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In this addition to the award-winning Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (BECNT), a respected New Testament scholar offers a substantive evangelical commentary on 2 Corinthians. George Guthrie leads readers through the intricacies of literary structure, word meanings, cultural backdrop, and theological proclamation, offering insights for modern ministry contexts. As with all BECNT...

2 Corinthians. Most consider the letter’s authorship to be undisputed, though debate swirls around virtually every other aspect of this complex book’s background and content. Over the past two millennia the apostle Paul has been called many things by people, “most of them nasty,” according to some (Crossan and Reed 2005: ix). Ernst Renan (1869: 126) famously labeled the apostle an “ugly little Jew.” In contradistinction to Jesus, he often has been portrayed as the true “founder of Christianity as
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