Professor William Barclay was an outstanding New Testament scholar, a theologian of international distinction, a revered teacher, and a noted communicator, whether speaking personally or lecturing publicly. In 1972, he gave four television lectures based on his best-selling New Testament Daily Study Bible series for the BBC Scotland. He was also a devoted family man. This collection of his devotional readings, brought together in this format for the first time, bring an unrivalled depth of unassuming scholarship and gentle wisdom within the grasp of the general reader.Praise for Barclay's BBC series:
His personal conviction and command of his subject demands attention and he has a gift of adding layers to textures and colour and feel which takes the contemporary viewer back to biblical times.
Billy Kay, Scottish writer, broadcaster, and BBC producer
William Barclay was an author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow.
While professor, he decided to dedicate his life to "making the best biblical scholarship available to the average reader". The eventual result was the Daily Study Bible, a set of 17 commentaries on the New Testament, published by Saint Andrew Press, the Church of Scotland's publishing house.
The 17 volumes of the set were all best-sellers and continue to be so to this day. Barclay wrote many other popular books, always drawing on scholarship but written in a highly accessible style.
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