John T. Fitzgerald

First and Second Timothy and Titus

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Hutson wrote his dissertation on the Pastoral Epistles and has spent the past two decades continuing his research on these important yet challenging documents. This fine commentary is the culmination of his thorough investigation of the letters in light of ancient sources and modern scholarship. It merits the attention of a wide range of readers, from seasoned scholars to pastors and priests seeking to expound the biblical text responsibly to an increasingly complex modern world.”

Interpreting Paul

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“All great scholars have a clear and distinctive view about the people, texts, and topics about which they write. This is indisputably true for Luke Timothy Johnson, who rightly insists on the importance of religious experience in understanding who Paul was, what he cared about most deeply, and how that reverberates throughout all of his letters. Few will agree with all that Johnson says here, but all will learn from him and his insights into the life, letters, and legacy of Paul.”

Jesus, Paul, Luke-Acts, and 1 Clement

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“From the very beginning of his academic career, David Balch has been at the forefront of a fearless vanguard of biblical scholars who are relentless in probing ancient texts, works of art, and artifacts in light of pressing contemporary concerns. In these eleven essays, which are brimming with penetrating insights and observations, we see Balch at his intrepid best, addressing and illuminating a variety of complex issues, including social class, ethnicity, gender, violence, and sexual orientation. Highly recommended!”

Opening Paul's Letters

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Appropriately interpreting a work entails recognition of its literary genre, and that is especially true for reading the Bible, which contains a wide variety of genres. Gray's delightful new book provides useful guidance to students in learning how to read Paul's letters as letters, doing so in light of ancient epistolary theory and practice and with an eye to how ancient conventions differ from those used today.”

Paul and the Corinthians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Even a cursory reading of 1 and 2 Corinthians reveals that Paul’s relationship with various Jesus followers in Corinth was an ancient soap opera that significantly affected his work in both Asia Minor and Macedonia. Reconstructing the precise sequence of events in that historical drama is a difficult scholarly challenge, but in this deeply researched and thoughtfully argued new monograph, Paul Duff succeeds in offering an intriguing yet plausible scenario that merits serious consideration across interpretive lines.”

Paul on Identity

Theology

“All serious New Testament scholars have a distinctive vision of Paul that is grounded in years of intense study. That is certainly the case for Troels Enberg-Pedersen, who shares with us here his understanding of the apostle in a form that is simultaneously lucid, accessible, and provocative. It is vintage Troels.”

Paul on Marriage and Celibacy

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In this revised edition of his stimulating monograph on 1 Corinthians 7, Will Deming responds to his critics and continues to dismantle the traditional and widespread depiction of Paul as a founding father of Christian asceticism. Making a clear and convincing distinction between sexual asceticism and celibacy, Deming insists that neither Paul nor the Corinthians were ascetics and that the hermeneutical key to understanding their dialogue was the Stoic-Cynic debate about the advantages and disadvantages of marriage. Grounding his treatment in the philosophical texts of the Hellenistic world and using them to illumine Paul's assumptions and arguments, Deming demonstrates that Paul was intimately aware of the moralist traditions of his day and of the conflicting views on marriage held by philosophers. An indispensable contribution for anyone interested not only in Paul but also in Hellenistic discussions of the family and marriage.”

Philippians and Philemon

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Paul's letters to the Philippians and Philemon combined are just five chapters in length but are incredibly rich in theological content as well as socio-historical and hermeneutical complexity. Interpreters of Paul can thus rejoice that Thompson and Longenecker have expounded these two epistles with admirable exegetical skill, theological sensitivity, and enviable clarity. Highly recommended.”

Romans

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“By grounding his exposition of Romans in the world of the first century, yet keeping his eye on the needs and concerns of the contemporary world, Keener offers here a rare commodity: a lucid commentary that is simultaneously conversant with the latest biblical scholarship and pastorally sensitive.”

Shaping the Past to Define the Present

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“For the past three decades, Greg Sterling has illuminated many aspects of Luke-Acts and helped modern readers appreciate it as an example of ancient apologetic historiography, in which a member of a societal subgroup deliberately Hellenizes its traditions so as to redefine itself within the context of the larger world in which the group now lives. All nine of the essays that comprise this new book—six revised and three new essays—usefully continue Sterling’s project of helping us see how the author of Luke-Acts has shaped the past to speak to the present by defining Christian identity in ways both new and fascinating. Highly recommended.”

The First One Hundred Years of Christianity

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“There is no better New Testament scholar active in Europe today than Udo Schnelle, whose penetrating account of the first hundred years of early Christian history has now been ably translated into English by James Thompson. Highly recommended as both a textbook and a reference volume.”