Description:
There are many English commentaries on these letters, but none so replete with quotations (some quite extensive) from extra-biblical materials, whether Hellenistic, Jewish, or Christian, that bear on the linguistic and conceptual problems the letters contain.
Brief description:
Hans Conzelmann (1915--1989) dedicated himself to New Testament studies at the universities of Tubingen, Heidelberg, and Gottingen in Germany. His The Theology of St. Luke, introduced a new epoch in the interpretation of the Synoptic Gospels, followed by landmark studies on Jesus and Paul. Among his many influential works are his three Fortress Press Hermeneia Commentaries: 1 Corinthians, The Acts of the Apostles (1987) and, with Martin Dibelius, The Pastoral Epistles (1975).