2 Corinthians (Understanding the Bible Commentary Series)

M. Scott James

Description

The Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps readers navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These accessible volumes break down the barriers between the ancient and modern worlds so that the power and meaning of the biblical texts become transparent to contemporary readers. The contributors tackle the task of interpretation using the full range of critical methodologies and practices, yet they do so as people of faith who hold the text in the highest regard. Pastors, teachers, and lay people alike will cherish the truth found in this commentary series.

Sujets

• Bible
• Christianity
• New Testament
• Philosophie et théologie
• Bibles

Informations

• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 août 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441236494
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

U NDERSTANDING THE B IBLE C OMMENTARY S ERIES
G ENERAL E DITORS
W. Ward Gasque Robert L. Hubbard Jr. Robert K. Johnston
2 Corinthians
James M. Scott

a division of Baker Publishing Group
Grand Rapids, Michigan
© 1998 by James M. Scott
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Previously published jointly in 1995, in the United States by Hendrickson Publishers, and in the United Kingdom by the Paternoster Press.
Baker Books edition published 2011
Ebook edition created 2011
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ISBN 978-1-4412-3649-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Table of Contents
Foreword
Abbreviations
Introduction
   §1   Opening (2 Cor. 1:1–2)
   §2   Thanksgiving (2 Cor. 1:3–11)
   §3   Accusations (2 Cor. 1:12–2:13)
   §4   Glory (2 Cor. 2:14–4:6)
   §5   Body (2 Cor. 4:7–5:15)
   §6   Ambassador (2 Cor. 5:16–6:2)
   §7   Self-Commendation (2 Cor. 6:3–10)
   §8   Hearts (2 Cor. 6:11–7:4)
   §9   Repentance (2 Cor. 7:5–16)
 §10   Gift (2 Cor. 8:1–9:15)
 §11   Accusations (2 Cor. 10:1–18)
 §12   Boasting (2 Cor. 11:1–12:13)
 §13   Visit (2 Cor. 12:14–13:10)
 §14   Closing (2 Cor. 13:11–14)
For Further Reading
Subject Index
Scripture Index
Foreword
Although it does not appear on the standard best-seller lists, the Bible continues to outsell all other books. And in spite of growing secularism in the West, there are no signs that interest in its message is abating. Quite to the contrary, more and more men and women are turning to its pages for insight and guidance in the midst of the ever-increasing complexity of modern life.
This renewed interest in Scripture is found both outside and inside the church. It is found among people in Asia and Africa as well as in Europe and North America; indeed, as one moves outside of the traditionally Christian countries, interest in the Bible seems to quicken. Believers associated with the traditional Catholic and Protestant churches manifest the same eagerness for the Word that is found in the newer evangelical churches and fellowships.
We wish to encourage and, indeed, strengthen this worldwide movement of lay Bible study by offering this new commentary series. Although we hope that pastors and teachers will find these volumes helpful in both understanding and communicating the Word of God, we do not write primarily for them. Our aim is to provide for the benefit of every Bible reader reliable guides to the books of the Bible—representing the best of contemporary scholarship presented in a form that does not require formal theological education to understand.
The conviction of editor and authors alike is that the Bible belongs to the people and not merely to the academy. The message of the Bible is too important to be locked up in erudite and esoteric essays and monographs written only for the eyes of theological specialists. Although exact scholarship has its place in the service of Christ, those who share in the teaching office of the church have a responsibility to make the results of their research accessible to the Christian community at large. Thus, the Bible scholars who join in the presentation of this series write with these broader concerns in view.
A wide range of modern translations is available to the contemporary Bible student. Most of them are very good and much to be preferred—for understanding, if not always for beauty—to the older King James Version (the so-called Authorized Version of the Bible). The Revised Standard Version has become the standard English translation in many seminaries and colleges and represents the best of modern Protestant scholarship. It is also available in a slightly altered “common Bible” edition with the Catholic imprimatur, and the New Revised Standard Version appeared in 1989. In addition, the New American Bible is a fresh translation that represents the best of post-Vatican II Roman Catholic biblical scholarship and is in a more contemporary idiom than that of the RSV.
The New Jerusalem Bible, based on the work of French Catholic scholars but vividly rendered into English by a team of British translators, is perhaps the most literary of the recent translations, while the New English Bible is a monument to modern British Protestant research. The Good News Bible is probably the most accessible translation for the person who has little exposure to the Christian tradition or who speaks and reads English as a second language. Each of these is, in its own way, excellent and will be consulted with profit by the serious student of Scripture. Perhaps most will wish to have several versions to read, both for variety and for clarity of understanding—though it should be pointed out that no one of them is by any means flawless or to be received as the last word on any given point. Otherwise, there would be no need for a commentary series like this one!
We have chosen to use the New International Version as the basis for this series, not because it is necessarily the best translation available but because it is becoming increasingly used by lay Bible students and pastors. It is the product of an international team of “evangelical” Bible scholars who have sought to translate the Hebrew and Greek documents of the original into “clear and natural English … idiomatic [and] … contemporary but not dated,” suitable for “young and old, highly educated and less well educated, ministers and laymen [ sic ].” As the translators themselves confess in their preface, this version is not perfect. However, it is as good as any of the others mentioned above and more popular than most of them.
Each volume will contain an introductory chapter detailing the background of the book and its author, important themes, and other helpful information. Then, each section of the book will be expounded as a whole, accompanied by a series of notes on items in the text that need further clarification or more detailed explanation. Appended to the end of each volume will be a bibliographical guide for further study.
Our new series is offered with the prayer that it may be an instrument of authentic renewal and advancement in the worldwide Christian community and a means of commending the faith of the people who lived in biblical times and of those who seek to live by the Bible today.
W. W ARD G ASQUE
Abbreviations

Common abbreviations
A.D.
Anno Domini (in the year of our Lord)
B.C.
Before Christ
ch(s).
chapter(s)
lit.
literally
LXX
Septuagint
MT
Masoretic Text
NIV
New International Version
NRSV
New Revised Standard Version
NT
New Testament
OT
Old Testament
p(p).
page(s)
par.
parallel
sc.
namely
trans.
translator
v(v).
verse(s)
vol(s).
volume(s)

Pseudepigrapha
Apoc. Ab.
Apocalypse of Abraham
Apoc. Mos.
Apocalypse of Moses
Apoc. Zeph.
Apocalypse of Zephaniah
Ascen. Isa.
Ascension of Isaiah
2 Bar.
2 Baruch
1 En.
1 Enoch
2 En.
2 Enoch
Gk. Apoc. Ezra
Greek Apocalypse of Ezra
Jos. Asen.
Joseph and Asenath
Jub.
Jubilees
L. A. E.
Life of Adam and Eve
Mart. Isa.
Martyrdom of Isaiah
Ps.-Philo
Pseudo-Philo, Biblical Antiquities
Pss. Sol.
Psalms of Solomon
Sib. Or.
Sibylline Oracles
T. Ben.
Testament of Benjamin
T. Dan
Testament of Dan
T. Gad
Testament of Gad
T. Jud.
Testament of Judah
T. Job
Testament of Job
T. Jos.
Testament of Joseph
T. Levi
Testament of Levi
T. Mos.
Testament of Moses
T. Reu.
Testament of Reuben
T. Zeb.
Testament of Zebulun

Rabbinic literature
b.
Babylonian Talmud
B. Bat.
Baba Bathra
B. Meṣiʿa
Baba Meṣiʿa
Ber.
Berakot
Deut. Rab.
Deuteronomy Rabbah
Eccl. Rab.
Ecclesiastes Rabbah
ʿErub.
ʿErubin
Exod. Rab.
Exodus Rabbah
Gen. Rab.
Genesis Rabbah
Ḥag.
Ḥagigah
Ker.
Kerithot
Lev. Rab.
Leviticus Rabbah
m.
Mishnah
Mak.
Makkot
Meg.
Megillah
Menaḥ.
Menaḥot
Midr. Ps.
Midrash Psalms
Num. Rab.
Numbers Rabbah
Pesiq. Rab.
Pesiqta Rabbati
Pesiq. Rab Kah.
Pesiqta de Rab Kahana
Pirqe R. El.
Pirqe Rabbi Eliezer
Qidd.
Qiddušin
Qoh. Rab.
Qohelet Rabbah
Ruth Rab.
Ruth Rabbah
Sanh.
Sanhedrin
Šabb.
Šabbat
Šebu.
Šebuʿot
Song Rab.
Song Rabbah
Sukka
Sukka
Taʿan.
Taʿanit
Tg. Hos.
Targum Hosea
Tg. Isa.
Targum Isaiah
Tg. Onq.
Targum Onqelos
Tg. Ps.-J.
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan
Yebam.
Yebamot
Zebaḥ.
Zebaḥim

Josephus
Ant.
Antiquities
Life
Life
War
Jewish War
Ag. Ap.
Against Apion

Dead Sea Scrolls
CD
Damascus Document
1QH
Thanksgiving Hymns
1QM
War Scroll

Apostolic fathers
1 Clem.
1 Clement

Journals, series, and reference works
AB
Anchor Bible
ABD
Anchor Bible Dictionary
ABRL
Anchor Bible Reference Library
AGJU
Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums
AnBib
Analecta biblica
ANRW
Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt
BAGD
Bauer, Arndt, Gingrich, and Danker, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature
BETL
Bibliotheca ephermeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BHT
Beiträge zur historischen Theologie
BJS
Brown Judaic Studies
BTB
Biblical Theological Bulletin
CBQ
Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CBQMS
Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series
CRINT
Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum