The Epistles of 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter: Newly Discovered Commentaries (The Lightfoot Legacy Set, Book 3)
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Overview
InterVarsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era. In the spring of 2013, Ben Witherington III discovered hundreds of pages of biblical commentary by Lightfoot in the Durham Cathedral Library. While incomplete, these commentaries represent a goldmine for historians and biblical scholars, as well as for the many people who have found Lightfoot’s work both informative and edifying, deeply learned and pastorally sensitive.
In addition to the material on the Acts of the Apostles and the Gospel of St. John, published in volumes one and two, respectively, there were fragments on 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter. Lightfoot was well known as a Pauline expert given his commentaries on Galatians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon, and fragments of his work on Romans, 1 Corinthians, Ephesians, and 1 and 2 Thessalonians were published posthumously. It is therefore a delight to have his notes on 2 Corinthians available for the first time. Lightfoot was also interested in the life and work of Peter. The introduction to his commentary on 1 Peter provides insightful analysis of the chronology and context of the epistle. Lightfoot seeks to demonstrate that Peter knew Paul’s work and that these two great apostles were in harmony regarding theology and ethics.
Now complete, these three commentary volumes reveal a scholar well ahead of his time, one of the great minds of his or any generation.
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- Provides insightful analysis of the chronology and context of the epistle of 1 Peter
- Reveals a scholar well ahead of his time, one of the great minds of his or any generation
- Seeks to demonstrate that Peter knew Paul’s work and that these two great apostles were in harmony regarding theology and ethics
- Editor’s Introduction: J.B. Lightfoot as Biblical Commentator
- The Salutation and the Supplication (2 Cor 1:1-14)
- Why a Further Visit Failed to Happen (2 Cor 1:23-2:17)
- Excursus: On the use of the First Person Plural in St. Paul’s Epistles
- The Ministry of Death, and the Ministry of Life (2 Cor 3)
- Eternal Treasures in Earthen Vessels (2 Cor 4)
- Of Temporary Tents and Eternal Houses (2 Cor 5)
- The Ministry of Suffering and Reconciliation (2 Cor 6)
- Frank Speech and Fresh Hope (2 Cor 6:11-7:16)
- 2 Corinthians 7
- About the Collection (2 Cor 8)
- 2 Corinthians 9
- 2 Corinthians 10
- 2 Corinthians 11
- A Living Hope, a call to Holy Living (1 Peter 1)
- The Living Stone and the Living Stones (1 Peter 2)
- Heirs of Life, Followers of Christ’s Example of Suffering (1 Peter 3)
- Appendix A: The Mission of Titus to the Corinthians
- Appendix B: St. Paul’s Preparation for Ministry
- Appendix C: “The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Giveth Life”
- Appendix D: Lessons of History from the Cradle of Christianity
- Appendix E: The Christian Ministry
- Appendix F: J.B. Lightfoot as Biblical Commentator: C.K. Barrett
- Appendix G: Lightfoot in Retrospect: J.D.G. Dunn
- Published Works by Lightfoot in Chronological Sequence
- Monographs on Lightfoot or His Works
- Articles or Essays on Lightfoot or His Works
Part I: Pauline Prolegomena: Of Chronology and Context
Part II: Commentary on 2 Corinthians
Part III: Introduction to the Commentary on 1 Peter
Part IV: Commentary on 1 Peter
The work of J. B. Lightfoot, along with that of his close collaborators B. F. Westcott and F. J. A. Hort, remains of landmark significance to contemporary New Testament studies. The editors and their assistants are to be thanked and congratulated for their labors in bringing to publication these previously unpublished notes on 2 Corinthians and 1 Peter, along with various essays by and about Lightfoot. These materials will be of interest to all who work on the historical interpretation of these letters and on the history of their interpretation.
—David G. Horrell, professor of New Testament studies, director, Centre for Biblical Studies, University of Exeter
Harnack said it best: Lightfoot was a true liberal for he was ‘an independent, free scholar . . . in the absolute sense of the word. He has never defended tradition for the tradition’s sake.’ We need more liberals like that today!
—Daniel B. Wallace, Dallas Theological Seminary
Thanks to Witherington and his associates and to IVP for bringing this cache of material from the great J. B. Lightfoot into the public domain. His previously published works have remained important (his multivolume study of the apostolic fathers is essential for these writings), and this hitherto unpublished material will now also likely come to be seen as a valuable resource.
—Larry Hurtado, University of Edinburgh