The Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries series collects the best and most trusted Eerdmans commentaries from years gone by in a format that will make them available to readers for years t
The Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries series collects the best and most trusted Eerdmans commentaries from years gone by in a format that will make them available to readers for years to come. Some of the ECBC volumes were originally published in major commentary series, others as freestanding books. Some were first published decades ago, others more recently. Though written over the years for various levels of readers, the Eerdmans Classic Biblical Commentaries all have this in common: pastors, scholars, and serious students of the Bible continue to read them, study them, and rely on them to help unlock the meaning and message of the Scriptures.
First published in 1985, this book offers an accessible, nontechnical abridgment of C. E. B. Cranfield’s magisterial two-volume Romans commentary in the International Critical Commentary series. N. T. Wright called that ICC installment “the finest work on Romans to appear this century” and F. F. Bruce hailed it as “well worthy to take its place alongside the really great commentaries on Romans.” Following a brief introduction, Cranfield provides section-by-section and verse-by-verse commentary on Romans, based on his own translation from the Greek.
— Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
“For those who desire the essence of Cranfield’s contribution to our understanding of Romans, the abridgement is an excellent resource. His efforts will stand as one of the major attempts in this century to understand Paul’s message.”
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C. E. B. Cranfield (1915–2015) served as an army chaplain in World War II, as a pastor to prisoners of war, and as a minister before teaching theology for thirty years at the University of Durham (1950–1980). He is also the author of well-received commentaries on Mark and 1 and 2 Peter and Jude.
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