Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah

Expositions of Holy Scripture

by Alexander MacLaren

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Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

576 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2005

About the author

Maclaren was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of David Maclaren, a merchant and Baptist lay preacher. In 1836, his father went to Australia where from 1837 to 1841 he served as Resident Manager of the South Australian Company, leaving his family in Edinburgh. During his father's absence, Maclaren was converted and publicly baptized into the fellowship of the Hope St. Baptist Church, Glasgow, sometime between the ages of eleven and thirteen. He was educated at the Glasgow High School, and Glasgow University, and on the return of David Maclaren from Australia, the family moved to London. In 1842, at the age of sixteen, Maclaren entered Stepney College, a Baptist institution in London.

Reviews

[Philip S. Redmon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very long, but informative. Kind of hard to follow until you realize that it is a series of sermons.

[Debra Brunk · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a tough book to get through, both because of the layout and the old language. I ended up reading one chapter at a time as part of my morning devotion - which is probably the only way you can really read this book. I appreciated McLaren's arguments and it was interesting to see how his times paralleled much of what we are seeing today.

I think he does a decent job explaining Isaiah and Jeremiah from a Christian perspective - not from an Old Testament perspective. If you are looking to better understand the book of Isaiah (as I was), this is probably not the right book. However, if you're interested in Isaiah as it relates to the New Testament, this book may work for you.

My biggest complaint with the book is that it's poorly organized. The book seems to skip around, so you're not reading Isaiah chronologically by verse. I found this a little confusing. Not sure if this was how McLaren reached, or in how it was put together later.