Ephesians Reading Room
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Reading the Letter to the Ephesians
- Blue Letter Bible Various English translations plus Greek text (excellent site)
- Online Text: Various English translations plus links to Greek text
- New Revised Standard Version (Oremus Bible Browser)
- Interlinear Bibles: Greek/NRSV; Greek/NRSV-NIV; Greek/NIV-NASB; Greek/KJV-NIV; Greek/KJV. (Note: each link is to a preview with a few missing pages)
Commentaries and Introductions on Ephesians
Commentaries-Academic
- Barth, Karl. Karl Barth's Academic Lectures on Ephesians (Göttingen, 1921-1922): An Original Translation, Annotation, and Analysis. Ross M. Wright. Ph.D. thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2006.
- Barth, Markus. The Broken Wall: A Study of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Regent, 1959.
- Best, Ernest. Ephesians: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Ephesians. Continuum, 2004 (also copy; Ephesians: A Shorter Commentary. Continuum, 2003 (without Greek references); Ephesians. Continuum, 1993.
- Boles, Kenneth L. Galatians & Ephesians. College Press, 1997.
- Bouttier, Michel. L`epître de saint Paul aux Ephésiens. Labor et Fides, 1991 (also copy).
- Bruce, F.F. The Epistle to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians. Eerdmans, 1999.
- Calvin, John. The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. Torrance Edition. Eerdmans Publishing, 1996.
- Dahl, Nils Alstrup. Kurze Auslegung des Epheserbriefes. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1965.
- Edwards, Mark J., ed. The Epistle to the Ephesians , in: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians: Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture. 2nd rev`d ed. Taylor & Francis, 2005. Pp. 101-206 (also copy; 1999 edition, pp. 107-216).
- Foulkes, Francis. The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians: An Introduction and Commentary. 2nd rev`d ed. Eerdmans, 1989 (also copy).
- Hahn, Scott, et al. Letters to the Galatians & Ephesians. Ignatius Catholic Study Bible. 2nd rev`d ed. Ignatius, 2005.
- Heil, John Paul. Ephesians: Empowerment to Walk in Love for the Unity of All in Christ. Society of Biblical Literature, 2007 (full-text available for Tyndale community via EBSCO).
- Heine, Ronald E., ed. The Commentaries of Origen and Jerome on St. Paul`s Epistle to the Ephesians. Oxford, 2002 (full-text for Tyndale community via EBSCO)
- Kitchen, Martin. Ephesians. Routledge, 1994 (full-text for Tyndale community via EBSCO).
- Liefeld, Walter L. Ephesians. InterVarsity, 1997 (also copy).
- MacDonald, Margaret Y. Colossians and Ephesians. Liturgical, 2008 (also copy 1; copy 2).
- Martin, Ralph P. Ephesians, Colossians, and Philemon. Westminster John Knox, 1991.
- Muddiman, John. Epistle to the Ephesians. Continuum, 2006 (also copy).
- O`Brien, Peter T. The letter to the Ephesians. Eerdmans, 1999.
- Schnackenburg, Rudolf. Ephesians: A Commentary. Trans. Helen Heron. Continuum, 1991.
- Witherington, Ben. The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles. Eerdmans, 2007.
- Yoder Neufeld, Thomas R. Ephesians, Believers Church Bible Commentary Series (Herald Press, 2002); an excellent commentary written with a missional church framework; available in full-text to Tyndale students only: EBSCOhost Books.
Commentaries (Popular)/ Preaching Aids/ Spiritual Readings (Selected)
- Albers, Robert H. et al. Caring and Community: Perspectives from Ephesians. Augsburg Fortress, 1995.
- Barton, Bruce, et al. Ephesians. Tyndale House, 1996.
- Picirill, Robert E., Thomas Marberry, and Daryl Ellis. Commentary on Ephesians, in: Galatians Through Colossians: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. Randall House, 1988. Pp. 119-260.
- Thomas, Carolyn. Letter to the Ephesians, in: Reading the Letters of Saint Paul: Study, Reflection, and Prayer. 2nd ed. Paulist, 2002. Pp. 162-173.
- von Speyr, Adrienne. The letter to the Ephesians. Trans. Adrian Walker. Ignatius, 1996.
- Wiebe, David, and Robert Rempel. The Power and the Mystery: Studies in the Books of Ephesians and Colossians. Kindred, 2001.
Introductory Chapters/Articles on Ephesians
- Gorman, Michael J. Ephesians: Walking Worthily of the Cosmic Crucified Christ, in: Apostle of the Crucified Lord: A Theological Introduction to Paul and His Letters. Eerdmans, 2004. Ch. 16, pp. 498-531.
- Lincoln, Andrew T. Ephesians, in: The Cambridge companion to St. Paul. James D. G. Dunn, ed. Cambridge, 2003. Ch. 9, pp. 133-140; The Theology of Ephesians, in: The Theology of the Later Pauline Letters, ed. Andrew T. Lincoln and A. J. M. Wedderburn. Cambridge, 1993. Pp. 75-166.
- See articles on "Ephesians" in NT encyclopedia and handbooks
Monographs/Studies on Aspects of Ephesians
- Arnold, Clinton E. Ephesians, Power and Magic: The Concept of Power in Ephesians in Light of Its Historical Setting. Cambridge, 1989.
- Baglow, Christopher T. "Modus et Forma": A New Approach to the Exegesis of Saint Thomas Aquinas with an Application to the Lectura super Epistolam ad Ephesios. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 2002.
- Best, Ernest. Essays on Ephesians. Continuum, 1997.
- Dahl, Nils Alstrup. Studies in Ephesians: Introductory Questions, Text- & Edition-Critical Issues, Interpretation of Texts and Themes. Mohr Siebeck, 2000.
- Dawes, Gregory W. The Body in Question: Metaphor and Meaning in the Interpretation of Ephesians 5:21-33. Brill, 1998.
- Harris, W. Hall. The Descent of Christ: Ephesians 4:7-11 and Traditional Hebrew Imagery. Brill, 1996.
- Mayer, Annemarie C. Sprache der Einheit im Epheserbrief und in der Ökumene. Mohr Siebeck, 2002.
- Miletic, Stephen Francis. "One Flesh"--Eph. 5.22-24, 5.31: Marriage and the New Creation. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1988.
- Moritz, Thorsten. A Profound Mystery: The Use of the Old Testament in Ephesians. Brill, 1996.
- Murphy-O`Connor, Jerome. St. Paul`s Ephesus: Texts and Archaeology. Liturgical, 2008.
- Rader, William H. The Church and Racial Hostility: A History of Interpretation of Ephesians 2, 11-22. Mohr Siebeck, 1978.
- Schwindt, Rainer. Das Weltbild des Epheserbriefes: eine religionsgeschichtlich-exegetische Studie. Mohr Siebeck, 2002.
- Sampley, J. Paul. And the Two Shall Become One Flesh: A Study of Traditions in Ephesians 5: 21-33. Cambridge, 2004.
- Strelan, Rick. Paul, Artemis, and the Jews in Ephesus. De Gruyter, 1996.
- Trebilco, Paul. The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius. Eerdmans, 2007.
- Usami, Koshi. Somatic Comprehension of Unity: The Church in Ephesus. Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, 1983.
- van Kooten, Geurt Hendrik. Cosmic Christology in Paul and the Pauline School: Colossians and Ephesians in the Context of Graeco-Roman Cosmology, With a New synopsis of the Greek Texts. Mohr Siebeck, 2003.
- van Roon, A. The Authenticity of Ephesians. Trans. S. Prescod-Jokel. Brill, 1974.
- Yee, Tet-Lim N. Jews, Gentiles, and Ethnic Reconciliation: Paul`s Jewish Identity and Ephesians. Cambridge, 2005 (full-text available to Tyndale community via EBSCO)
- Yoder Neufeld, Thomas R. Put on the Armour of God: The Divine Warrior from Isaiah to Ephesians. Continuum, 1997.
Articles, Chapters on Aspects of Ephesians
- Beattie, Gillian. Marriage in the Deutero-Pauline Literature: Colossians and Ephesians, in: Women and Marriage in Paul and his Early Interpreters. Continuum, 2005. Ch 3, pp. 65-82.
- Hays, Richard B. Ephesians: Cosmic Ecclesiology, in: Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation : a Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics. Continuum, 1997. Pp. 62-66.
- Lincoln, Andrew T. Ephesians and Heavenly Life in the Church at Worship, in: Paradise Now and Not Yet: Studies in the Role of the Heavenly Dimension in Paul`s Thought with Special Reference to His Eschatology. Cambridge, 2004. Ch. 6, pp. 135-168.
- MacDonald, Margaret Y. Colossians and Ephesians: Community Stabilizing Institutionalization, in: The Pauline Churches: A Socio-Historical Study of Institutionalization in the Pauline and Deutero-Pauline Writings. Cambridge, 2004. Part II, pp. 85-158.
- Malan, Francois S. Unity and love in the Body of Christ: Identity, Ethics and Ethos in Ephesians, in: Identity, Ethics, and Ethos in the New Testament. Ed. Jan Gabriël Van der Watt. De Gruyter, 2006. Pp. 257-288.
- Search for "Ephesians" at Theological Journals Search (free online journals with full-text).
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Other WWW Resources on Ephesians
- Texts, Translations and Resources, Early Christian Writings.
- Ephesians Online (www.ephesiansonline.com)