositor's Bible, page 32.
A good illustration of the way to use the textual part of the index is found in John XVII, 19. Of course the main treatment will be found in its proper place in Vol. II of the Gospel of John by Dr. Dods; but we find a reference in the volume on Leviticus, page 57; in that containing Ephesians, page 369; in that on the Epistles of Peter, page 151. The reader will find that these will aid in acquiring a more complete understanding of the text studied. The inter-relation of the Old and New Testaments will be the better noted. It has been thought that less trouble will be caused the reader by having the texts included with the subjects under one index.
Where a book of the Bible is contained in more than one volume, although possibly bound, the two volumes in one, the reference, for example, under Acts VII, verse 49, to Isaiah II, 287, would be found on page 287 of the second volume of Isaiah.
INDEX TO THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE
A
AARON and his sons, Numbers, 32.
– and Moses meet, Exodus, 87.
– begins the Tabernacle service, Leviticus, 219.
– Character of, Numbers, 29.
– Close of his life, Numbers, 235.
– complains of the marriage of Moses, Numbers, 137.
– Consecration of, Leviticus, 181.
– Consecration of, Hebrews, 185.
– Intercession of, Numbers, 207.
– Priesthood of, Hebrews, 79, 128.
– Rod of, Numbers, 198, 207.
– suggested as Moses' Helper, Exodus, 74.
AARONITES, Support of the, Numbers, 25.
ABBA, Genesis, 165; Galatians, 254.
ABBOTT, Dr. Ezra, Biblical Essays, Acts II., 12, 43.
ABECEDARIANS, Pastoral Epistles, 70.
ABEL, Genesis, 28-41.
– compared with Christ, Genesis, 40, 41.
– Faith of, Genesis, 35, 36; Hebrews, 223-225.
ABERCIUS, St., Acts I., VI.
ABGAR, King, Acts II., 53.
ABIATHAR deposed, Kings, 110, 111.
ABIEZER, Conversion of, Judges 159.
ABIGAIL, wife of Nabal, I. Samuel, 384; II. Samuel, 39.
– marries David, I. Samuel, 388.
ABIHU, Strange fire of Nadaband, Leviticus, 237-255; Numbers, 29.
ABIJAH, son of Jeroboam.
– Sickness and death of, I. Kings, 302-308.
ABIJAH, king of Judah, I. Kings, 318-321; Chronicles, 325-337.
ABIMELECH, Judges, 210-223.
ABIRAM, Dathan and, Numbers, 195, 205.
ABISHAG, the Shunemite, I. Kings, 62, 106; Songs of Solomon, 4.
ABISHAI, II. Samuel, 245, 345.
ABOMINABLE, Altogether become, Peter, 313-324.
ABNER
See especially works on this subject by Weiss, Stevens, Beyschlag, Bovon (French), Holtzmann (German); Wernle,
See Wendt, Horton, on
See Driver, Hastings'
See Charles,
See Stevens on this subject, and the teachings of St. James.
