Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture: First Corinthians
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Overview
The first letter to the Corinthians offers crucial insight into a less-than-perfect Christian community struggling to follow Jesus in a multicultural world. Providing a fresh exegesis of the text, Montague examines the divisions within the Corinthian church, issues about marriage, problems with worship, and questions about the resurrection—and reflects on contemporary applications of Paul’s first-century epistle.
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- Offers detailed exposition and commentary on the text
- Provides introduction to authorship, literary unity, historical context, theological themes, and contemporary relevance
- Includes a glossary, indexes, and a list of suggested resources
Top Highlights
“The sense then is ‘I received as a tradition going back to the Lord himself.’” (Page 195)
“The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. But for those who are being saved, it reveals a God of love who thrusts himself into humans’ deepest fears, suffering, and death and leads them out of their deepest alienation: sin. That is why it is the power of God.” (Page 44)
“Paul began his letter with a powerful proclamation of the Crucified One (1:18–25); now he concludes and climaxes it with a proclamation of the Risen One.” (Page 262)
“But the Greek suggests that time itself has suffered a dramatic reduction by some external force.” (Page 131)
“Paul thinks of the union of Christians with Christ in realistic and, as it were, physical terms.” (Page 213)
- Title: Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture: First Corinthians
- Author: George T. Montague
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2011
- Pages: 320
George T. Montague, SM (STD, University of Fribourg), is a professor of New Testament at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Understanding the Bible. In 1995, he began a new religious community in the Marianist family, the Brothers of the Beloved Disciple.