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You’re St. Melito of Sardis! You have a great love of history and liturgy. You’re attached to the traditions of the ancients, yet you recognize that the old world — great as it was — is passing away. You are loyal to the customs of your family, though you do not hesitate to call family members to account for their sins. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers! |
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You’re St. Justin Martyr! You have a positive and hopeful attitude toward the world. You think that nature, history, and even the pagan philosophers were often guided by God in preparation for the Advent of the Christ. You find “seeds of the Word” in unexpected places. You’re patient and willing to explain the faith to unbelievers. Find out which Church Father you are at The Way of the Fathers! |
3 comments:
What about Ellis for the ICC?
The last part was interesting.
"this is an excellent commentary but in many respects a predictable one. It is accurate, fair, and reflects a wealth of scholarship, but understandably there seems to be
little new that has not been said before.
Is that where we are with every book or just 1 Corinthians?
It seems like there a lot of guys spending a decade on 900 page commentaries. Is there good money in this? I wouldn't think so. Why so many commentary series? Does every series started have to be finished? Can a couple of series be merged and select the best volumes?
Seems like a whole lot of effort not to say anything new.
Hi... if you want to hear something 'new' on 1 Corinthians, you should check out Brian Rosner and Roy Ciampa's upcoming commentary under the PNTC series. Sat in Rosner's NT class last year and found that he offered a fresh take on 1 Corinthians - that in the letter, Paul was writing to the Corinthian Church, which had failed to live up to its true calling as the fulfillment of the eschatological people of God, and that it had mainly compromised in the big areas of sexual immorality and idolatry - two areas which in Jewish thought particularly characterised the Gentiles. In another words, the background of Paul's thinking in 1 Corinthians is more 'Jewish' and OT than what is commonly thought. For a preview of their central thesis, see Roy Ciampa and Brian Rosner, 'The Structure and Argument of 1 Corinthians: A Biblical and Jewish Approach', NTS 52 (2006): 205-218.
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