The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians (NICNT)

This work by F. F. Bruce is scholarly but readable. He begins with an introduction which covers the origins and authorship of Colossians, Philemon and Ephesians with particular focus on the geography of Asia Minor. He also discusses the Jewish community and the theological issues brought out in these books. According to Bruce, there are important reasons for linking Colossians, Philemon, and Ephesians together in one work. This is a section by section commentary on the three books, drawing out the important theological issues.

Frederick Fyvie Bruce (1910-1990) was a Biblical scholar, and one of the founders of the modern evangelical understanding of the Bible. He was educated at the University of Aberdeen, Cambridge University and the University of Vienna. After teaching Greek for several years first at the University of Edinburgh and then at the University of Leeds he became head of the Department of Biblical History and Literature at the University of Sheffield in 1947. In 1959 he moved to the University of Manchester where he became Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis.