Background
Furnish, Victor Paul was born on November 17, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Reuben McKinley and Mildred (Feller) Furnish.
( In this expanded and updated third edition of an importa...)
In this expanded and updated third edition of an important work, respected Pauline scholar Victor Paul Furnish presents an analysis of some of Paul's most famous yet often misunderstood ethical teachings. Dr. Furnish enriches his discussion of key Pauline topics including: sex, marriage, divorce, homosexuality, women in the church, and the Church in the world. He pays particular attention to the socio-cultural context of Paul's ministry, the complexity of his thought, the character of his moral reasoning, and the way his thought and reasoning may inform and challenge us today. Victor Paul Furnish is University Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Emeritus at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and general editor of the Abingdon New Testament Commentaries.
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( First published in 1968--and out of print since the 198...)
First published in 1968--and out of print since the 1980s--Victor Paul Furnish's treatment of Paul's theology and ethics has long been regarded as the key scholarly statement and most useful textbook on Paul's thought. Now, Theology and Ethics in Paul is available once again as part of the Westminster John Knox Press New Testament Library. Featuring a new introduction from Richard Hays, this timeless volume is as relevant in this century as it was in the last. The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text.
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( Nothing speaks more highly for a commentary than how va...)
Nothing speaks more highly for a commentary than how valuable it is to pastors and scholars, students, and interested readers. By all accounts, Victor Paul Furnish’s commentary on II Corinthians has become the standard by which others are judged. It is praised as a quite superb commentary . . . everything that a good commentary should be” (Expository Times), by any standard . . . an excellent volume” (Interpretation), and perhaps the definitive commentary on the letter in English” (Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society). In addition, Furnish has accomplished a difficult task with remarkable skill and apparent ease” (Biblical Theology Bulletin), and has given us one of the Anchor Bible’s finest studies” (Catholic Biblical Quarterly). In the internationally renowned tradition of the Anchor Bible series, this commentary is an excellent and indispensable tool for biblical study. Scholars rarely posses both the gift of academic excellence and the ability to communicate their expertise in an extremely readable fashion; but Furnish succeeds admirably with the right balance of scholarship and practical application, offered in the most accessible prose. With a mastery of primary languages and sources, and a lucid discussion of the first-century context of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians, the reader enters the worldview of the original recipients of this hard-hitting letter. In the end, Furnish successfully navigates the maze of difficulties faced by the commentator and, thankfully, helps the general audience understand what II Corinthians says and means.
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Furnish, Victor Paul was born on November 17, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Reuben McKinley and Mildred (Feller) Furnish.
AB, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1952. Bachelor's Degree, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1955. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1958.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1960.
University Distinguished professor New Testament Perkins School Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, since 1959. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research fellow, Bonn, Federal Republic Germany, 1965, Munich, 1972.
( First published in 1968--and out of print since the 198...)
( First published in 1968--and out of print since the 198...)
( In this expanded and updated third edition of an importa...)
( Nothing speaks more highly for a commentary than how va...)
(Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 1984. Trade size pa...)
(Book by Furnish, Victor Paul)
Member Society Biblical Literature (editor 1983-1988), Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (executive committee 1989-1991), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jody Carmichael, May 25, 1963. Children: Brianna, Rebecca.