A Bibliography for Ephesians

Articles on an Introduction to the Epistle:

• The New Bible Dictionary (IVP, Leicester).
• The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Volume 2 (Eerdmans, Grand Rapids).
• The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 2, (Abingdon, Nashville).
• Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 2, (Zondervan, Grand Rapids).
• Introduction to the New Testament (Everett Harrison, Pickering and Inglis, London).
• Introduction to the New Testament (Donald Guthrie, IVP, London).

Commentaries on the Epistle to the Ephesians:

Here there is vast range.

The simplest would be:

 Ephesians (G. Bingham, NCPI, n.d.).

 One Lord, One faith, One Baptism ( G.Bingham, NCPI).

The Tyndale Commentary Ephesians (F. Foulkes, IVP, Leicester, 1976). The devotional commentary Ephesian Studies by Bishop Handley Moule is a gem (Pickering and Inglis, London, n.d.). The reprint of J. Armitage Robinson's Commentary on Ephesians (Kregel, Grand Rapids, 1st Edition, 1903, reprint 1979) is one of the finest. Modern writers are F. F. Bruce The Epistle to the Ephesians (Pickering and Inglis, 1961); Marcus Barth, Ephesians (The Anchor Bible, Doubleday, New York: 2 vols.); C. Leslie Mitton, Ephesians (New Century Bible, Oliphants, London, 1976); George Johnston, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon (New Century Bible, Oliphants, 1967); and T. K. Abbott, Ephesians and Colossians (ICC Series, T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1977).

Note: There are certain Commentary Series, such as The Expositor's Bible Commentary (ed. Frank Gaebelein, Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 1978, 12 vols) and the Ephesian volume (vol. 11) is by A. Skevinton Wood, an excellent commentary. You can ask your tutor for further advice, if needed.

Helpful books to have on your shelves are:

• The Lion Handbook to the Bible, ed. (David & Pat Alexander, Ansea Publishers).
• The New Bible Dictionary, org. ed. J. D. Douglas (IVP).
• The New Bible Commentary Revised, ed. D. Guthrie and others (IVP).
• A Concordance of the Bible is essential. The three best available are Young's, Strong's and Cruden's. Whilst these are linked with the Authorised Version of the Bible, they can easily be used. Some modern translations have issued their own concordances.
• The Revised Standard Version (RSV) is used for these lessons. The New International Version (NIV), the New American Standard Bible (NASB) and the Authorised Version (AV) may be used. Some versions are really paraphrases and cannot be used for study.