T. J. Lang

Artemis, Eve, and the Image of God

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book creatively reframes the Pauline ‘marital code’ in Ephesians within the context of the Artemis cult in Ephesus. The proposed interpretation of the Ephesian Haustafel is thoroughly researched, introduces crucial contextual data, and develops an original and provocative thesis—original and provocative in the most constructive scholarly sense. This book will certainly sharpen future interpretations of Pauline marital recommendations. Those unpersuaded by its thesis are obliged to answer its rigor with an equally robust exegetical and ethical alternative.”

The Vision of Ephesians

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“The Vision of Ephesians is Wright in his finest scholarly form, which is also his finest pastoral form. I refer to Wright’s extraordinary knack for condensing extensive scholarly learning into the accessible prose of scriptural commentary. “Lucid brevity”—the eloquent “summing up” of the scholar’s oft-untidy intellectual labor—is prized by interpreters of the New Testament. Paul similarly celebrates summation in his vision of the cosmos as “summed up” in the Messiah (Eph 1:10)—a Messiah who is “the microcosm, the new creation in person,” as Wright puts it. With arresting clarity and insight, The Vision of Ephesians points readers to Paul’s way of seeing the world (“the heaven-plus-earth cosmos”) as ultimately resolved in God’s Messiah. As for Paul’s way of speaking about this world, it is “the gospel of your salvation.” This is a book for anyone concerned with such matters.”