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Title: The First Epistle to the Corinthians (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Gordon D. Fee ISBN: 0-8028-2507-9 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: July, 1987 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (7 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: almost always objective
Comment: Gordon Fee is a skilled exegete, and this is a good commentary. But when he reaches 1 Cor 11 or 12:13 he forgets to be an expositor of God`s Word and he follows his Zwinglian tradition. For example he says that I Cor 12:13 isn`t about the sacrament of Baptism, but Fee doesn`t prove that Paul taugh two baptisms: the so called water baptism and the Spirit Baptism. Paul teaches One Baptism on Ephesians 4. Fee only forgot this.
His commentaries on 1 Cor 12:13 shows how acrobatic an exegete can be, and the fantastic mind games he can play when he follows his tradition instead of the Bible. Read Baptism in the NT by George Beasley Murray.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good commentary on 1 Cor
Comment: This is about as good a commentary on 1 Corinthians as you will find. That does not mean it is without flaws however. It only means that 1 Corinthians has not been as adequately explained yet as we would like.
If you are committed to the cessation of the gifts, seeing his interpretation in 1 Cor 12-14 is going to get you annoyed. However, I would say he is largely right. (And I am not a charismatic.)
The biggest issues for me in the commentary are the problematic ways he takes the passages rgarding the role of the women in the Church at Corinth. Most notorious is his conclusion, on textual critical grounds, that 1 Cor 14:34 does not belong in the text. This is despite the fact that evidence FOR the passage is overwhelming. Otherwise, this is a good commentary, but one with flaws.
Rating: 5
Summary: Still One of the Finest
Comment: After spending time in the new NIGTC commentary on 1 Corinthians by Anthony Thiselton, I must revise my brief review of this NICNT commentary by Fee. Before Thiselton's work, the NICNT by Fee was simply the best commentary available on 1 Corinthians. But the sweep of Thiselton's work is breathtaking and has really surpassed Fee's work. One must remember, however, that Thiselton has built on the great work of many others, including that of Gordon Fee. In fact, even though Thiselton's work is more detailed and up-to-date, I still prefer Fee's work simply because it is so lucid. Fee always challenges me to think contextually through the exegesis, rather than trying to cram verses into a catagorical framework.
Please do not be put off by those who try to pigeon-hole Fee's work as a "charismatic approach." Fee does not take charismatic presuppositions to the text. Chapters 12-14 do contain arguments against cessation of the sign gifts, but I assure you that you will find it nothing less than challenging and thought provoking. His exegesis throughout this commentary is profound and lucid. His arguments are careful and takes other scholarly work into account. Since Fee is a textual scholar of the highest order, his considerations of textual issues are far more thorough than most other work on this epistle. Fee ends each section with wonderful practical insights and application. However, I must mention that there are times when Fee goes off the deep end. The prime example is his insistence that 14:34-35 is a very early interpolation.
I definitely recommend you get the NIGTC commentary by Thiselton, but please do not neglect Fee. The NICNT on 1 Corinthians by Gordon Fee is a goldmine of lucid, well-reasoned and thorough exegesis of 1 Corinthians.
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Title: The First Epistle to the Corinthians (New International Greek Testament Commentary) by Anthony C. Thiselton, I. Howard Marshall, Donald Alfred Hagner ISBN: 0802824498 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: The Epistle to the Romans (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Douglas J. Moo ISBN: 0802823173 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Paul Barnett ISBN: 0802823009 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Paul's Letter to the Philippians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Gordon D. Fee ISBN: 0802825117 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: The Gospel According to John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Leon Morris ISBN: 0802825044 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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