Tomorrow I start a monthly Bible Study on Galatians with curates in Southwark Diocese. In preparing for this first session was amazed at how many resources are online. Here’s what I’ve put together as an initial guide
Classic Commentaries available free online
Aquinas in both Latin and English translation
Calvin – both commentary and some of his sermons
Lightfoot (Classic 19th century Anglican text) is available in various versions and formats at the Internet Archive and also on Google books as below
Burton (Classic ICC Commentary, 1920) can be downloaded in PDF and other formats
Contemporary Commentaries online
IVP New Testament Commentary by Hansen (1993)
A Short Commentary by Garlington (this is a 193pp summary of the third edition of an over 400pp commentary from 2007 written from within New Perspective)
[pdf https://www.theologyethics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/garlingtonShorter_Galatians.pdf]
Tom Wright on Galatians
Excellent 10mins video introduction
Gospel & Theology in Galatians
[pdf https://www.theologyethics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Wright_Gospel_Theology_Galatians.pdf]
The Letter to the Galatians: Exegesis and Theology
Other online resources
Links to other online commentaries are available at
Links to various online resources for Galatians at NT Gateway and Biblical Studies sites
For wider online resources on Pauline scholarship, especially the New Perspective debates, see The Paul Page
There is also a useful blog devoted to Galatians and resources on it
Recent Commentaries on Galatians
There is a helpful list of commentaries (I cannot vouch for its rankings!)
A fuller assessment is available here
Grove has a more dated (1996) guide
Other Studies in Galatians
Barclay – Obeying the Truth (T & T Clark, 1988)
Dunn – Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (CUP, 1994)
Longenecker – The Triumph of Abraham’s God: The Transformation of Identity in Galatians (T&T Clark, 1998, the first 45pp or so of this are on Google books)
The more recent books I have found most helpful are
- Wright’s work (on Galatians at a popular level see his “Paul For Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians)
- Hays, Richard B. “The Letter to the Galatians.” New Interpreter’s Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 2000, Vol. 11, 181–348.
- Longenecker (Triumph of Abraham’s God, 1998). His father (Richard Longenecker) has a commentary in the Word series which is also helpful).
- Witherington (Grace in Galatia, 1998)
- Dunn – Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (CUP, 1994)
- Bruce (NIGTC, 1982, on Greek text)
Others I hope to explore during this year’s study include Garlington (New Perspective – see free shorter commentary above), Schreiner (2010, more classic Reformed evangelical commentary) and Fee (Pentecostal commentary, 2007).
Douglas Moo’s forthcoming commentary will be a significant one and a sense of his understanding of some of the key debates can be found in his article on Justification in Galatians in the Carson Festschrift
[pdf https://www.theologyethics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/moojustificationgalatians.pdf]