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General:

Achtemeier, Paul J. "Some Things In Them Hard to Understand: Reflections on an
        Approach to Paul." Interpretation 38 (1984): 254-67.

Becker, Jürgen. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles. Louisville: Westminster John Knox,
    1993.

Bornkamm, Günther. Paul. New York: Harper & Row, 1969.

Cousar, Charles B. The Letters of Paul. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 1996.

Crossan, John Dominic, and Jonathan L. Reed. In Search of Paul. How Jesus's
        Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom
. New York:
        HarperCollins, 2004.

Gorman, Michael J. Apostle of the Crucified Lord. A Theological Introduction to Paul
        and His Letters
. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

Hawthorne, Gerald F., Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G. Reid, Eds. Dictionary of Paul
        and His Letters. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1993.

Keck, Leander E. Paul and His Letters, 2nd edition. Proclamation Commentaries.
        Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988.

Meeks, Wayne A., Ed. The Writings of Saint Paul. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.,
        1972.

Polaski, Sandra Hack. A Feminist Introduction to Paul. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2005.

Porter, Stanley E. "When and How Was The Pauline Canon Compiled? An Assessment
        of Theories." In The Pauline Canon, ed. Stanley E. Porter, 95-127. Leiden: Brill,
        2004.

Roetzel, Calvin. Paul: The Man and the Myth. Columbia: University of South Carolina,
        1998.

Seifrid, Mark A. and Randall K. J. Tan. The Pauline Writings. An Annotated 
        Bibliography
. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002.

Wright, N. T. What Saint Paul Really Said. Was Paul of Tarsus the Read Founder
        of Christianity? Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

Williams, David J. Paul's Metaphors. Their Context and Character. Peabody, Mass.:
        Henrickson, 1999.

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Chronology:

Achtemeier, Paul J. The Quest for Unity in the New Testament Church. Philadelphia:
        Fortress Press, 1987.

Campbell, Douglas A. "An Anchor for Pauline Chronology: Paul's Flight from 'The
        Ethnarch of King Aretas' (2 Corinthians 11:32-33)." Journal of Biblical Literature
        121 (2002): 279-302.

Hengel, Martin. Paul Between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years.
        Louisville:Westminster John Knox, 1997.

________. The Pre-Christian Paul. London: SCM Press, 1991.

Jewett, Robert. A Chronology of Paul's Life. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1979.

Knox, John and Douglas Hare. Chapters in the Life of Paul. Macon: Mercer University
        Press, 1987.

Luedemann, Gerd. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles: Studies in Chronology. Philadelphia:
        Fortress Press, 1984.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. "Paul and Gallio." Journal of Biblical Literature 112, no. 2
        (1993): 315-7.

________. Paul. A Critical Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Riesner, Rainer. Paul's Early Period. Chronology, Mission Strategy, Theology.
        Grand Rapids: Eermans, 1998.

Slingerland, Dixon. "Acts 18:1-18, the Gallio Inscription, and Absolute Pauline
        Chronology." Journal of Biblical Literature 110 (1991): 439-49.

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Letters, Structure, Form:

Aune, David E. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Philadelphia:
        Westminster, 1987.

Bailey, James L. and Lyle D. Vander Broek. Literary Forms in the New Testament.
        Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992.

Dahl, Nils A. "Letter." In The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Supplementary
        Volume538-41, ed. by Keith Crim. Nashville: Abingdon, 1976.

Doty, William G. Letters in Primitive Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1973.

Gamble, Harry. "The Redaction of the Pauline Letters and the Formation of the
        PaulineCorpus." Journal of Biblical Literature 94 (1975): 403-18.

Harvey, John. Listening to the Text. Oral Patterning in Paul's Letters. Grand Rapids:
        Baker, 1998.

Jewett, Robert. "The Form and Function of the Homiletic Benediction." Anglican
        Theological Review 51 (1969): 18-34.

________. Paul. The Apostle to America. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1994.

Käsemann, Ernst. "Sentences of Holy Law in the New Testament." In New Testament
        Questions of Today, 66-81. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969.

Kim, C. H. Form and Structure of the Familiar Greek Letter or Recommendation.
        Missoula: Scholars, 1972.

Lund, N. Chiasmus in the New Testament. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina,
        1942.

Lyons, George. Pauline Autobiography: Toward a New Understanding. SBL
        Dissertation Series, no. 73. Scholars Press, 1985.

Malherbe, Abraham J. "Me Genoito in the Diatribe and Paul." Harvard Theological
        Review 73 (1980): 231-40.

Mullins, T. Y. "Disclosure: A Literary Form in the New Testament." Novum
        Testamentum 7 (1964): 44-50.

________. "Formulas in New Testament Epistles." Journal of Biblical Literature 91
        (1972): 380-90.

________. "Greeting As New Testament Form." Journal of Biblical Literature 87
        (1968): 418-26.

________. "Petition As a Literary Form." Novum Testamentum 5 (1962): 46-54.

________. "Visit Talk in New Testament Letters." Catholic Biblical Quarterly
        35 (1973):350-8.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. Paul the Letter-Writer. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical
        Press,1995.

O'Brien, Peter Thomas. Introductory Thanksgivings in the Letters of Paul. Leiden:
        E.J. Brill, 1977.

Olson, Stanley N. "Pauline Expressions of Confidence in His Addressees." Catholic
        Biblical Quarterly 47 (1985): 282-95.

Reumann, John. "St. Paul's Use of Irony." Lutheran Quarterly 7 (1955): 140-5.

Richards, E. R. The Secretary in the Letters of Paul. Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1991.

Sanders, J. T. "The Transition From Opening Epistolary Thanksgiving to a Body in the
        Letters of the Pauline Corpus." Journal of Biblical Literature 81 (1962): 348-52.

Schubert, Paul. Form and Function of the Pauline Thanksgivings. Berlin: Töpelmann,
        1939.

Stirewalt, M. Luther. Paul the Letter Writer. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003.

________.  "Paul's Evaluation of Letter Writing." In Search the Scriptures:
        New Testament Studies in Honor of Raymond T. Stamm, eds. J.M. Myers, O.
        Reimherrand H.N. Bream, 179-96. Leiden: Brill, 1969.

Stowers, Stanley K. Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Philadelphia:
        Westminster, 1986.

Trobisch, David. Paul's Letter Collection: Tracing the Origins. Minneapolis: Fortress,
        1994.

Weima, J. A. D. Neglected Endings: The Significance of the Pauline Letter Closings.
        JSNT Supplement, no. 101. Sheffield: JSOT, 1994.

White, John L. The Form and Function of the Body of the Greek Letter. SBL
        Dissertation Series, no. 2. Missoula, Mont.: Scholars Press, 1972.

________. "Introductory Formulae in the Body of the Pauline Letter." Journal of
        BiblicalLiterature 90 (1971): 91-7.

________. Light From Ancient Letters. Foundations and Facets: New Testament.
        Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986.

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Paul & Roman Society:

Aschough, Richard S. What Are They Saying About The Formation of Pauline
        Churches? Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist Press, 1998.

Crossan, John Dominic and Jonathan L. Reed. In Search of Paul. How Jesus' Apostle
        Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom
. HarperSanFrancisco, 2004.

de Vos, Craig Steven. Church and Community Conflicts. The Relationships of the 
        Thessalonian, Corinthian, and Philippian Churches to Their Wider Civic
        Communities
.  SBLDS #168. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1999.

Elliott, John H. "Patronage and Clientism in Early Christian Society: A Short Reading
        Guide." Forum 3, no. 4 (1987): 39-48.

Engberg-Pedersen, Troels, Ed. Paul in His Hellenistic Context. Minneapolis:
        Fortress, 1995.

Harland, Philip A.  Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations. Claiming a Place
        in Ancient Mediterranean Society
. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.

Harvey, A. E. "Forty Strokes Save One: Social Aspects of Judaizing and Apostasy."
        In Alternative Approaches to New Testament Study, ed. A. E. Harvey, 79-96.
        London: SPCK, 1985.

Hengel, Martin. Crucifixion. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977.

Hock, Ronald F. "Paul's Tentmaking and the Problem of His Social Class." Journal of
        Biblical Literature 97 (1978): 555-64.

________. The Social Context of Paul's Ministry: Tentmaking and Apostleship.
        Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980.

Horsley, Richard A., Ed. Paul and Empire. Religion and Power in Roman Imperial
        Society. Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 1997.

________. Paul and Politics: Ekklesia, Israel, Imperium, Interpretation. Trinity Press
         International, 2000.

________, ed. Paul and the Roman Imperial Order.  Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press
         International, 2004.

Judge, E.A. "Cultural Conformity and Innovation in Paul: Some Clues From
        Contemporary Documents." Tyndale Bulletin 35 (1984): 3-24.

Malherbe, Abraham J. "Paul: Hellenistic Philosopher or Christian Pastor?" Anglican
        Theological Review 68 (1986): 3-13.

________. Social Aspects of Early Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983.

Malina, Bruce J. The New Testament World. Insights From Cultural Anthropology.
        Louisville: John Knox, 1981.

Meeks, Wayne A. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul.
        New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983.

Osiek, Carolyn and David L. Balch. Families in the New Testament World. 
        Households
and House Churches. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.

Neyrey, Jerome. Paul in Other Words. A Cultural Reading of His Letters. Louisville:
        Westminster John Knox, 1990.

Semeia 83/84. Slavery in Text and Interpretation. Williston, Vermont: Society of 
        Biblical Literature, 1998. [The entire issue deals with slavery in the Roman world
        and in the biblical tradition, with particular attention paid to the Pauline material
        and to its use in American slavery.]

Stambaugh, John E. and David L. Balch. The New Testament in Its Social
        Environment. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1986.

Stowers, Stanley K. "Social Status, Public Speaking and Private Teaching: The
        Circumstances of Paul's Preaching Activity." Novum Testamentum 26
        (1984): 59-82.

Theissen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth.
        Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982.

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Paul & Rhetoric:

Achtemeier, Paul J. "Omne Verbum Sonat: The New Testament and the Oral
        (1990):3-27.

Betz, Hans Dieter. "The Problem of Rhetoric and Theology According to the Apostle
        Paul." In L'Apôtre Paul: Personalité, Style Et Conception Du Ministère, ed. A.
        Vanhoye, 16-48. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986.

Black, C. Clifton II. "Keeping Up With Recent Studies: Rhetorical Criticism and Biblical
        Interpretation." Expository Times 100 (1989): 252-58.

________. "Rhetorical Questions: The New Testament, Classical Rhetoric, and
        CurrentInterpretation." Dialog 29 (1990): 62-3, 68-71.

Botha, Pieter J. J. "The Verbal Art of the Pauline Letters: Rhetoric, Performance and
        Presence." In Rhetoric and the New Testament: Essays From the 1992
        Heidelberg Conference, eds. Stanley Porter and Thomas Olbricht, 409-28.
        Sheffield: JSOT, 1993.

Harrisville, Roy A. "A Critique of Current Biblical Criticism." Word and World 15
    (1995):206-13.

Judge, E.A. "Paul's Boasting in Relation to Contemporary Professional Practice."
        Australian Biblical Review 16 (1968): 37-50.

________. "St. Paul and Socrates." Interchange: Papers on Biblical and Current
        Questions 13 (1973): 106-16.

Kennedy, George A. The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World: 300 B.C. - A.D. 300.
        Princeton: Princeton University, 1972.

________. Classical Rhetoric and Its Secular Tradition From Ancient to Modern
        Times. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1980.

________. New Testament Interpretation Through Rhetorical Criticism. Chapel Hill:
        University of North Carolina Press, 1984.

Mack, Burton. Rhetoric and the New Testament. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1990.

Stowers, Stanley K. The Diatribe and Paul's Letter to the Romans. SBL Dissertation
        Series # 57. Chico, CA: Scholar's Press, 1981.

Watson, Duane F, ed. Persuasive Artistry: Studies in New Testament Rhetoric in
           Honor of George A. Kennedy. JSNT Supplement Series, no. 50. Sheffield:
          JSOT Press, 1991.

Watson, Duane F. and Alan J. Hauser. Rhetorical Criticism of the Bible: A
        Comprehensive Bibliography With Notes on History and Method. Leiden: Brill,
        1994.

Wuellner, Wilhelm. "Greek Rhetoric and Pauline Argumentation." In Early Christian
        Literature and the Classical Intellectual Tradition: In Honorem Robert M. Grant,
        eds. R. Schoedel and Robert Wilken, 177-88. Paris: Beauchesne, 1979.

________. "Where Is Rhetorical Criticism Taking Us?" Catholic Biblical Quarterly 49
        (1987): 448-63.

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Paul's Theology:

Achtemeier, Paul J. "Righteousness in the New Testament." In The Interpreter's
        Dictionary of the Bible, 4:91-9, ed. Keith Crim. Nashville: Abingdon, 1976.

Barrett, C. K. Paul: An Introduction to His Thought. Louisville: Westminster John
        Knox,1994.

Bassler, Jouette M.  "Grace: Probing the Limits." Interpretation 57 (2003): 24-33.

Beker, J. Christiaan. Paul the Apostle: The Triumph of God in Life and Thought.
        Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980.

________. "Paul the Theologian: Major Motifs in Pauline Theology." Interpretation 43
        (1989): 352-65.

________. Paul's Apocalyptic Gospel. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982.

________. "Paul's Theology: Consistent or Inconsistent?" New Testament Studies 34
        (1988): 364-77.

Bultmann, Rudolf. "The Significance of the Historical Jesus for the Theology of Paul."
        In Faith and Understanding, 220-46. London: SCM Press, 1969.

________. "The Theology of Paul." In Theology of the New Testament, Part II,
        1:185-352. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1951.

Carlson, Richard. "The Role of Baptism in Paul's Thought." Interpretation 47 (1993):
        255-66.

Das, A. Andrew. Paul, the Law, and the Covenant. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2001.

Davies, W. D. Paul and Rabbinic Judaism. 4th ed. 1948; reprint, Philadelphia:
        Fortress, 1980.

Donaldson, Terence L. Paul and the Gentiles. Remapping the Apostle's Convictional
        World. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997.

Dunn, James D. G. "Once More, Pistis Christou." In Society of Biblical Literature
        1991 Seminar Papers, ed. Eugene H. Lovering, Jr., 730-44. Atlanta: Scholars,
        1991.

________. "Pauline Theology." In The New Testament Today, ed. Mark Allan Powell,
        100-9. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

________. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Elliott, Neal. Liberating Paul. The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle.
        New York: Orbis, 1994.

Fee, Gordon D. Pauline Christology. An Exegetical-Theological Study. Peabody, Mass.:
        Hendrickson, 2007.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Paul and His Theology. A Brief Sketch. 2nd ed. Englewood
        Cliffs:Prentice Hall, 1989.

Furnish, Victor Paul. "Development in Paul's Thought." Journal of the American
        Academy of Religion 38 (1970): 289-303.

Gorman, Michael J. Cruciformity. Paul's Narrative Theology of the Cross. Grand
        Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.

Harink, Douglas. Paul Among the Postliberals. Pauline Theology Beyond Christendom
        and Modernity. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2003.

Hay, David M. "Pistis As "Ground for Faith" in Hellenized Judaism and Paul."
        Journal of Biblical Literature 108 (1989): 461-76.

Hays, Richard B. "Pistis and Pauline Christology: What Is At Stake?" In Society of
        Biblical Literature 1991 Seminar Papers, ed. Eugene H. Lovering, Jr., 714-29.
        Atlanta: Scholars, 1991.

________. The Conversion of the Imagination. Paul as Interpreter of Israel's Scripture.
        Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 2005.

________. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. New Haven: Yale University, 1989.

Hooker, Morna. "Paul and 'Covenantal Nomism'." In Paul and Paulinism: Essays in
      Honour of C.K. Barrett, eds. M.D. Hooker and S.G. Wilson, 47-56. London:
      SPCK, 1982.

________. "Pistis Christou." In From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul, 165-86.
        Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1990.

Jewett, Robert. Paul the Apostle to America. Cultural Trends & Pauline Scholarship.
        Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1994.

Johnson, E. Elizabeth and David M. Hay. Pauline Theology Volume IV: Looking Back,
        Pressing On. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1997.

Jones, Amos. Paul's Message of Freedom: What Does It Mean to the Black Church?
       
Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1984.

Käsemann, Ernst. "Primitive Christian Apocalyptic." In New Testament Questions of
        Today, 108-37. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1969.

________. "The Righteousness of God in Paul." In New Testament Questions of
        Today,168-82. London: SCM Press, 1969.

________. "The Saving Significance of the Death of Jesus in Paul." In Perspectives
        on Paul, 32-59. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971.

Keck, Leander E. "Paul and Apocalyptic Theology." Interpretation 38 (1984): 229-41.

________. "Paul As Thinker." Interpretation 47, no. 1 (1993): 27-38.

Kokerski, Veronica. What Are They Saying About Paul and the Law? New York: 
        Paulist, 2001.

Martin, Dale B. Slavery As Salvation: The Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline
        Christianity.New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.

Matlock, R. Barry. "'Even the Demons Believe': Paul and pistis christou." Catholic
        Biblical Quarterly
64 (2002): 300-318.

Moo, Douglas. "Paul and the Law in the Last Ten Years." Scottish Journal of
        Theology40 (1987): 287-307.

Munck, Johannes. Paul and the Salvation of Mankind. Translated by Frank Clarke.
        Richmond: John Knox Press, 1959.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. Becoming Human Together: The Pastoral Anthropology
        of  St. Paul. 2nd ed. Wilmington: Glazier, 1982.

Räisänen, Heikki. Paul and the Law. 2nd ed. T6bingen: Mohr, 1987.

Ridderbos, Herman. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
        1975.

Sanders, E.P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. A Comparison of Patterns of Religion.
        Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1977.

________. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983.

Schweitzer, Albert. The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle. New York: H. Holt & Co.,
    1931.

Stendahl, Krister. Paul Among Jews and Gentiles and Other Essays. Philadelphia:
        Fortress Press, 1976.

Westerholm, Stephen. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The "Lutheran" Paul and His
        Critics
. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

White, John L. The Apostle of God: Paul and the Promise of Abraham. Peabody,
        Mass.: Hendrickson, 1999.

Witherington, Ben III. Paul's Narrative Thought World. Louisville: Westminster John
        Knox,1994.

Wright, N.T. The Climax of the Covenant. Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology.
        Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.

________. Paul. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.

________. What Saint Paul Really Said.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997.

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Romans:

Achtemeier, Paul. "Unsearchable Judgments and Inscrutable Ways. Reflections on the  
       Discussion of Romans." In Pauline Theology Volume IV: Looking Back, Pressing
       On
, edited by E. Elizabeth Johnson and David M. Hay, pp. 3-21. Atlanta: Scholars
       Press, 1997.

Baker, Murray. "Paul and the Salvation of Israel: Paul's Ministry, the Motif of Jealousy,
        and Israel's Yes."  Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67 (2005): 469-484.

Das, A. Andrew. Solving the Romans Debate. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2007.

Donfried, Karl Paul, Ed. The Romans Debate. Revised ed. Peabody, Mass.:
        Hendrickson, 1991.

________, and Peter Richardson, eds. Judaism and Christianity in First-Century
         Rome
. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Epp, Eldon Jay. Junia. The First Woman Apostle. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Spiritual Exercises Based on Paul's Epistle to the Romans.
        New York: Paulist Press, 1995.

Gaston, Lloyd. "Romans in Context: The Conversation Revisited." In Pauline
         Conversations In Context. Essays in Honor of Calvin J. Roetzel
, edited by 
        J. C. Anderson, P. Sellew, and C. Setzer, pp. 125-141. London: Sheffield 
        Academic Press, 2002.

Haacker, Klaus. The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Romans. New Testament Theology.
        Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Hay, David and E. Elizabeth Johnson, Eds. Pauline Theology III: Romans.
        Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.

Hultgren, Arland. Paul's Gospel and Mission, The Outlook From His Letter to the
        Romans. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

Jewett, Robert. "Major Impulses in the Theological Interpretation of Romans Since Barth."
        Interpretation 34 (1980): 17-31.

Lampe, Peter. From Paul to Valentinus: Christians in Rome in the First Two Centuries.
        Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003.

________. "The Roman Christians of Romans 16." In The Romans Debate, ed.
        Karl P. Donfried, 216-30. Revised & Expanded ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson,
        1991.

Leon, Harry J. The Jews of Ancient Rome. Updated Edition. Peabody, Mass.:
         Hendrickson, 1995 (first edition 1960).

Miller, James C. "The Romans Debate: 1991-2001." CR:BS 9 (2001): 306-349.

Reasoner, Mark. Romans in Full Circle. A History of Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster
        John Knox, 2005.

Stendahl, Krister. Final Account. Paul's Letter to the Romans. Minneapolis: Fortress,
         1995.

Tobin, Thomas H. Paul's Rhetoric In Its Contexts. The Argument of Romans. Peabody, Mass.:
        Hendrickson, 2004.

Wedderburn, A. J. M. The Reasons for Romans. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.

Williams, Sam K. "The 'Righteousness of God' in Romans." Journal of Biblical
        Literature 99 (1980): 241-90.

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1 Corinthians:

Chow, J.K. Patronage and Power. A Study of Social Networks in Corinth. JSNT
        Supplement # 75. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1992.

Craddock, Fred B. "Preaching to Corinthians." Interpretation 44 (1990): 158-68.

Ellis, E. Earle. "Soma in First Corinthians." Interpretation 44 (1990): 132-44.

Engels, Donald. Roman Corinth. An Alternative Model for the Classical City
        Chicago: University of Chicago, 1990.

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler. "Rhetorical Situation and Historical Reconstruction in
        Corinthians." New Testament Studies 33 (1987): 386-403.

Forbes, Christopher. "Unaccustomed As I Am: St. Paul the Public Speaker in Corinth."
        Buried History 19 (1983): 11-6.

Gill, D.W.J. "In Search of the Social Elite in the Corinthian Church." Tyndale
        Bulletin 44  (1993): 323-37.

Hay, David M., ed. Pauline Theology, Vol. 2: 1 and 2 Corinthians.
        Augsburg/Fortress.

Horrell, David G.  The Social Ethos of the Corinthian Correspondence. Interests and 
        Ideology from 1 Corinthians to 1 Clement. Studies of the New Testament and Its
        World. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1996.      

Horsley, Richard A. "How Can Some of You Say There Is No Resurrection of
        the Dead?Spiritual Elitism in Corinth." Novum Testamentum 20 (1978): 203-40.

________. "Pneumatikos Versus Psychikos: Distinction of Status Among the
        Corinthians." Harvard Theological Review 69 (1976): 269-88.

Käsemann, Ernst. "For and Against a Theology of Resurrection: I & II Corinthians." In
        Jesus Means Freedom, 59- 84. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969.

Lampe, Peter. "The Eucharistic Dinner Party: Exegesis of a Cultural Context." 
        Affirmation 4 (1991): 1-16.

Lane, William L. "Covenant: Key to Paul's Conflict with Corinth." Tyndale Bulletin 33
        (1982): 3-29.

Marshall, Peter. Enmity in Corinth: Social Conventions in Paul's Relations with the
        Corinthians. Tübingen: Mohr, 1987.

Martin, Dale B. The Corinthian Body. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.

Mitchell, A.C. "Rich and Poor in the Courts of Corinth: Litigiousness and Status in
        1 Corinthians 6:1-11." New Testament Studies 39 (1993): 562-86.

Mitchell, Margaret. Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegetical
        Investigation of the Language and Composition of 1 Corinthians. Chicago:
        University of Chicago, 1991.

Mount, Christopher. 1 Corinthians 11:3-16: "Spirit Possession and Authority in a
        Non-Pauline Interpolation." Journal of Biblical Literature 124 (2005): 313-340.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology. Wilmington,
        DE: Michael Glazier, 1983.

Schowalter, Daniel N. and Steven J. Friesen, eds. Urban Religion in Roman Corinth.
        Harvard Theological Studies 53. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Press, 2005.

Theissen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth.
        Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1982.

Thiselton, Anthony C. "Realized Eschatology in Corinth." New Testament Studies 24
        (1977-1978): 510-26.

Welborn, L. L. Politics and Rhetoric in the Corinthian Epistles. Mercer, Ga.:
        Mercer University Press, 1997.

Winter, Bruce W. After Paul Left Corinth. The Influence of Secular Ethics and 
        Social Change
.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.

________, "Civil Litigation in Secular Corinth and the Church: The Forensic
        Background to 1 Corinthians 6:1- 8." New Testament Studies 37 (1991): 559-72.

Wire, Antionette Clark. Corinthian Women Prophets: A Reconstruction Through
        Paul'sRhetoric. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1990.

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2 Corinthians:

Betz, Hans Dieter. Paul's Apology: II Cor. 10-13 and the Socratic Tradition. Berkeley:
        Center for Hermeneutical Studies, 1975.

Bornkamm, Günther. "The History of the So-Called Second Letter to the Corinthians."
        New Testament Studies 8 (1962): 258-64.

Crafton, Jeffrey. The Agency of the Apostle: A Dramatistic Analysis of Paul's
        Response to Conflict in 2 Corinthians. Journal for the Study of the New
        TestamentSupplement Series, no. 51. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991.

Danker, Frederick W. "Paul's Debt to the "De Corona" of Demosthenes: A Study of
        Rhetorical Techniques in Second Corinthians." In Persuasive Artistry: Essays in
        New Testament Rhetoric in Honor of George A. Kennedy262-80, ed. by Duane
        F. Watson, JSNT Supp. V. 50. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1991.

Dewey, Arthur J. "A Matter of Honor: A Social-Historical Analysis of 2 Corinthians 10."
        Harvard Theological Review 78 (1985): 209-17.

Duff, Paul. "Honor or Shame: The Language of Processions and Perception in
        2 Cor 2:14-6:13, 7:2-4." Dissertation, University of Chicago, 1988.

Fitzgerald, John T. Cracks in an Earthen Vessel: An Examination of the Catalogues
        of Hardships in the Corinthian Correspondence. SBLDS 99. Atlanta: Scholars,
        1988.

________. "Paul, the Ancient Epistolary Theorists, and 2 Corinthians 10-13." In Greeks, Romans and Christians, eds. David L. Balch, Everett Ferguson and
        Wayne A.Meeks, 190-200. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1990.

Forbes, Christopher. "Comparison, Self-Praise, & Irony: Paul's Boasting and the
        Conventions of Hellenistic Rhetoric." New Testament Studies 32 (1986): 1-30.

Fredrickson, David E. "Paul's Bold Speech in the Argument of 2 Corinthians
        2:14-7:16." Yale University Dissertation, 1991.

Georgi, Dieter. The Opponents of Paul in Second Corinthians. Philadelphia: Fortress
        Press, 1986.

Hafemann, Scott. Paul, Moses, and the History of Israel. The Letter/Spirit Contrast
        and the Argument From Scripture in 2 Corinthians 3. Peabody, Mass.:
        Hendrickson,1995.

Hay, David M., Ed. Pauline Theology, Vol. 2: 1 and 2 Corinthians.
        Minneapolis: Augsburg/Fortress, 1993.

Hodgson, Robert. "Paul the Apostle and First Century Tribulation Lists." Zeitschrift für
        die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft 74 (1983): 59-80.

Horrell, David G.  The Social Ethos of the Corinthian Correspondence. Interests and 
        Ideology from 1 Corinthians to 1 Clement. Studies of the New Testament and Its
        World. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1996.         

Judge, E.A. "Paul's Boasting in Relation to Contemporary Professional Practice."
        Australian Biblical Review 16 (1968): 37-50.

Käsemann, Ernst. "For and Against a Theology of Resurrection: I & II Corinthians." In
        Jesus Means Freedom, 59- 84. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1969.

Lambrecht, Jan. "The Nekrosis of Jesus: Ministry and Suffering in 2 Cor 4, 7-15." In
        L'Apôtre Paul: Personnalité, Style Et Conception Du Ministère, ed. A. Vanhoye,
        120-43. Leuven: Leuven University Press, 1986.

McCant, Jerry W. "Paul's Thorn of Rejected Apostleship." New Testament Studies 34
        (1988): 550-72.

Murphy-O'Connor, Jerome. The Theology of the Second Letter to the Corinthians.
        Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Peterson, Brian K. "Conquest, Control, and the Cross: Paul's Self-Portrayal in
        2 Corinthians 10-13." Interpretation 52 (1998): 258-70.

________. Eloquence and the Proclamation of the Gospel in Corinth. SBL
        Dissertation Series, no. 163. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998.

Plank, Karl A. Paul and the Irony of Affliction. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1987.

Sampley, J. Paul. "Paul, His Opponents in 2 Cor. 10-13, and the Rhetorical
        Handbooks." In The Social World of Formative Christianity and Judaism, eds.
        Jacob Neusner, Peder Borgen, Ernest S. Frerichs and Richard Horsley, 162-77.
        Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.

Sumney, Jerry L. Identifying Paul's Opponents: The Question of Method in
        2 Corinthians. JSNTSup #40. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990.

Travis, S.H. Paul's Boasting in 2 Corinthians 10-12. Studia Evangelica, no. VI. Berlin:
        Akademic Verlag, 1973.

Watson, Francis. "2 Corinthians 10-13 and Paul's Painful Letter to the Corinthians."
        Journal of Theological Studies 35 (1984): 324-46.

Webb, W.J. Returning Home: New Covenant & Sacred Exodus As the Contextual
        Framework for 2 Corinthians. JSNT Supplement Series, no. 85. Sheffield: JSOT
        Press, 1993.

Welborn, L. L. "The Identification of 2 Cor 10-13 with the 'Letter of Tears.'" Novum
        Testamentum
37 (1995): 138-153.

Winter, Bruce. Paul and Philo Among the Sophists. Society for New Testament Studies
        Monograph Series Volume 96. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Woods, Laurie. "Opposition to a Man and His Message: Paul's "Thorn in the Flesh"
        (2 Cor 12:7)." Australian Biblical Review 39 (1991): 44-53.

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Galatians:

Bassler, Jouette, Ed. Pauline Theology Vol. I: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians,
        Philemon. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Dunn, James D. G. The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Galatians. New Testament
        Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 1993.

Hays, Richard B. The Faith of Jesus Christ. SBL Dissertation Series, no. 56. Chico,
        CA: Scholars Press, 1983.

Wiley, Tatha. Paul and the Gentile Women. Reframing Galatians. New York: Continuum, 2005.

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Philippians:

Bassler, Jouette, Ed. Pauline Theology Vol. I: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians,
        Philemon. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Garland, David E. "The Composition and Unity of Philippians: Some Neglected Literary
        Factors." Novum Testamentum 27 (1985): 141-73.

Holloway, Paul A. Consolation in Philippians. Philosophical Sources and Rhetorical
        Strategy
. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, Vol. 112. 
        Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Watson, Duane F. "A Rhetorical Analysis of Philippians and Its Implications for the
        UnityQuestion." Novum Testamentum 30 (1988): 57-88.

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1 Thessalonians:

Ascough, Richard S. "A Question of Death: Paul's Community-Building Language in
        1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Journal of Biblical Literature 123 (2004): 401-424.

Bassler, Jouette, Ed. Pauline Theology Vol. I: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians,
        Philemon. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Donfried, Karl Paul. "Paul and Judaism: 1 Thess. 2:13-16 As a Test Case."
        Interpretation 38 (1984): 242-53.

Jewett, Robert. The Thessalonian Correspondence. Pauline Rhetoric and
        MillenarianPiety. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.

Malherbe, Abraham J. "Gentle As a Nurse." Novum Testamentum 12 (1970): 203-17.

________. Paul and the Thessalonians: The Philosophic Tradition of Pastoral Care.
        Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987.

Pearson, Berger A. "1 Thess. 2:13-16: A Deutero-Pauline Interpolation." Harvard
        Theological Review 64 (1971): 79-94.

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Philemon:

Bassler, Jouette, Ed. Pauline Theology Vol. I: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians,
        Philemon. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

de Vos, Craig S. "Once a Slave, Always a Slave? Slavery, Manumission and Relational
        Patterns in Paul's Letter to Philemon." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 82
        (2001): 89-105.

Harrill, J. A. The Manumission of Slaves in Early Christianity. Tubingen: Mohr, 1995.

Petersen, Norman. Rediscovering Paul: Philemon and the Sociology of Paul's
        Narrative World. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

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Deutero-Pauline letters & Pseudepigraphy:

Beker, J. Christiaan. Heirs of Paul. Paul's Legacy in the New Testament and in the
        Church Today. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.

Carlson, Richard. "The Disputed Letters of Paul." In The New Testament Today, ed.
        Mark Allan Powell, 110-20. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999.

Dunn, James D. G. "The Problem of Pseudonymity." In The Living Word, 65-85.
        Philadelphia: Fortress, 1987.

Ellis, E. Earle. "Pseudonymity and Canonicity of New Testament Documents." In
        Worship, Theology, and Ministry in the Early Church, eds. M. J. Wilkins and T.
        Paige, 212-24. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992.

Martin, Clarice J. "The Haustafeln (Household Codes) in African American Biblical
        Interpretation: 'Free Slaves' and 'Subordinate Women'." In Stony the Road We
        Trod: African American Biblical Interpretation, ed. Cain Hope Felder, 206-31.
        Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991.

Meade, D. G. Pseudonymity and Canon. Tubingen: Mohr, 1986.

Metzger, Bruce M. "Literary Forgeries and Canonical Pseudepigrapha." Journal of
        Biblical Literature 91 (1972): 3- 24.

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Ephesians:

Best, Ernest. "Ephesians--Two Types of Existence." Interpretation 47 (1993): 39-51.

Lincoln, Andrew T. and A. J. M. Wedderburn. The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters.
        New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Meeks, Wayne A. "In One Body: The Unity of Humankind in Colossians and Ephesians." In God's
        Christ and His People, 209-221, ed. J. Jervell and W. A. Meeks. Oslo: Universitets Vorlaget,
        1977.

Wild, R. A. '"Be Imitators of God": Discipleship in the Letter to the Ephesians.' In Discipleship
        in the New Testament, 127-143, ed. F. Segovia. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

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Colossians:

Furnish, Victor Paul. "Colossian, Epistle to the." In The Anchor Bible Dictionary,
        1:1090-6, ed. by David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Lincoln, Andrew T. and A. J. M. Wedderburn. The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters.
        New Testament Theology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Meeks, Wayne A. "In One Body: The Unity of Humankind in Colossians and Ephesians." In God's
        Christ and His People, 209-221, ed. J. Jervell and W. A. Meeks. Oslo: Universitets Vorlaget,
        1977.

Sanders, E. P. "Literary Dependence in Colossians." Journal of Biblical Literature 85
        (1966): 28-45.

Schweizer, Eduard. "The Letter to the Colossians--Neither Pauline Nor Post-Pauline?"
        In Pluralisme Et Oecumenisme En Recherches Theologiques, ed. R.P. Dockx,
        3-16. Paris: Duculot, 1976.

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2 Thessalonians:

Bassler, Jouette, Ed. Pauline Theology Vol. I: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians,
        Philemon. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.

Jewett, Robert. The Thessalonian Correspondence. Pauline Rhetoric and
        MillenarianPiety. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1986.

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Pastoral Epistles:

Aageson, James W. Paul, the Pastoral Epistles, and the Early Church. Library of Pauline
        Studies. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2008.

Towner, Philip H. The Goal of Our Instruction: The Structure of Theology and
        Ethics in the Pastoral Epistles. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1989.

Young, Francis. The Theology of the Pastoral Letters. Cambridge: Cambridge
        University Press, 1994.

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Preaching the Pauline Letters:

Beaudean, William. Paul's Theology of Preaching. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University,
    1988.

Berge, Paul S.  "God's New Creation in Christ: Preaching and Teaching from Galatians."
    Word & World 20 (2000): 299-309.

Braxton, Brad R. Preaching Paul. Nashville: Abingdon, 2004.

Collins, Raymond F.  Preaching the Epistles. New York: Paulist, 1996.

Cousar, Charles B. "Preaching on Paul." Journal for Preachers 18.2 (1995): 9-14.

Craddock, Fred.  "Preaching to the Corinthians." Interpretation 44 (1990): 158-168.

Greidanus, Sidney. "Preaching from Paul Today." In Dictionary of Paul and His Letters,
    737-743. Ed. Gerald Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin, and Daniel G. Reid. Downers
    Grove: InterVarsity, 1993.

Hedahl, Susan, and Richard P. Carlson. Preaching 1 Corinthians 13. St. Louis: Chalice
    Press, 2001.

Long, Thomas. "Preaching Epistles." In Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible,
    107-126. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985.

________. "Preaching Romans Today." Interpretation 58 (2004): 265-275.

Matera, Frank J. "Preaching Paul." Chicago Studies 24 (1985): 323-338.

_______. Strategies for Preaching Paul. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 2001.

Patte, Daniel. Preaching Paul. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984.

_______. "Reading Paul so as to Hear his Gospel Anew." Chicago Studies 24 (1985):
     339-356.

Stendahl, Krister. "Preaching from the Pauline Epistles." In Biblical Preaching:
    An Expositor's Treasury, 306-326. Ed. James W. Cox. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1983.

Thompson, James W. Preaching Like Paul. Homiletical Wisdom for Today. Louisville:
    Westminster John Knox, 2001.

Van Harn, Roger E. The Lectionary Commentary. Theological Exegesis for Sunday's
      Texts. The Second Readings: Acts and the Epistles
. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.
 

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Recommended Commentaries:

Achtemeier, Paul J. Romans. Interpretation Commentaries. Atlanta: John Knox Press,
        1985.

Byrne, Brendan. Romans. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1996.

Bryan, Christopher. A Preface to Romans. Notes on the Epistle in Its Literary and 
        Cultural Setting
. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Dunn, James D. G. Romans. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas: Word, 1988.

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Romans. The Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

Jewett, Robert. Romans. Hermeneia. Fortress, 2007.

Käsemann, Ernst. Commentary on Romans. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980.

Keck, Leander E. Romans. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Abingdon Press, 2005.

Moo, Douglas. The Epistle to the Romans. New International Commentary on the
        New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Stuhlmacher, Peter. Paul's Letter to the Romans. A Commentary.  Louisville: Westminster
        John Knox, 1994.

Talbert, Charles H. Romans. Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary. Smyth & Helwys, 2002.

Tobin, Thomas H. Paul's Rhetoric In Its Contexts. The Argument of Romans. Peabody, Mass.:
        Hendrickson, 2004.

Witherington, Ben III. Paul's Letter to the Romans. A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary. Eerdmans, 2004.
 
Wright, N.T. "The Letter to the Romans," in The New Interpreter's Bible, Volume 10.
        Nashville: Abingdon, 2002.

Zeisler, John. Paul's Letter to the Romans. London: SCM Press, 1989.
 

Collins, Raymond F. First Corinthians. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press,
        1999.

Fee, Gordon D. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. New International Commentary
        on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

Hays, Richard B. I Corinthians. Interpretation Commentary. Louisville: John Knox,
        1997.

Talbert, Charles H. Reading Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary
        on 1 and 2 Corinthians. New York: Crossroad, 1987.

Thiselton, Anthony C.  The First Epistle to the Corinthians. The New International Greek
        Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 2000.          

Witherington, Ben III. Conflict & Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical
        Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
 
 

Danker, Frederick W. II Corinthians. Ausgburg Commentary on the New Testament.
        Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1989.

Furnish, Victor Paul. II Corinthians. The Anchor Bible. Garden City: Doubleday, 1984.

Martin, Ralph P. 2nd Corinthians. Waco: Word Books, 1986.

Matera, Frank J. II Corinthians. The New Testament Library. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2003.

Talbert, Charles H. Reading Corinthians: A Literary and Theological Commentary
        on 1 and 2 Corinthians. New York: Crossroad, 1987.

Wan, Sze-kar. Power in Weakness. The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians
        The New Testament in Context. Harrisburg, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 2000.

Witherington, Ben III. Conflict & Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical
        Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
 
 
 

Hays, Richard B. "Galatians," in The New Interpreter's Bible, Volume XI. 
        Nashville: Abingdon, 2000.

Longenecker, Richard N. Galatians. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas, Tex.: Word,
        1990.

Martyn, J. Louis. Galatians. The Anchor Bible. New York: Doubleday, 1997.

Matera, Frank. Galatians. Sacra Pagina. Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1992.
 
 
 
 

Barth, Markus. Ephesians. Anchor Bible. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1974.

Lincoln, Andrew T.  Ephesians. Word Biblical Commentary. Dallas, Tex.: Word, 1990.

Martin, Ralph P. Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon. Interpretation Commentary.
        Louisville: John Knox, 1991.

Perkins, Pheme. "Ephesians," in The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. XI. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 2000.
 
 
 

Craddock, Fred. Philippians. Atlanta: John Knox, 1985.

Fee, Gordon D. Paul's Letter to the Philippians. The New International Commentary on the
         New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.
       
Fowl, Stephen E. Philippians. The Two Horizons New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids:
        Eerdmans, 2005.

Hawthorne, Gerald F. Philippians. Waco: Word, 1983.

Hooker, Morna. "Philippians," in The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. XI. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 2000.

O'Brien, Peter T. Commentary on Philippians. New International Greek Testament Commentary.
         Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Osiek, Carolyn. Philippians, Philemon. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 2000.

Witherington, Ben III. Friendship and Finances in Philippi. Valley Forge: Trinity Press,
         1994.
 

Hay, David M.  Colossians. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 2000.

Lincoln, Andrew T. "Colossians," in The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. XI. Nashville:
        Abingdon, 2000.

Lohse, Eduard. Colossians and Philemon. Hermeneia Commentary. Philadelphia:
        Fortress, 1971.

Martin, Ralph P. Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon. Interpretation Commentary.
        Louisville: John Knox, 1991.
 
 

Best, Ernest. A Commentary on the First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians.
        New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

Bruce, F.F. 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Word Biblical Commentary. Waco, Texas: Word,
        1982.

Gaventa, Beverly Roberts. First and Second Thessalonians. Interpretation
        Commentary. Louisville: John Knox, 1998.

Malherbe, Abraham J.  The Letters to the Thessalonians. The Anchor Bible. New York:
    Doubleday, 2000.
 
 

Bassler, Jouette. 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus. Abingdon New Testament
        Commentary.Nashville: Abingdon, 1996.

Collins, Raymond F. I & II Timothy and Titus. The New Testament Library. Louisville:
        Westminster John Knox, 2002.

Dunn, James. "The First and Second Letters to Timothy and the Letter to Titus." In
        The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 11. Nashville: Abingdon, 2000.

Mounce, William D. The Pastoral Epistles. Word Biblical Commentary. Nashville: 
        Thomas Nelson, 2000.

 


 
 

Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Letter to Philemon. The Anchor Bible. New York:
    Doubleday, 2000.

Lohse, Edward. Colossians and Philemon. Hermeneia Commentary. Philadelphia:
        Fortress, 1971.

Martin, Ralph P. Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon. Interpretation Commentary.
        Louisville: John Knox, 1991.

Osiek, Carolyn. Philippians, Philemon. Abingdon New Testament Commentaries.
        Nashville: Abingdon, 2000.



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