 | The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Greek Text (New International Greek Testament Commentary) by III George W. Knight
Buy new: $35.28 / Used from: $32.63 Excellent information. Provides detailed commentary on the Greek grammar and syntax.
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 | The faithful sayings in the pastoral letters (Baker biblical monograph) by George W Knight
Buy used from: $17.00 If you're doing a serious study of the Pastorals, it may be worth it to track down a used copy of this book, which is the definitive work on the topic of the "Faithful Sayings".
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 | Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 46, Pastoral Epistles by William D. Mounce
Buy new: $31.49 / Used from: $22.00 An excellent primary commentary to use after you've done your primary study of the text.
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 | Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9-15
Buy used from: $2.48 FIND A COPY OF THIS BOOK!! It will help immensely when dealing with this section of 1 Timothy. The analysis is primarily linguistic, comparing word usage of hapax legomena with secular sources.
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 | 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus (New International Biblical Commentary, Volume #13) by Gordon D. Fee
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 Fee provides a decent non-technical view of the material. I don't always agree with him, but he's good nonetheless.
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| The Pastoral Epistles: A Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles (Hermeneia: a Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible) by Martin Dibelius
Buy new: $31.79 / Used from: $4.50 Dibelius/Conzelmann provides a contrasting viewpoint to that of Knight/Mounce/Fee/etc. Also includes a bevy of references to the Apostolic Fathers.
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 | Pastoral Epistles: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) by Donald Guthrie
Buy used from: $2.99 Guthrie provides a solid look at this material. Notable is his work in the area of Pauline authorship. Look also for his monograph "The Pastoral Epistles and the Mind of Paul" re: Pauline authorship.
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 | A Critical & Grammatical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles by Charles J. Ellicott
Buy new: $7.89 / Used from: $43.21 Ellicott provides good information in the comparison of early versions (especially comparing Syriac and Gothic versions). Try to find a used version before settling for Wipf & Stock photo-reprint.
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 | Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture)
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $11.64 The Apostolic Fathers are important to review when studying the development of the early church -- which, despite your views on Pauline authorship, is what you're studying in the Pastoral Epistles.
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 | Christian Ecclesia: A Course of Lectures on the Early History and Early Conceptions of the Ecclesia and Four Sermons by Fenton John Anthony Hort
Buy new: $26.00 / Used from: $24.59 F.J.A. Hort's classic material on the subject. Do yourself a favor and attempt to find an original copy used before settling for the Wipf & Stock photo-reprint.
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 | Judaistic Christianity: A Course of Lectures by Fenton John Anthony Hort
Buy new: $22.00 / Used from: $15.00 F.J.A. Hort's classic material on the subject. Do yourself a favor and attempt to find an original copy used before settling for the Wipf & Stock photo-reprint.
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 | The Apostolic Fathers, I, I Clement. II Clement. Ignatius. Polycarp. Didache (Loeb Classical Library)
Buy new: $19.20 / Used from: $21.40 The Apostolic Fathers (primarily Polycarp, the Didache, and Diognetus, IMO) are useful to examine and compare/contrast with the Pastoral Epistles.
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 | Apostolic Fathers: Volume II. Epistle of Barnabas. Papias and Quadratus. Epistle to Diognetus. The Shepherd of Hermas (Loeb Classical Library No. 25N)
Buy new: $19.20 / Used from: $16.79 You don't need to get Ehrman's edition. Lake, Holmes, or Lightfoot will do just fine.
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