The Family Expositor
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The Family Expositor is an 18th-century multi-volume biblical commentary and paraphrase by Philip Doddridge, widely used for family and devotional study.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Family Expositor canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biblical commentary
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biblical paraphrase ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English Dissenters
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Reformed theology ⓘ |
| audience |
Christian families
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lay readers ⓘ ministers ⓘ |
| author | Philip Doddridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
Philip Doddridge was a Nonconformist minister
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Philip Doddridge was an educator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 18th century ⓘ |
| circulation |
read in the American colonies
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widely read in Britain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctrinalEmphasis |
experimental religion
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practical piety ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPeriod |
1730s
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1740s ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian devotional literature
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biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | influential 18th-century English-language commentary ⓘ |
| includes |
explanatory notes
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paraphrase of biblical text ⓘ practical reflections ⓘ |
| influence |
shaped evangelical Bible reading in the 18th century
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used in Nonconformist academies ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
devotional study
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family worship ⓘ lay Bible study ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | octavo volumes ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Philip Doddridge's sermons
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Philip Doddridge's theological lectures ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Protestantism ⓘ |
| scripturalFocus |
New Testament
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selected portions of the Bible ⓘ |
| scripturalMethod |
continuous paraphrase of passages
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verse-by-verse commentary ⓘ |
| structure | multi-volume work ⓘ |
| style |
accessible prose
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practical and devotional ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation |
Evangelical
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Nonconformist ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic religious instruction
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personal devotion ⓘ sermon preparation ⓘ |
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