Inter Varsity Press is proud to present The Lightfoot Legacy, a three-volume set of previously unpublished material from J. B. Lightfoot, one of the great biblical scholars of the modern era.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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Foreword
Abbreviations
Editor’s Introduction: J.B. Lightfoot as Biblical Commentator
Part One: Pauline Prolegomena: Of Chronology and Context
Part Two: Commentary on 2 Corinthians
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
Part Three: Introduction to the Commentary on 1 Peter
Part Four: Commentary on 1 Peter
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
Author Index
Scripture Index
Om författaren
Jeanette M. Hagen is a Ph D student in New Testament at the University of Durham.