Selected Bibliography on Philemon
Note: See also the bibliography on Colossians for list of commentaries on Philemon that are combined with commentaries on Colossians.
Buttrick, George A. “Philemon: Exposition,” in The Interpreter’s Bible. Ed. G. Buttrick. Nashville: Abingdon, 1955, 11:555–73.
Dodd, C. H. “Philemon,” in The Abingdon Bible Commentary. Ed. F. C. Eiselen, E. Lewis, and D. G. Downey. New York/Nashville: Abingdon, 1929, 1292–94.
Donfried, Karl P., and I. Howard Marshall. The Theology of the Shorter Pauline Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993.
Kim, Chan Hie. Form and Structure of the Familiar Greek Letter of Recommendation. Missoula, Mont.: SBL, 1972.
Knox, John. Philemon Among the Letters of Paul. Rev. ed. New York/Nashville: Abingdon, 1959.
_____. “Philemon: Introduction and Exegesis,” in The Interpreter’s Bible. Ed. G. Buttrick. Nashville: Abingdon, 1955, 11:555–73.
Peterson, Norman R. Rediscovering Paul: Philemon and the Sociology of Paul’s Narrative World. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.
Vincent, Marvin R. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Philippians and to Philemon. ICC. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1897.
Wansick, Craig S. Chained in Christ: The Experience and Rhetoric of Paul’s Imprisonments. JSNTSup 130. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996.