Description: A practical commentary on Galatians that is conversant with contemporary scholarship, draws on ancient backgrounds, and attends to the theological nature of the texts.
Brief description: Peter Oakes (DPhil, University of Oxford) is professor of New Testament at the University of Manchester, England. He is the author of Reading Romans in Pompeii: Paul's Letter at Ground Level and Philippians: From People to Letter, and has produced many publications on the interface between the New Testament and the Graeco-Roman world. He also serves as editor of Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist.