The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation

The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation

The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation

The Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation

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Overview

Students and scholars reading the secondary literature on Galatians must often negotiate specialized language and complex lines of argumentation. In addition to the theological jargon that traditionally characterizes discussion of Galatians, there is also a significant amount of rhetorical and sociohistorical terminology.

This volume facilitates familiarity with the technical terminology and with issues central to the interpretation of Galatians and presents examples of the prevailing points of view as well as some recent challenges to them. The essays included explore the rhetorical and epistolary approaches to examining Galatians, comprise a comprehensive introduction to significant research in the field, and represent some of the best work available. Mark Nanos offers an introduction and glossary of terms to help students begin their study and a comprehensive volume bibliography and modern author and ancient sources indexes for those who are continuing on to further study.

Contributors
John M. G. Barclay
Robert M. Berchman
Hans Dieter Betz
C. Joachim Classen
Nils A. Dahl
James D. G. Dunn
Philip F. Esler
Paula Fredriksen
Robert G. Hall
G. Walter Hansen
A. E. Harvey
James D. Hester
Robert Jewett
Paul E. Koptak
B. C. Lategan
Troy Martin
J. Louis Martyn
Dieter Mitternacht
Mark D. Nanos
Joop Smit
Johan S. Vos
Nikolaus Walter

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781540962850
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/01/2019
Pages: 574
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Mark D. Nanos (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is the author of The Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter, which won the National Jewish Book Award for Jewish-Christian Relations. He also wrote The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context and has contributed essays to various collected works.

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

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