Philip Hughes on Hebrews

[matthew11v25]

Is he good? Hear is a review I read....

"Philip Hughes, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (Eerdmans). In my opinion, this is the best English Bible commentary on this difficult epistle. Unfortunately it is out of print. Hughes was an Anglican and a good Calvinist and a top rate expositor."

Is it worth $40?

 

[fredtgreco]

Derek Thomas recommends it, along with Owen and John Brown. Good company.

 

[matthew11v25]

thanks Fred!

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Fred, Do you have an opinion on William Gouge's commentary on Hebrews?

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature identifies commentaries by Gouge and Owen as "amongst the most elaborate and best known" on Hebrews.

 

[doulosChristou]

Originally posted by matthew11v25
Is he good? ... Is it worth $40?

It's worth its weight in gold.

 

[Swampguy]

What about William Lane's?

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Edit: William Gouge's commentary on Hebrews is available for $52.50 at Reformation Heritage Books and Solid Ground Christian Books.

[Edited on 7-25-2006 by VirginiaHuguenot]

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Edited previous post to reflect current prices and sources for William Gouge's commentary on Hebrews. Other prices and sources from Bookfinder.com available here.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Peter Masters says:

It is small wonder that such Christian giants as John Owen found material enough to fill volumes with solid exposition. But there can be no doubt whatsoever that the crowning commentary on this Epistle, as far as preachers are concerned, is the great classic, Gouge on the Epistle to the Hebrews, from the pen of Dr. William Gouge, here re-issued and entitled Commentary on the Hebrews.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

Note concerning William Gouge's commentary on Hebrews:

This massive book, originally published in three volumes, contains the notes of more than a thousand sermons given over a thirty year period at Blackfriars. The first volume was published in 1655; Gouge was still working on the last half of the last chapter of Hebrews when he died. His son, Thomas, completed it, using his father's notes. It is a golden exposition of the fullness of Christ, second only to Owen on Hebrews.

 

[VirginiaHuguenot]

John W. Tweeddale's Introduction to John Owen's Exposition of Hebrews