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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783864003321

Autore

Esler Philip Francis.

Titolo

Galatians / / Philip F. Esler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-83632-5

1-134-83633-3

1-280-18498-1

0-203-41076-9

0-203-31979-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

New Testament readings

Disciplina

227/.406

Soggetti

Group identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-275) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Galatians; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series editor's preface; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Reading Galatians; 2. Social identity and the epistle to the Galatians; 3. Context and rhetoric in Galatians; 4. The problem with mixed table-fellowship; 5. Paul, Jerusalem and Antioch; 6. Righteousness as privileged identity; 7. Paul and the law; 8. Freedom, the Spirit and community life (Gal. 4.21-6.10); Epilogue: the intercultural promise of Galatians; Appendix: Paul's attitude to the law in Rom. 5.20-21; Notes; References; Index of ancient sources

Index of modern authors

Sommario/riassunto

Paul's letter to the Galatians, sometimes known as the Magna Carta of Christian liberty, is central to the understanding of the relation of Paul and the Law and is packed with crucial historical, social and theological material.Philip F. Esler provides a detailed and accessible interpretation of the text, which draws on contemporary and modern literary models. He outlines the problems often associated with reading Galatians, the context of the text, the rhetoric of the text and the intercultural and social implications of Galatians. Galatians includes comprehensive indices of anci