Resources for Colossians
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • Colossians at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Epistle to the Colossians, Wikipedia.
  • Introduction to the Book of Colossians, New American Bible.
  • Colossians: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
  • Epistle to the Colossians and Colossae in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • The Book of Colossians in the World Wide Study Bible.
  • Bible Basics (Colossians) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Walking Through the Bible: Colossians.
  • Biblenotes summary: Colossians.
  • Colossians: Introduction, Argument, Outline, Daniel B. Wallace, Professor of New Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary.
  • Colossians, Pauline Literature, L. Gregory Bloomquist, 2003.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
  • Colossians, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • Colossians, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • Colossians, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
  • Colossians, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • Colossians, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • Colossians, People's New Testament, 1891.
  • Colossians, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • Colossians, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
  • Colossians, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
  • Letter to the Colossians, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • Colossians, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
  • Free Bible Commentary, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians and Philemon, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
• Articles and Background:
  • "Lycos Valley: Hierapolis, Laodicea, Colossae," Philip Harland, Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations.
  • Vocabulary for Colossians, Dr. Rodney Decker, Bible Baptist Seminary. (.pdf file, requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing)
  • "The Function of Ethos in Colossians," Jerry L. Sumney, Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power.
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  • Johnson, David H., "The Image of God in Colossians," Didaskalia, 1992.
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  • Lincoln, Andrew T., "The Household Code and Wisdom Mode of Colossians," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1999.
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  • Maier, Harry O., "A Sly Civility: Colossians and Empire," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2005.
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• Reviews:
  • Review: David M. Hay, Colossians. Abingdon, 2000. Review by Barry S Crawford in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
  • Review: Allen R. Bevere, Sharing the Inheritance: Identity and the Moral Life in Colossians. Sheffield, 2003. Review by Moyer Hubbard in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Review: Outi Leppä, The Making of Colossians: A Study in the Formation and Purpose of a Deutero-Pauline Letter. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2003. Review by EP Sanders.
  • Review: Allen R. Bevere, Sharing the Inheritance: Identity and the Moral Life in Colossians. Sheffield, 2003. Revie by Barth L Campbell in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2004.
  • Review: Marianne Meye Thompson, Colossians and Philemon, Eerdmans, 2005. Review by Verlyn Verbrugge, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
  • Review: Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat, Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire. InterVarsity Press, 2004. Review by Angela Standhartinger, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
• General resources and Links about Paul and the Pauline Epistles.