The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude (International Critical Commentary | ICC)

by Charles Bigg

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 1901

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.

Editors at the Time of Publication: Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, Charles Augustus Briggs

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

“‘In which ye exult, though just now for a little while ye were grieved, if need were, by manifold trials.’” (Page 102)

“the New Testament (in John 5:35, ἀγαλλιασθῆναι ἐν τῷ φωτί” (Pages 102–103)

“Cf. Phil. 4:7, where the heart is guarded or garrisoned by ‘the peace of God.’” (Page 101)

“Nor need we force the repeated first person plural of the first chapter to imply that the apostles had laboured personally in these Churches. Nothing more need be meant than that the recipients knew perfectly well what the teaching of the apostles was.” (Pages 288–289)

“the heathen could not be said to glorify God in the Revelation, unless they had already been converted.” (Page 139)

Praise for the Print Edition

His commentary is very satisfactory indeed. His notes are particularly valuable. We know of no work on these Epistles which is so full and satisfactory.

—The Living Church

Canon Bigg's work is preeminently characterized by judicial open- mindedness and sympathetic insight into historical conditions. His realistic interpretation of the relations of the apostles and the circumstances of the early church renders the volume invaluable to students of these themes. The exegetical work in the volume rests on the broad basis of careful linguistic study, acquaintance with apocalyptic literature and the writings of the Fathers, a sane judgment, and good sense.

—American Journal of Theology

Product Details

• Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude
• Author: Charles C. Bigg
• Series: International Critical Commentary (ICC)
• Publisher: T&T Clark International
• Publication Date: 1901
• Pages: 353

About Charles Bigg

Charles C. Bigg (1840–1908): Schoolmaster and ecclesiastical historian.