II CORINTHIANS
TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND COMMENTARY
BY
VICTOR PAUL FURNISH
VOLUME 32A
THE ANCHOR YALE BIBLE
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II Corinthians
ISBN 0-385-11199-1 (The Anchor Bible: v. 32A)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Bible. N.T. Corinthians, 2nd—Commentaries.
I. Furnish, Victor Paul. II. Title.
III. Series: Bible. English. Anchor Bible. 1964; v. 32A.
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PAUL SCHUBERT (1900–69)
ERICH DINKLER (1909–81)
My objective in this commentary has been to identify and discuss the major points and issues with which any serious reader of 2 Corinthians needs to be acquainted. The Notes seek to clarify and explain the Translation by providing textual, lexical, and grammatical information. In addition, important parallels are cited and various geographical and historical data are presented. Many readers, however, will wish to turn first to the Comment, which is usually divided into two sections. In the first (Comment: General) the structure and theme(s) of the passage are identified, and in the second (Comment: Detailed) they are analyzed and explicated.
The lengthy Select Bibliography and the numerous references throughout to the work of other scholars will show how much I am indebted to those who have engaged themselves ...
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About II Corinthians: Translated with Introduction, Notes and CommentaryNothing speaks more highly for a commentary than how valuable it is to pastors and scholars, students, and interested readers. By all accounts, Victor Paul Furnish’s commentary on II Corinthians has become the standard by which others are judged. It is praised as “a quite superb commentary … everything that a good commentary should be” (Expository Times), “by any standard … an excellent volume” (Interpretation), and “perhaps the definitive commentary on the letter in English” (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society). In addition, Furnish has “accomplished a difficult task with remarkable skill and apparent ease” (Biblical Theology Bulletin), and has given us “one of [the Anchor Yale Bible’s] finest studies” (Catholic Biblical Quarterly). In the internationally renowned tradition of the Anchor Yale Bible series, this commentary is an excellent and indispensable tool for biblical study. Scholars rarely posses both the gift of academic excellence and the ability to communicate their expertise in an extremely readable fashion; but Furnish succeeds admirably with the right balance of scholarship and practical application, offered in the most accessible prose. With a mastery of primary languages and sources, and a lucid discussion of the first-century context of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, the reader enters the worldview of the original recipients of this hard-hitting letter. In the end, Furnish successfully navigates the maze of difficulties faced by the commentator and, thankfully, helps the general audience understand what II Corinthians says and means. |
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