This book constitutes an examination of key sobriquets found among the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls. Its primary focus is literary rather than historical and concentrates on the function of the sobriquets as labels utilised positively or negatively within the sectarian compositions. Noting the presence of 'standard' and 'variant' forms of these designations, this study examines the differing form and function of the sobriquets across the range of texts in which they appear. More specifically, it attempts to demonstrate that over time they underwent a developmental process, changing in form and...

Matthew Henry (1662-1714) is arguably the best known English expositor of the Bible mainly due to his massive 6-volume Exposition of the Old and New Testaments. This monumental work had already been published in 25 different editions by 1855, and is used widely even today in print and online versions. Yet Henry's famous commentary is by no means the only expression of his engagement with the Scriptures. Amongst his 30 further publications, his many sermons and works on Christian Piety-including the still popular Method for Prayer (1710)-are saturated with Henry's peculiarly...