Author: Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat
Publisher: Paternoster
Publication Date: June 2005
ISBN: 9781842273562
Format: Book, 256 pages

Summary:

This is an utterly compelling exploration of Colossians. It brings the text alive in the context of the Roman Empire of the 1st century and shows how the letter's understanding of the Gospel of Christ applies so sharply to the consumerist empires of the 21st century.

Details:

It is not a commentary in the traditional sense but is nevertheless grounded in close textual analysis and thoughtful engagement with archaeology, history and sociology. The style is brisk but not at all simplistic and the authors have found a number of creative ways to help us see how the text does indeed speak today.

Meat for the mind and inspiration for the imagination.