Searchable Commentaries
on Ephesians
(Listed in the order in which I
would tend to consult them)
Modern
Commentaries
O'Brien, The
Letter to the Ephesians (Pillar New Testament Commentary; by Peter T.
O'Brien)
Not as detailed as the following two commentaries, but
still probably the finest o
Detailed commentary on the Greek
text of Ephesians. Author believes the letter was written by one
of Paul’s disciples rather than by the apostle himself.
Barth, Ephesians
1-3; Ephesians
4-6 (Anchor Bible, vols. 34 & 34A, by Markus Barth)
Extremely detailed (and rather
wordy) advanced commentary by the son of the famous neo-orthodox theologian.
Barth believes Paul is the author of the
letter.
Bruce, The
Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (New
International Commentary on the New Testament; by F.F. Bruce) Not as detailed as those above, but
Bruce’s thoughts are always worth consultation.
Stott, The
Message of Ephesians (The Bible Speaks Today; by John R.W. Stott)
A more popular, but very solid, exposition of Ephesians
clearly applied to contemporary life.
MacDonald, Colossians
and Ephesians (Sacra Pagina Series; by
Margaret Y. MacDonald)
Recent commentary in a helpful
Catholic commentary series. MacDonald takes
Ephesians to be deutero-Pauline.
Edwards, Galatians,
Ephesians, Philippians (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture by Mark
J. Edwards)
A fine collection of comments by ancient church fathers.
See John McRay, “Ephesians,
Theology of” in Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology
Commentaries
by Church Fathers and Protestant Reformers
Edwards, Galatians,
Ephesians, Philippians (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture by Mark
J. Edwards)
A fine collection of comments by ancient church fathers.
Chrysostom, Homilies on Galatians,
Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
(by John Chrysostom)
Homilies on Ephesians by this superior
exegete of the
Calvin, Commentary on Galatians and
Ephesians.
Fine commentary by the clear
thinking sixteenth-century reformer, theologian and exegete.
The whole commentary is available to read online.
Introductions
to the New Testament
D.A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, and Leon Morris, An
Introduction to the New Testament
David A. Desilva, An
Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods and Ministry Formation
Women
in Society and Church
Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics
of Cultural Analysis by
William J. Webb
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0830815619/
Women in the Earliest Churches by Ben Witherington, III
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0521407893/
Women and the Genesis of
Christianity by
Ben Witherington, III (edited by Ann Witherington)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0521367352/
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism edited by John Piper and
Wayne Grudem
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0891075860/
Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood (Foundations for the Family
Series) edited by Wayne A. Grudem
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1581344090/
Women's Life in
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0801844754/
Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and
Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity by Sarah Pomeroy
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/080521030X/
Pandora's Daughters: The Role
and Status of Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity by Eva Cantarella
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/080183385X/
Women and the Law in the
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415152410/
Women and Slaves in Greco-Roman
Culture: Differential Equations by Sandra R. Joshel
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0415261597/
Slaves
in Greek and Roman Society
Fitzgerald, Slavery and the Roman Literary Imagination
(Roman Literature and its Contexts) by William Fitzgerald
Wiedemann,
Greek and Roman Slavery by Thomas Wiedemann
Thompson, Archaeology of Greek and Roman Slavery
(Reports of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries of London)
by F. Hugh Thompson
Bradley, Slaves
and Masters in the Roman Empire: A Study in Social Control by K.R. Bradley
Joshel & Murnaghan,
Women
and Slaves in Greco-Roman Culture: Differential Equations by Sandra R. Joshel, Sheila Murnaghan