This volume completes Ben Witherington\'s contributions to the set of Eerdmans Socio-Rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament.
Colossians is first-order moral discourse (the opening gambit), Ephesians is second-order moral discourse (what one says after the openi.
In addition to the usual features of these commentaries, Witherington offers an innovative way of looking at Colossians, Ephesians, and Philemon as interrelated documents written at different levels of moral discourse.
This volume completes Ben Witherington\'s contributions to the set of Eerdmans Socio-Rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament