The following biblical studies proved helpful in the preparation of this commentary. Many more, of course, could be cited, but it is also my hope to provide for interested readers a brief bibliography, while standard reference works are cited only in the abbreviations that follow. Commentaries that are listed here are mentioned with a brief title in the text.
Selected Bibliography
Aquinas, T. Commentary on Saint Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians. Albany, N.Y.: Magi Books, 1966.
Barclay, J. M. G. Obeying the Truth: A Study of Paul’s Ethics in Galatians. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1988.
Barrett, C. K. Freedom and Obligation: A Study of the Epistle to the Galatians. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1985.
Betz, H. D. Galatians. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1979.
Boice, J. M. “Galatians.” In The Expositor’s Bible Commentary, ed. F. E. Gaebelein. Volume 10. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1976, pp. 407–508.
Bruce, F. F. The Epistle to the Galatians. NIGTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.
Burton, E. De Witt. The Epistle to the Galatians. ICC. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1921.
Dunn, J. D. G. Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox, 1990.
Fung, R. Y. K. The Epistle to the Galatians. NIC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1988.
Guthrie, D. Galatians. NCB. Greenwood, South Carolina: Attic Press, 1974.
Hendriksen, W. Exposition of Galatians. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1968.
Lightfoot, J. B. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1971 (reprint of 1865 ed.).
Longenecker, R. N. Galatians. WBC 41. Dallas: Word, 1990.
Sanders, E. P. Jewish Law from Jesus to the Mishnah. Five Studies. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1990.
Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief. 63 BCE–66 CE. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1992.
Sanders, E. P. Paul. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism: A Comparison of Patterns of Religion. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977.
Stott, J. R. W. Only One Way: The Message of Galatians. BST. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity, 1968.
Note: The commentary of J. D. G. Dunn (Galatians; Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1993) appeared too late to be of use in this study. I am delighted by the lines he draws in this commentary. Nor was I able to make use of the excellent new compendium of Paul (Dictionary of Paul and His Churches; ed. R. P. Martin, G. F. Hawthorne, and D. K. Reid; Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1993).