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study them, and also to look
around for (and secure) other
english versions. The result
of 35 years of enthusiastic study
in the production of this book.
In parallel columns, 4 for the
O. T. and 6 for the N. T. he gives
the main and characteristic
variations of early english translations, not for the whole
bible, but for selected verses under
each chapter. Has might be reasonably
expected from so long and loving an
apprentiship, he has put his heart into
his work, and the Introduction
giving a bibliography of versions,
translations and editions, with
brief memoirs of the translators,
is a mine of biblical literary
lore, quite free from the price of bookmakers
padding.

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