The argument of this book is two-fold: the target of the argument of Colossians is a Judaism dismissive of the Gentile Colossian Christians and the recognition of that fact casts new light on the moral material of the letter and its integration into the argument of the epistle as a whole. "Throughout the work, Bevere exhibits an admirable command of the OT, of Jewish intertestamental literature, and of the secondary literature on Colossians.... Bevere's work helpfully outlines and augments recent discussion of the question." -Barth L. Campbell, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, September 2004