000 - Preface

To MY BROTHER, JOHN EDGAR

’There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, And there is a brother that sticketh closer than a friend.

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PREFACE THE Bruce Lectureship, the object of which is to foster a love of New Testament study, was founded in memory of Professor A. B. Bruce, of the Free Church College, Glasgow, whose exegetical work on the New Testament, especially on the Gospels, has been an inspiration to many, far beyond the bounds of his class-room, of his Church, or of his country. One of the bestknown works of Professor Bruce is ’ The Parabolic Teaching of Christ.” The author chose as the subject of his Bruce Lectures ’ The Teaching Methods of Jesus with Special Reference to the Parable.” The lectures as delivered have now been revised, and enlarged by the addition of an exposition of the individual parables. The author tenders grateful thanks to the editors of The Speaker’s ’Bible for permission to use, in abbreviated form, his contribution on “ The Prodigal Son,” and to the editors of The Expository Times for permission to use, in abbreviated form, his contribution on; The Unjust Steward’ in the number for September, 1926; also to his wife for help in correcting the proofsheets.

J. F. McFADYEN.

Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.