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Series: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Categories: 1 Corinthians
Tags: TechnicalPastoral
Categories: 1 Corinthians
Tags: TechnicalPastoral
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David Garland's BECNT (2003) is very good. I've looked at it less than I have some of the other volumes here, but it was enough to see that this is now the first place to look for a more readable treatment than Thiselton. Garland is widely respected by scholars across the spectrum. He left a Southern Baptist seminary because of his egalitarian stance, but on most other issues he's fairly conservative. He has ten years of additional scholarship to influence him and to respond to when compared with Fee below. Fee has such a high reputation that it was difficult to put Garland ahead, but I think I'd actually give up Fee if I were forced to choose. Garland's NAC on II Corinthians was very good, and I think this BECNT is even better. He's also done work on Matthew and the NIVAC volumes on Mark and Colossians/Philemon. He's currently contracted to write commentaries on Luke (ZEC) and Thessalonians (NCC). [Full Review]
Garland’s is a strong work and the best fit for my "firsts" list. Thiselton (NIGTC, 2000) and maybe Fee (NICNT, 1987) would be helpful later.
Asbury Theological Seminary Orlando, FL 32765 David Garland s volume on 1 Corinthians is now one of five treatments of a New Testament text in the relatively new Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament (BECNT), a series that seeks to provide, within the framework of informed evangelical thought, commentaries that blend scholarly depth with readability, exegetical detail with sensitivity to the whole, and attention to critical problems with theological awareness (xi). Although the series is expressl y exegetical rather than homiletical per se, the intended readership for the series is pas tors and others involved in the preaching and exposition of the Scriptures (xi). Toward these ends, Garland, Professor of Christian Scriptures at Truett Seminary of Baylor University, has contributed a substantial piece of work worthy of serious engagement not only by those tasked with preaching but by all students of this challenging letter. [Full Review]
