Peake's Commentary on the Bible is a one-volume commentary on the Bible

Bible

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 that gives special attention to Biblical archaeology

Biblical archaeology

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 and the then-recent discoveries of biblical manuscripts.

First edition

Peake's commentary was first published in 1919 as A Commentary on the Bible, edited by Arthur Samuel Peake (1865–1929) with the assistance of A. J. Grieve for the New Testament. There were 61 contributors, writing 96 articles. Its length was 1014 pages + 8 maps. Biblical quotation in this edition was from the Revised Version

Revised Version

The Revised Version of the Bible is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of 1611. It was the first and remains the only officially authorized and recognized revision of the King James Bible. The work was entrusted to over 50 scholars from various denominations in Britain...

 of the Bible.

• first edition: T.C. and E.C.Jack, London, 1919
  • Publication passed to Nelson by 1920
• reprinted with a 40-page supplement edited by A. J. Grieve (after Peake's death) in 1937

Revised edition

The revised 1962 edition was edited by Matthew Black

Matthew Black

Matthew Black Matthew Black Matthew Black (Kilmarnock (3 September 1908 - 2 October 1994) was a Scottish biblical scholar. He was the first editor of New Testament Studies. Black joined the team of Kurt Aland, Bruce Metzger, and Allen Wikgren to work on the UBS Greek New Testament....

 (1908–1994), the General and New Testament Editor and Harold Henry Rowley (1890–1969), the Old Testament editor. This edition was completely rewritten but on the same plan as its predecessor, including 103 articles. Black's Preface pays tribute to the original; "About one thing there was no question: there could be no departure from the Peake tradition of accurate and reliable popular scholarship." Its length was 1126 pages + 16 maps. The new edition is based on the Revised Standard Version

Revised Standard Version

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. The 62 contributors are from all branches of Protestantism

Protestantism

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in Europe and America. Its aim is to present to the layperson the "generally accepted results of Biblical Criticism, Interpretation, History and Theology".

• completely revised edition, ed. M. Black, H. H. Rowley, Nelson (1962),
  • Republished by Routledge, ISBN 0415051479
• paperback edition (2001), Routledge, ISBN 0415263557