Searchable Commentaries
on Galatians
(Listed in the order in which I
would tend to consult them)
Modern
Commentaries
Longenecker, Galatians
(Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 41; by Richard N. Longenecker)
Excellent commentary on the Greek
text of Galatians by a fine evangelical exegete.
The best available commentary on the Greek text.
Bruce, Epistle
to the Galatians (New International Greek Testament Commentary by F.F.
Bruce)
Excellent commentary on the Greek
text of Galatians by a fine evangelical exegete.
Not as up-to-date as Longenecker’s commentary,
but still quite good.
Martyn, Galatians
(Anchor Bible by James Louis Martyn)
Advanced commentary by a
world-renowned scholar. Sometimes
brilliant, sometimes idiosyncratic.
Witherington, Grace
in Galatia: A Commentary on Paul's Letter to the Galatians (by Ben Witherington III)
Fine commentary by an
excellent (and incredibly prolific) evangelical scholar.
Helpful
commentary by a fine Catholic scholar.
Fung, The
Epistle to the Galatians (New International Commentary on the New
Testament; by Ronald Y. K. Fung)
Another fine evangelical commentary.
Esler, Galatians
(New Testament
Esler is committed to sociological readings. Often full of insights.
Cole, The
Letter of Paul to the Galatians: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentary by R.A. Cole)
A brief
commentary in a fine evangelical series aimed at pastors.
Williams, Galatians
(Abingdon New Testament Commentaries Series; by Sam K. Williams)
A brief
commentary in a series aimed at pastors.
Dunn, The
Theology of Paul's Letter to the Galatians by James D. G. Dunn
This is not a commentary, but a helpful discussion of the
theology of Paul’s letter which reflects Dunn’s unique take on a variety of
issues. It is listed last due to its
different nature.
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)
Important fourth-century
commentary on the Greek text by a superior exegete of the
Calvin, Commentary on Galatians.
Fine commentary by the clear
thinking sixteenth-century reformer, theologian and exegete.
The whole commentary is available to read online.
Luther, Commentary on Paul’s
Letter to the Galatians by Martin Luther (1483-1546)
The German reformer’s lectures on
Galatians given in 1531. An extremely important
document for the history of the church’s understanding and application of
Paul. The whole commentary is available
to read online.
Augustine's
Commentary on Galatians: Introduction, Text, Translation, and Notes by
A Latin-English diglot of Augustine’s commentary.
Monographs
Kern, Rhetoric
and Galatians: Assessing an Approach to Paul's Epistle (Society for New
Testament Studies Monograph Series, by Philip H. Kern)
A superb critique of recent
rhetorical approaches to Galatians.
Hays, The
Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:11
(The Biblical Resource Series) by Richard B. Hays
The monograph that
made the subjective understanding of pistis
christou an ever-more-popular interpretation.
Cummins, Paul
and the Crucified Christ in Antioch: Maccabean Martyrdom and Galatians 1 and 2
(Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, by S. A. Cummins)
A recent monograph on Maccabean
backgrounds to Galatians 1-2.