Ephesians and Colossians: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (International Critical Commentary | ICC)
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.
Top Highlights
“On this verse Lightfoot has a valuable excursus. The arrangement of the passage 15–20 is twofold. We have, first, the relation of Christ to God and the world, 15–17; and, secondly, His relation to the Church, 18 ff. This division is indicated in the construction of the passage by the repeated ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ, 16, 19, introducing in each case the reason of the preceding statement. The relation to the Church begins with καὶ αὐτός, ver. 18.” (Page 209)
“Oltramare argues from the aorist being used, that the election is an act repeated whenever the call is heard. God, before the creation of the world, formed the plan of saving man (all sinners) in Christ. The condition of faith is implicitly contained. The plan is historically realised under the forms of κλῆσις and ἐκλογή.” (Page 6)
“By the bath of water,’ distinctly referring to baptism, and probably with an allusion in λουτεῷ to the usual bath of the bride before the marriage; the figure in the immediate context being that of marriage.” (Page 168)
“It differs from ὁμοίωμα, which expresses mere resemblance, whereas εἰκών implies representation of an archetype.” (Page 210)
“it must be borne in mind that ὑποτάσσεσθε in the next verse is in all probability not genuine” (Page 164)
The exegesis based so solidly on the rock foundation of philology is argumentatively and convincingly strong. A spiritual and evangelical tenor pervades the interpretation from first to last. . . . These elements, together with the author's full-orbed vision of the truth, with his discriminative judgment and his felicity of expression, make this the peer of any commentary on these important letters.
The Standard
It will become a standard commentary on Ephesians and possible the standard work by an English-speaking author.
—Heythrop Journal 43.1 (January 2002)
...full, detailed, occasionally disarmingly frank exegesis of Ephesians...the culmination of Best's study of this epistle over several decades.
—Novum Testamentum, XLI.2 (1999)
An exceedingly careful and painstaking piece of work. The introductory discussions of questions bearing on the authenticity and integrity (of the epistles) are clear and candid, and the exposition of the text displays a fine scholarship and insight.
—Northwestern Christian Advocate
- Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians
- Author: Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
- Series: International Critical Commentary
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Print Publication Date: 1909
- Logos Release Date: 2005
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Ephesians › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Colossians › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9780567050304, 0567050300
- Resource ID: LLS:ICC_EPHCOL
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:03:59Z
Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1929-1913): A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, where he would later teach for thirty years. There, he was both a Senior Fellow and a Professor of Biblical Greek and Hebrew. Abbott wrote many books on religious and scientific matters.
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Juan Alberto Ayala
7/31/2013
