Vol 04 - I. & II. CORINTHIANS.

I. & II. CORINTHIANS.

[See also under Apostolical Epistles.]

BILLROTH (DR. Gustav. 1808 — 1836). Commentary on the Epistles to the Corinthians. 2 vols., 12mo. 8/- Bib Cabinet Series. Edinb., T. & T.

Clark. S. 2/9. To be prized for its criticism. The author tries to bring forth from each passage the sense which the Apostle intended it to convey. Observations and reflections there are none; but we are not among those who throw away “the dry bones of criticism “ — bones are as needful as meat though not so nourishing.

CALVIN (JOHN). Commentarie upon Corinthians.

Translated by Thomas Tymme. 4to. 1577. x5/- Tymme seems to have been constantly occupied in translating the Reformers, and to have done his work well.

HODGE (CHARLES, D.D.) Exposition of I. Corinthians. Post 8vo. 5/- x868. Exposition of II. Corinthians. Post 8vo. 5/- 1869. Lond., Nisbet. The more we use Hodge, the mare we value him. This applies to all his commentaries.

LANGE (J.P.) Commentary on I. and II. Corinthians, by C. F. Kluig, D.D.(Seepage 19.) 1204 LOTHIAN (W.) Lectures on I. & II. Corinthians. 8vo. Edinb., x828. This work must have done good service in its day, as in some degree an antidote to Macknight; it is good and sound; but the student need not distress himself if he cannot procure it, for it is not indispensable.

1205 OLSHAUSEN (H., D.D.) Commentary on I. and II. Corinthians. 8vo. 9/- Edinb., T. & T. Clark. 1851.

Dr. Lindsay Alexander says that this comment is highly esteemed for its happy combinations of grammatico-historical exegesis, with spiritual insight into the meaning of the sacred writers.

PRIDHAM (ARTHUR). Notes and Reflections on I. and II.

Corinthians. 2 vols., cr. 8vo. 5/’ each. Land., Nisbet. x866.

We do not always agree with Mr. Pridham, but we always admire the quiet, candid, and unaffected manner in which he writes.

I207 ROBERTSON (FREDERICK W., M.A. 1816 — 1853). Expository Lectures. 12mo. 5/- Lond., King. I872.

Robertson’s doctrinal vagaries are well known; yet he is a great thinker and a prompter of thought in other men. Read with discretion.

STANLEY (ARTHUR PENRHYN, D.D., F.R.S., Dean of Westminister.) Corinthians. 8vo. 18/- Lond., Murray. x876. We do not advise the purchase of these volumes; for although Dean Stanley is an instructive writer, our perusal of his notes does not impress us with any sense either of their value or soundness.

COLET (JOHN, D.D., Dean of St. Paul’s. I466-I519). Treatise on I. Corinthians. With Translation. Demy 8vo. 10/6. Lond., G. Bell &Sons. 1874. A curiosity and nothing more. This same ancient Dean Colet, the friend of Erasmus, wrote also on the Romans.

PEARCE (ZACHARY, D.D.) Translation of I. Corinthians, with Paraphrase and Notes. In Vol. II. of Commentary. (No. 966.)

We ought to value this work greatly, for the author was a renowned scholar; but we confess we do not think much of his productions.

[‘The writers on small portions of these Epistles are too numerous to be mentioned in our short Catalogue. Burgess, Branston, Thomas Fuller Sibbes, Manton, Watson, and other masterly writers have all left a contribution to the expository stores of the Church of Christ.]