The First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians (International Critical Commentary | ICC)

by Alfred A. Plummer; Archibald Thomas Robertson

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 1911

Overview

For over one hundred years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis—linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theological—with a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series.

No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.

The depth of analysis found in the International Critical Commentary (ICC) Series has yet to be surpassed in any commentary collection. One of the best features of this series is the extensive amount of background information given in each volume's introduction, where all of the analysis is provided before the actual commentary begins. Each volume packs more information into the introduction than you will often find in the body of most commentaries! Also consider that with the electronic versions of each volume, you will never need to leaf through the hundreds of pages in each volume searching for the passage you are studying.

Contents

Top Highlights

“When Love has no evidence, it believes the best. When the evidence is adverse, it hopes for the best. And when hopes are repeatedly disappointed, it still courageously waits.” (Page 295)

“He is so full of the thought of the Second Advent, that he represents the perfection as coming to us. ‘When it shall have come’; then, but not till then. The Apostle is saying nothing about the cessation of χαρίσματα in this life: prophesyings and knowledge might always be useful. All that he asserts is, that these things will have no use when completeness is revealed; and therefore they are inferior to Love.” (Page 297)

“The meaning is plain. If a woman thinks lightly of shocking men, she must remember that she will also be shocking the angels, who of course are present at public worship.” (Page 233)

“The point is that St Paul did not invent what he communicated to them; he received just what they received.” (Page 333)

“St Paul now shows that love is superior to all the gifts, because they are for this world only, whereas love is for both time and eternity. ‘This is the crowning glory of love, that it is imperishable’ (Stanley); it abides until and beyond the supreme crisis of the Last Day.” (Pages 295–296)

Product Details

• Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, Second Edition
• Author: Archibal T. Robertson and Alfred A. Plummer
• Editor: Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer and Charles Augustus Briggs
• Publisher: T & T Clark
• Publication Date: 1911
• Pages: 424

About the Authors

Archibald Robertson (1853–1931) was Bishop of Exeter as well as Principal of Kings College, London. He was educated at Bradfield and Trinity College in Oxford, earning his degree in CLassics. He served as Principal of Kings College from 1897 to 1903, and was Bishop of Exeter from 1903 to 1916.

Alfred A. Plummer was Master of University College, Durham, and formerly a Fellow and Senior Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford. He was one of the editors of this ICC series, and wrote the volume on Luke, and co-authored a volume on  1 Corinthians. Plummer was also a contributor to The Expositor's Bible commentary set.