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Selected Bibliography on Colossians

Commentaries

Baggott, L. J. A New Approach to Colossians. London: A. R. Mowbray, 1961.

Barth, Markus, and Helmut Blanke. Colossians. AB. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

Beare, Francis. “The Epistle to the Colossians: Introduction and Exegesis,” in The Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1955, 11:132–241.

Bruce, F. F. The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1984.

Caird, G. B. Paul’s Letters from Prison. New Clarendon Bible. Oxford: Clarendon, 1976.

Calvin, John. Commentaries on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, Colossians and Thessalonians. Ed. John Pringel. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948.

Dodd, C. H. “Philemon,” in The Abingdon Bible Commentary. Ed. F. C. Eiselen, E. Lewis, and D. G. Downey. New York/Nashville: Abingdon, 1929, 1250–62.

Dunn, James D. G. The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon: A Commentary on the Greek Text. NIGTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Harris, Murray J. Colossians and Philemon. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Houlden, J. L. Paul’s Letters from Prison: Philippians, Colossians, Philemon and Ephesians. WPC. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1970, 1977.

Hultgren, Arland J. “Colossians,” in The Deutero-Pauline Letters. Proclamation Commentaries. Ed. Gerhard Krodel. Rev. ed. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993, 24–38.

Lightfoot, J. B. Saint Paul’s Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1959 (from the revised 1879 edition).

Lohse, Eduard. Colossians and Philemon. Trans. William R. Poehlmann and Robert J. Karris. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971.

Lucas, R. C. The Message of Colossians and Philemon. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1980.

MacLeod, G. Preston. “The Epistle to the Colossians: Exposition,” in The Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 1955, 10:132–241.

Martin, Ernest D. Colossians and Philemon. BCBC. Scottsdale, Penn./ Waterloo, Ont.: Herald, 1993.

Martin, Ralph P. Colossians and Philemon. NCB. London: Oliphants, 1974.

_____. Ephesians, Colossians and Philemon. Interpretation. Atlanta: John Knox, 1991.

Moule, C. F. D. The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon. CGTC. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1968.

O’Brien, Peter T. Colossians, Philemon. WBC. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1982.

Patzia, Arthur G. Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon. New International Commentary. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1984, 1990.

Pokorný, Petr. Colossians: A Commentary. Trans. Siegfried Schatzmann. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1991.

Radford, L. B. The Epistle to the Colossians and the Epistle to Philemon. Westminster Commentaries. London: Methuen, 1931.

Reumann, John H. P. Colossians. ACNT. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1985.

Robertson, A. T. Paul and the Intellectuals: The Epistle to the Colossians. Ed. W. C. Strickland. Nashville: Broadman, 1959.

Schweizer, Eduard. The Letter to the Colossians. Trans. Andrew Chester. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1982.

Scott, E. F. The Epistles of Paul to the Colossians, to Philemon and to the Ephesians. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930.

Stockhausen, Carol L. Letters in the Pauline Tradition: Ephesians, Colossians, I Timothy, II Timothy and Titus. Message of Biblical Spirituality. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1989.

Thurston, Bonnie. Reading Colossians, Ephesians & 2 Thessalonians: A Literary and Theological Commentary. New York: Crossroad, 1995.

Wall, Robert W. Colossians and Philemon. The IVP New Testament Commentary. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity, 1993.

Wright, N. T. Colossians and Philemon. TNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986.

Yates, Roy. The Epistle to the Colossians. Epworth Commentaries. London: Epworth, 1993.

Monographs

Arnold, Clinton E. The Colossian Syncretism. WUNT 2/77. Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1995.

Barclay, William. The All-Sufficient Christ: Studies in Paul’s Letter to the Colossians. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1963.

Best, Ernest. One Body in Christ: A Study in the Relationship of the Church to Christ in the Epistles of the Apostle Paul. London: SPCK, 1955.

Cannon, George E. The Use of Traditional Materials in Colossians. Macon, Ga.: Mercer Univ. Press, 1983.

Crouch, J. E. The Origin and Intention of the Colossian Haustafel. FRLANT 109. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1972.

DeMaris, Richard E. The Colossian Controversy: Wisdom in Dispute at Colossae. JSNTSup 96. Sheffield: JSOT, 1994.

Francis, F. O., and Wayne Meeks, eds. Conflict at Colossae. Sources for Biblical Study 4. Missoula: Society of Biblical Literature, 1973.

Jones, Maurice. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians. London: SPCK, 1923.

Martin, Troy W. By Philosophy and Empty Deceit: Colossians As Response to a Cynic Critique. JSNTSup 118. Sheffield: JSOT, 1996.

Sappington, Thomas J. Revelation and Redemption at Colossae. JSNTSup 53. Sheffield: JSOT, 1991.

Text and Commentary on Colossians