A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans (ICC)

by Arthur Headlam; William Sanday

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.

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

“is to show that throughout God’s action there is running a ‘purpose according to election.” (Pages 246–247)

“That message, humble as it may seem, casts a new light on the righteousness of God: for it tells how His righteousness flows forth and embraces man, when it is met by Faith, or loyal adhesion to Christ.” (Page 22)

“So the words of St. Paul mean simply this. The people of Israel as a nation, and no longer ἀπὸ μέρους, shall be united with the Christian Church.” (Page 336)

“In the O. T. the conception of the Wrath of God has special reference to the Covenant-relation. It is inflicted either” (Page 41)

“the comprehensive plan or design in accordance with which God directs the destinies of men” (Page 216)

Praise for the Print Edition

We do not hesitate to commend this as the best commentary on Romans yet written in English. It will do much to popularize this admirable and much needed series, by showing that it is possible to be critical and scholarly and at the same time devout and spiritual, and intelligible to plain Bible readers.

—The Church Standard

A commentary with a very distinct character and purpose of its own, which brings to students and ministers an aid which they cannot obtain elsewhere. . . . There is probably no other commentary in which criticism has been employed so successfully and impartially to bring out the author's thought.

—N. Y. Independent

We have nothing but heartiest praise for the weightier matters of the commentary. It is not only critical, but exegetical, expository, doctrinal, practical, and eminently spiritual. The positive conclusions of the books are very numerous and are stoutly, gloriously evangelical. . . . The commentary does not fail to speak with the utmost reverence of the whole word of God.

—The Congregationalist

Product Details

• Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans
• Authors: A. C. Headlam and W. W. Sanday
• Editors at Time of Publication: Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, and Charles Augustus Briggs
• Edition: 5th
• Publisher: T&T Clark International
• Publication Date: 1897
• Pages: 450

About the Authors

A. C. Headlam studied at Winchestor College and New College, Oxford. He served as Principal of King’s College, London from 1903 to 1912.

W. W. Sanday served as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Sanday also served as Chaplain in Ordinary to the King.