The plain man looks at the Lord's prayer

by William Barclay

good/v.good clean copy. ex community library with letter ref. on spine, previous owners name on Introductory page, otherwise no stamps or markings. tanned fore edge.

128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

WIlliam Barclay was a Scottish author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister, and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. He wrote a popular set of Bible commentaries on the New Testament that sold 1.5 million copies.

Reviews

[David Campton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like his other "Plain man" books he doesn't fully live up to the title in that he was not a particularly "Plain Man" himself (despite his self-description in his memoir as having a "second-class mind") nor, despite being a first class communicator, does he fully speak into the world of the "Plain Man" with his citations of Voltaire, obscure Jewish Rabbis and miscellaneous classical philosophers and poets. But it may be dated and idiosyncratic in style, but like the prayer on which it comments, William Barclay's slim volume packs a lot into a relatively few words.

[Matt]

Best book I've read on the Lord's Prayer (although I've not ready many). Barclay at his best.