Fitzmyer contributed to several biblical commentaries, including the "Jerome Biblical Commentary", the "New Jerome Biblical Commentary", and the "Anchor Bible Commentary". His contribution to the "Anchor Bible Commentary" included work on The Gospel of Luke (in two volumes), Acts of the Apostles, 1 Corinthians, Romans, and Philemon. In the "New Jerome Biblical Commentary", he has articles introducing the New Testament Epistles, Galatians, Romans, Philemon and on the history of Israel as well as Paul and Pauline theology. In the last one, after a historical review of 40 themes, he concludes: