Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction Mark D. Nanos xi
Abbreviations xliii
Contributors liii
Original Location of Articles lv
Part 1 Rhetorical And Epistolary Genre
Section A Rhetorical Approaches
1 The Literary Composition and Function of Paul's Letter to the Galatians Hans Dieter Betz 3
2 The Rhetorical Outline for Galatians: A Reconsideration Robert G. Hall 29
3 The Letter of Paul to the Galatians: A Deliberative Speech Joop Smit 39
4 Galatians (1:1-5): Paul and Greco-Roman Rhetoric Robert M. Berchman 60
5 Apostasy to Paganism: The Rhetorical Stasis of the Galatian Controversy Troy Martin 73
6 St. Paul's Epistles and Ancient Greek and Roman Rhetoric C. Joachim Classen 95
Section B Epistolary Approaches
7 Paul's Letter to the Galatians: Epistolary Genre, Content, and Structure Nils A. Dahl 117
8 A Paradigm of the Apocalypse: The Gospel in the Light of Epistolary Analysis G. Walter Hansen 143
Part 2 Autobiographical Narratives
Section A Rhetorical Approaches
9 Rhetorical Identification in Paul's Autobiographical Narrative: Galatians 1:13-2:14 Paul E. Koptak 157
10 Paul's Argumentation in Galatians 1-2 Johan S. Vos 169
11 Epideictic Rhetoric and Persona in Galatians 1 and 2 James D. Hester 181
Section B Socio-Historical Approaches
12 The Incident at Antioch (Gal 2:11-18) James D. G. Dunn 199
13 Judaism, the Circumcision of Gentiles, and Apocalyptic Hope: Another Look at Galatians 1 and 2 Paula Fredriksen 235
14 Making and Breaking an Agreement Mediterranean Style: A New Reading of Galatians 2:1-14 Philip F. Ester 261
15 What Was at Stake in Peter's "Eating with Gentiles" at Antioch? Mark D. Nanos 282
Part 3 The Galatian Situation(s)
16 The Opposition to Paul A. B. Harvey 321
17 The Agitators and the Galatian Congregation Robert Jewett 334
18 A Law-Observant Mission to Gentiles J. Louis Martyn 348
19 Paul and the Opponents of the Christ-Gospel in Galatia Nikolaus Walter 362
20 Mirror-Reading a Polemical Letter: Galatians as a Test Case John M. G. Barclay 367
21 The Argumentative Situation of Galatians B. C. Lategan 383
22 The Inter- and Intra-Jewish Political Context of Paul's Letter to the Galatians Mark D. Nanos 396
23 Foolish Galatians?-A Recipient-Oriented Assessment of Paul's Letter Dieter Mitternacht 408
Glossary 435
Bibliography 441
Index of Modern Authors 491
Index of Ancient Sources 499