A new examination of a classic Christian text begins with the Greek text of the Corinthians and outlines the most important theological, ethical, and socio-historical issues surrounding this seminal book.
Clement speaks of Christians who surrendered themselves to slavery so that others might be freed with the money which was paid for them (1 Clement 55:2). Did they get the idea from Paul's language here? 138. Homiliae in Epistulam i ad ...
Fee has also eliminated "chapter and verse" language -- totally foreign to Paul's first-century letter -- relegating the necessary numbers for "finding things" to parentheses.
A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians
Clarke, Andrew D. Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth: A SocioHistorical and Exegetical Study of I Corinthians 1–6, AGJU 18 (Tübingen, 1993). ... Hurd,John Coolidge,Jr. The Origin of I Corinthians (London, 1965).
Prepared by some of the world's leading scholars, the series provides an exposition of the New Testament books that is thorough and fully abreast of modern scholarship yet faithful to the Scriptures as the infallible Word of God.
The volume throughout exhibits Grosheide’s fairness to the views of others and his single-mindedness to expound fully the inspired text.
Ralph Martin has pointed out that “what may have seemed to be a very mundane business — the duty of allocating a sum of cash from the weekly budget ... Ralph P. Martin, Worship in the Early Church (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974), 79- 13.
Provides a section-by-section commentary on the New Testament book of First Corinthians, featuring discussion of primary themes, individual verses, and problems of interpretation, and including information on authorship, date, and ...
Each book in the series includes: an insightful introduction to the important historical, literary, and theological issues; key terms and phrases from the translation highlighted in the commentary where they are discussed; explanations of ...
But this work is the first to be translated into English, and a lifetime of New Testament study lies behind it.