A Commentary on Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians
This book provides a new, functional equivalent translation of Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, along with a full and eminently readable commentary on the letter.
It interprets Paul’s letter in relation to its historical and cultural environment, with due attention to its unique occasion. The commentary clarifies Paul’s ways of defending himself against the attacks of a number of Corinthian Christians who preferred other missionaries to Paul, the founder of the Christian community in Corinth. It also elucidates his attempts to persuade all his readers in Corinth to keep on living according to the will of God. In these attempts, the apostle deals with topics such as marriage, sexuality, Christian freedom, spiritual gifts such as prophecy and glossolalia, love for one another, and the resurrection of the dead. In its treatment of the tense relationship between Paul and the Corinthians, the commentary gives more insight into Paul’s letter and its ongoing significance.
Harm W. Hollander was a Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Hellenistic Greek at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, from 1991 until his retirement in 2012. Up to his unexpected death in 2021, he was a renowned expert on 1 Corinthians. His extraordinarily perceptive exegetical analysis and his exceptional ability to convey the results of this analysis in clear language can be seen throughout his complete works. His academic research interests are the interpretation of the New Testament and other early-Christian writings, especially “The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs,” a Jewish-Christian document from the second century C.E. He has authored a full commentary on 1 Corinthians (3 volumes; 1996-2007), and many articles on New Testament passages, which have been published in New Testament Studies, Novum Testamentum, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Expository Times, and Bible Translator, among others. In addition, his publications include the books Joseph as an Ethical Model in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs (1981) and, with Marinus de Jonge, The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs: A Commentary (1985).
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