Romans, Vol. 1 (International Critical Commentary | ICC)

by C. E. B. Cranfield

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 1975

Overview

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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.

Contents

Top Highlights

“What Paul is saying here, then, is that the gospel is God’s effective power active in the world of men to bring about deliverance from His wrath in the final judgment and reinstatement in that glory of God which was lost through sin—that is, an eschatological salvation which reflects its splendour back into the present of those who are to share it.” (Page 89)

“The sense of the whole sentence may then be set out as follows: For in it (i.e. in the gospel as it is being preached) a righteous status which is God’s gift is being revealed (and so offered to men)—a righteous status which is altogether by faith.” (Page 100)

“(i) They died to sin in God’s sight, when Christ died on the cross for them.” (Page 299)

“We conclude that—within the period extending from late 54 to early 59 within which its composition must certainly fall—the Epistle to the Romans was most probably written either during the period comprising the last days of 55 and the early weeks of 56 or during that of the last days of 56 and the early weeks of 57.” (Page 16)

“It is virtually certain that it was during Paul’s three months in Greece (i.e. in the province of Achaia), to which Acts 20:2–3 refers, that Romans was written.” (Page 12)

Product Details

• Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, Volume 1
• Author: C. E. B. Cranfield
• Series: International Critical Commentary
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 1975
• Logos Release Date: 2005
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Romans › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780567084057, 0567084051
• Resource ID: LLS:ICC_RO1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:04:52Z

About C. E. B. Cranfield

C. E. B. Cranfield (1915– ) is one of the best-known New Testament scholars in the world. He served as an army chaplain in World War II, a pastor to prisoners of war, and a minister before teaching for 30 years as professor emeritus of theology at the University of Durham in England (1950–1980).

He is the author of many essays, sermons, and commentaries, including The Apostles’ Creed: A Faith to Live By, A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, and On Romans and Other New Testament Essays.