1 & 2 TIMOTHY
By William Barcley
Evangelical Press. 320 pages. £18.95
ISBN 0 85234 588 7
What is a ‘study commentary’? One that provokes further study? One that offers a method of study? One that evidences study on the part of the author? In the present case it is doubtful if the Timothy letters are made interesting enough for the reader to want more, or be clear what to do next.
The method is the ‘start with verse 1 and go on till the end’ with, indeed, little impression of structure or overall movement of thought. Only the last is true — abundantly so — for we are in well-read and very knowledgeable hands. The two letters are divided into sections; each section is handled on a verse by verse, often word by word, basis, and is followed by ‘Application’. This is the least satisfactory part of the commentary.
