Pauline Literature: A Select Bibliography

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Commentaries: An Incomplete, Preliminary List

Romans

Achtemeier, Paul J. Romans, Interpretation Commentary. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1985.
Barrett, C. K. The Epistle to the Romans. Harper's New Testament Commentaries. Harper & Row, 1957.
Byrne, Brendan. Romans, Sacra Pagina 6. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.
Cranfield, C.E.B. Romans (2 vols.) International Criticail Commentary. T. & T. Clark, 1975.
Dunn, James D.G. Romans (2 vols.) Word Biblical Commentary 38A/B. Word Books, 1988.
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. Romans, Anchor Bible 33. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Johnson, Luke Timothy, Reading Romans: A Literary and Theological Commentary, Reading the New Testament Series. Crossroad, 1997.
Kasemann, Ernst. Commentary on Romans. Translated by G. W. Bromiley. Eerdmans, 1980.
Moo, Douglas J. The Epistle to the Romans. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Eerdmans, 1996.
________. Encountering the Book of Romans. Baker, 2002.
Nanos, Mark D.. The Mystery of Romans. Fortress, 1996.
Schreiner, Thomas R. Romans. Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Baker, 1998.
Stuhlmacher, Peter. Paul’s Letter to the Romans. Translated by Scott J. Hafemann. Westminster/John Knox Press, 1994.

1 Corinthians

Barrett, C. K. The First Epistle to the Corinthians. Harpers NTC. Harper & Row, 1968.
Blomberg, C. 1 Corinthians. NIVAC. Zondervan, 1994.
Clarke, Andrew D. Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth: A Socio-Historical and Exegetical Study of 1 Corinthians 1-6. Baker, 1999.
Conzelmann, Hans 1 Corinthians: A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, Hermeneia, trans. James W. Leitch. Fortress, 1975.
Fee, Gordon. 1 Corinthians. NICNT. Eerdmans, 1987,
Hays, Richard. First Corinthians. Interpretation. Westminster/JKP, 199?.
Pogoloff, Stephen Mark. Logos and Sophia: The Rhetorical Situation of 1 Corinthians. SBL, 1992.
Rosner, Brian S. Paul, Scripture, and Ethics: A Study of 1 Corinthians 5-7. Baker, 1999.
Thiessen, Gerd. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth. Fortress, 1982.
Winter, Bruce W. After Paul Left Corinth: The Influence of Secular Ethics and Social Change. Eerdmans, 2001.
Witherington, Ben. Conflict & Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians. Eerdmans, 1995.

2 Corinthians

Barrett, C.K. A Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, Harper’s New Testament Commentaries. Harper & Row, 1973.
Betz, Hans Dieter. 2 Corinthians 8 and 9: A Commentary on Two Administrative Letters, Hermeneia Series. Fortress, 1985.
Furnish, Victor Paul. 2 Corinthians, Anchor Bible 32A. Doubleday, 1984.
Martin, Ralph P. 2 Corinthians. Word Biblical Commentary 40. Word, 1987.

Galatians

Betz, Hans Dieter. Galatians: A Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Churches in Galatia, Hermeneia Series, Fortress, 1979.
Dunn, James D.G. The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Galatians, New Testament Theology. Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Fung, Ronald Y. K. The Epistle to the Galatians. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Eerdmans, 1988.
Lightfoot, J. B. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians. Zondervan, 1957 (original edition 1865).
Longenecker, Richard N. Galatians. Word Biblical Commentary 41. Word, 1990.

Ephesians

Barth, Markus. Ephesians (2 vols.) Anchor Bible 34. Doubleday, 1974.
Caird, George B.
Liefeld, Walter L. Ephesians.
The IVP New Testament Commentary Vol. 10. IVP, 1997.
Lincoln, Andrew. Ephesians. WBC 42. Word, 1990.
O'Brien, Peter.
Simpson, E. K. and
Bruce, F. F. The Epistles to the Ephesians and Colossians. NICNT. Eerdmans, 1957.

Philippians

Caird, G. B. Paul's Letters from Prison: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon. Oxford University Press, 1976.
Fee, Gordon D. Paul's Letter to the Philippians. Eerdmans, 1995.
Hawthorne, Gerald. Philippians. WBC. Word, 1983.
Lightfoot, J. B. St. Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. 1913; Zondervan, 1953.
Martin, Ralph P. The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians: An Introduction and Commentary. TNTC. Eerdmans, 1980.
__________. Philippians. NCB Commentary. Eerdmans, 1980.
Silva, Moises. Philippians. Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary. Moody, 1988.

Colossians

Barth, Markus & Helmut Blanke, Colossians, Anchor Bible 34B, trans. Astrid Beck. Doubleday, 1995.
LIghtfoot, J. B. Saint Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon. Zondervan, 1959 (original edition 1879).
Lohse, Eduard. Colossians and Philemon: A Commentary on the Epistles, Hermeneia. Fortress, 1971.
O'Brien, Peter T. Colossians, Philemon. WBC 44. Word, 1982.

1 & 2 Thessalonians

Bruce, F. F. 1 & 2 Thessalonians. WBC. Word, 1982.
Holmes, Michael. 1 and 2 Thessalonians. NIVAC. Zondervan, 1998.
Marshall, I. H. 1 and 2 Thessalonians. NCB. Eerdmans, 1983.
Wanamaker, C. A. The Epistles to the Thessalonians: a commentary on the Greek text. Eerdmans, 1990.

1 & 2 Timothy

Johnson, Luke Timothy. Letters to Paul’s Delegates: 1Timothy, 2Timothy, Titus. Trinity Press International, 1996.

Titus

See Johnson (1 Timothy)

Philemon

See Lohse (Colossians), O'Brien (Colossians), Lightfoot (Colossians)

Paul and Pauline Theology

Bassler, J. M. ed. Pauline Theology Vol. 1: Thessalonians, Philippians, Galatians, Philemon. Fortress, 1991.
Beker, J. C. Paul the Apostle: The Triumph of God in Life and Thought. Fortress, 1980.
________. Paul's Apocalyptic Gospel: The Coming Triumph of God. Fortress, 1982.
Boyarin, Daniel. A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity. Univ. of California, 1994.
Bruce, F. F. Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. Eerdmans, 1977.
________. Paul and Jesus. Baker, 1974.
Bultmann, R. "Paul's De-mythologizing and Ours" (1941) in W. A. Meeks, ed. The Writings of St. Paul. Norton, 1972. Pp.409-422.
Dahl, N. A. The Crucified Messiah and Other Essays. Augsburg, 1974.
________. Studies in Paul: Theology for Early Christian Mission. Augsburg, 1977.
Davies, W. D. i4th ed. Fortress, 1980.
Donaldson, T. L. Paul and the Gentiles: Remapping the Apostle's Convictional World. Fortress, 1997.
Donfried, Karl P. ed. The Romans Debate. Rev. ed. Hendrickson, 1991.
Dunn, J. D. G. The Theology of Paul the Apostle. Eerdmans, 1998.
________. Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians. Westminster/John Knox, 1990.
________. "Once More, Pistis Christou," 1991 SBL Seminar Papers. Scholars, 1991. Pp. 730-744.
________."The New Perspective on Paul" (1983) in Dunn, Jesus, Paul and the Law: Studies in Mark and Galatians. Westminster/JKP, 1990. Pp.183-214.
________. The Partings of the Ways. Trinity Press, 1991. Pp.18-36.
Ellis, E. E. Pauline Theology: Ministry and Society. Eerdmans, 1989.
Fee, Gordon. God's Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul. Hendrickson, 1994.
Fitzmeyer, J. A. Pauline Theology: A Brief Sketch. Prentice Hall, 1967.
Francis, F. O. & J. P. Sampley, Pauline Parallels. 2nd ed.; Fortress, 1984.
Gaston, L. Paul and the Torah. Univ. of British Columbia, 1987.
Gundry, Robert H. "Grace, Works, and Staying Saved in Paul: reply to E. P. Sanders' Paul and Palestinian Judaism; Paul, the Law and the Jewish People" Biblica 66 (1985): 1-38.Hagner, D. A. & M. J. Harris, Pauline Studies. Eerdmans, 1980.
Hawthorne, G. F., R. P. Martin, D. G. Reid. Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. InterVarsity, 1993.
Hay, David. ed. Pauline Theology Volume II: 1 and 2 Corinthians. Fortress, 1993.
Hay, David and Elizabeth E. Johnson. Pauline Theology Volume III: Romans. Fortress, 1995.
Hays, R. B. "Pistis and Pauline Christology: What is at Stake?" 1991 SBL Seminar Papers. Scholars, 1991. Pp. 714-729.
________. Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul. Yale, 1989.
Hengel, M. The Pre-Christian Paul. Trinity Press Int., 1991.
Hengel, M. and A. M. Schwemer, Paul Between Damascus and Antioch: The Unknown Years. Westminster/John Knox, 1997.
Hooker, Morna. Pauline Pieces. Epworth, 1979.
________. From Adam to Christ: Essays on Paul. Cambridge, 1990.
________. "Interchange in Christ" JThStud n.s. 22 (1971) 349-361.
Horsley, R. Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Imperial Roman Society. Trinity Press Int., 1997.
Jervis, L. A. and P. Richardson, ed. Gospel in Paul: Studies on Corinthians, Galatians and Romans for Richard N. Longenecker. JSNTSup 108; Sheffield, 1994.
Johnson, E. E. and D. M. Hay, Pauline Theology Volume IV: Looking Back, Pressing On. Scholars, 1997.
Käsemann, E. Perspectives on Paul. Fortress, 1971.
Keck, Leander. Paul and His Letters. 2nd ed. Fortress, 1988.
Kim, S. The Origin of Paul's Gospel. Eerdmans, 1982.
________. Paul and the New Perspective: Second Thoughts on the Origin of Paul's Gospel. Eerdmans, 2002.
Longnecker, B. W. ed., Narrative Dynamics in Paul: A Critical Assessment. Westminster/JKP, 20002.
Longenecker, R. Paul, Apostle of Liberty. Baker, 1964.
Maccoby, Hyam. The Mythmaker: Paul and the Invention of Christianity. Harper and Row, 1986.
________. Paul and Hellenism. Trinity Press Int., 1991.
Machen, J. G. The Origin of Paul's Religion. Eerdmans, 1925.
Martin, D. B. Slavery as Salvation: The Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline Christianity. Yale, 1990.P
Mattison, Mark. A Summary of the New Perspective on Paul.
Meeks, Wayne. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. Yale, 1983.
Morris, L. The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross. Tyndale, 1955.
Murphy-O'Connor, J. Paul: A Critical Life. Oxford, 1996.
Piper, J. The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23. Baker, 1983.
Räisänen, H. Paul and the Law. Fortress, 1983.
Ridderbos, H. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. J. R. DeWitt, trans. Eerdmans, 1975.
Roetzel, C. J. The Letters of Paul: Conversations in Context. 3rd ed.; Westminster/John Knox, 1991.
Sanders, E. P. Paul and Palestinian Judaism. Fortress, 1977.
________. Paul, the Law, and the Jewish People. Fortress, 1983.
Schoeps, H. J. Paul: The Theology of the Apostle in the Light of Jewish Religious History. H. Knight, trans. Westminster, 1961.
Schreiner, Thomas R. Interpreting the Pauline Epistles. Baker, 1990.
Schweitzer, Albert. Paul and His Interpreters: A Critical History. MacMillan, 1951.
________. The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle. 1930; Seabury, 1968.
Segal, A. F. Paul the Convert: The Apostolate and Apostasy of Saul the Pharisee. Yale, 1990.
Shaw, George Bernard. "The Monstrous Imposition upon Jesus" (1913) in W. A. Meeks, The Writings of St. Paul. Norton, 1972. Pp.296-302.
Silva, Moisés. "The Law and Christianity: Dunn's New Synthesis" WTJ 53 (1991): 339-353.
Stendahl, Krister. Paul Among Jews and Gentiles. Fortress, 1976.Theissen, G. Pscychological Aspects of Pauline Theology. Fortress, 1987.
Thielman, F. From Plight to Solution: A Jewish Framework for Understanding Paul's View of the Law in Galatians and Romans. NovTest Supp.; Brill, 1989.
Volf, J. Gundry, Paul and Perseverance: Staying in and Falling Away. J. C. B. Mohr, 1990.
Wedderburn, A. J. M. The Reasons for Romans. Fortress, 1991.
Wenham, David. Paul: Follower of Jesus or Founder of Christianity? Eerdmans, 1995.
Westerholm, Stephen. Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters. Eerdmans, 1988.
________. Preface to the Study of Paul. Eerdmans, 1997.
Whiteley, D. E. H. The Theology of St. Paul. Fortress, 1964.
Wilson, A. N. Paul: The Mind of the Apostle. Norton, 1997.
Witherington, Ben, III. Paul's Narrative Thought World: The Tapestry of Tragedy and Triumph. Westminster/John Knox, 1994.
________. The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus. IVP, 1998.
Wright, N. T. The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology. Fortress, 1991.
________. What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Eerdmans, 1997.
________. The New Testament and the People of God. Fortress, 1992.
Young, B. Paul the Jewish Theologian: A Pharisee Among Christians, Jews and Gentiles. Hendrickson, 1998.

New Testament Introduction, Theology and Interpretation

Bultmann, R. Theology of the New Testament. K. Grobel, trans. 2 vols. Scribner's, 1951-55.
Dunn, J. D. G. Christology in the Making: A New Testament Inquiry into the Origins of the Doctrine of the Incarnation. 2nd ed., SCM, 1989; Eerdmans, 1996.
________. The Partings of the Ways: Between Christianity and Judaism and their Significance for the Character of Christianity. Trinity Press International, 1991.Ehrman, B. D. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. Oxford, 1997.
Evans, Craig A. and Donald A. Hagner, Anti-Semitism and Early Christianity: Issues of Polemic and Faith. Fortress, 1993.
Green, J. B. ed. Hearing the New Testament: Strategies for Interpretation. Eerdmans, 1995.
Harris, Stephen L. The New Testament: A Student's Introduction. 3rd ed. Mayfield, 1999.
Hays, R. B. The Moral Vision of the New Testament: A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. HarperCollins, 1996.
Johnson, Luke T. The Writings of the New Testament: An Interpretation. Fortress, 1986.
Käsemann, E. New Testament Questions of Today. Fortress, 1969.
Longenecker, R. Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period. Eerdmans, 1975.
Malherbe, A. J. & W. A. Meeks, The Future of Christology: Essays in Honor of L. E. Keck. Fortress, 1993.
Silva, M. Explorations in Exegetical Method: Galatians as a Test Case. Baker, 1996.
Spivey, R. A. and D. M. Smith, Anatomy of the New Testament. Fifth ed.; Prentice Hall, 1995.
Witherington, Ben, III. Jesus, Paul and the End of the World: A Comparitive Study in New Testament Eschatology. IVP, 1992.
Wright, N. T. and Stephen Neill, The Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1986. Oxford, 1988.

New Testament Backgrounds

Aune, D. The New Testament in Its Literary Environment. Westminster, 1987.
________. Prophecy in Early Christianity and the Ancient Mediterranean World. Eerdmans, 1983.
Daube, D. The New Testament and Rabbinic Judaism. Athlone, 1956.
Evans, C.A. Noncanonical Writings and New Testament Interpretation. Hendrickson, 1992.
Ferguson, E. Backgrounds of Early Christianity. Eerdmans, 1987.
Hellholm, D., ed. Apocalypticism in the Mediterranean World and the Near East. J. C. B. Mohr, 1983.
Hengel, M. Jews, Greeks and Barbarians: aspects of the hellenization of Judaism in the pre-Christian period. trans., John Bowden. Fortress, 1980.
________. Judaism and Hellenism. 2 vols.; Fortress, 1974.
Kee, H.C. The Origins of Christianity: Sources and Documents. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: 1973.
Meeks, Wayne. The First Urban Christians: The Social World of the Apostle Paul. Yale, 1983.
________. ed. The Writings of St. Paul. W. W. Norton, 1990.McKnight, S. A Light Among the Gentiles: Jewish Missionary Activity in the Second Temple Period. Fortress, 1990.
Moore, G.F. Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era. 2 vols.; Harvard, 1927, 1930. Repr. Schocken Books, 1971.
Murphy-O'Connor, J. & J.H.Charlesworth, edd. Paul and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Christian Origins Library, 1990.
Neusner, J. Judaism in the Beginning of Christianity. Fortress, 1984.
________. The Rabbinic Traditions about the Pharisees before AD 70. 3 vols.; Brill, 1971.
Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief 63BCE-66 CE. Trinity, 1992.
Stowers, S. Letter Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Westminster, 1986.
Theissen, G. The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth. Fortress, 1982.

Web Resources

Apocrypal account of Paul's mission: The Acts of Paul and Thecla

Lorin Cranford's Annotated Bibliography: New Testament Genre.

James Tabor's The Problems at Corinth: http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/corinth.html

James Tabor's The Corinthian Correspondence: http://www.uncc.edu/jdtabor/cccorinthians.html

New Testament Gateway: Paul the Apostle: http://www.ntgateway.com/paul/

Jenee Woodard's The Text This Week: Paul: http://www.textweek.com/pauline/paul.htm

United Methodist Women: Roman Houses and Corinthian House Churches: http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/corinthians/house.stm

Tufts University's Perseus Digital Library Classics Search Engine: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/perscoll?collection=Greco-Roman

University of Pennsylvania's The Corinth Computer Project: http://corinth.sas.upenn.edu/land.html

University of Pennsylvania's On-line Primary Literature: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/Texts/

Internet Women's History Sourcebook (subset of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project, edited by Paul Halsall, History Professor at U. of North Florida): Ancient Rome.

The Bible Gateway (at Gospelcom.net): various on-line translations of First Corinthians.