Galatians through the centuries

• Autore: Riches John <1939->
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : Wiley Blackwell Imprint, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 pages)
• Disciplina: 227/.40709; 227.409
• Soggetto topico: Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Christianity
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Galatians: Through the Centuries -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Aims and Method, Summary of Findings, Galatians as a 'World-Building' Text -- Overview -- Questions of Method -- The Principal Commentators -- Marcion -- Augustine -- John Chrysostom -- Thomas Aquinas -- Martin Luther -- John Calvin -- William Perkins -- Ferdinand Christian Baur -- Joseph Barber Lightfoot -- More recent work on Galatians -- Concluding Remarks -- Galatians 1:1-9: The Beginning of Paul's Argument -- Literary and Historical Context of the Letter -- Main Themes: 1:1-9 -- 1 Paul's Apostolic Authority -- Patristic interpretation -- Thomas Aquinas -- Reformation readings -- Nineteenth- century readings -- 2 The Understanding of Evil and Its Overcoming -- Dualist readings -- Patristic readings -- Reformation readings -- The modern period -- Galatians 1:10-24: Paul Argues for His Independence as an Apostle (I) -- The 'Conversion' of Paul the Jew -- Main Themes -- 1 Paul's Relation to Judaism -- 2 Paul's Conversion -- The patristic and medieval period -- Reformation readings -- The modern period -- Galatians 2:1-10: Paul Argues for His Independence as an Apostle (II) -- The Conference at Jerusalem -- Historical Considerations -- 1 The Relationship of Acts and Galatians -- 2 Was Titus Circumcised? -- 3 'The Nature of the Dispute -- Galatians 2:11-21: Justification by Faith: The New Life in Christ -- Overview -- 1 Conflict at Antioch -- Patristic and medieval period -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- The modern period -- 2 Justification by Faith and not by Works of the Law -- Marcion -- Chrysostom -- Augustine -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Baur -- Lightfoot -- Later nineteenth-and twentieth-century readings -- 3 Galatians 2:20 in the Mystical Tradition. ; Keiji Nishitani and the Kyoto school of Zen Buddhism -- Galatians 3:1-14: Life in the Spirit Contrasted with Living under the Curse of the Law -- Overview -- 1 The Argument from the Galatians' Experience of the Spirit, vv. 1-5 -- Patristic readings -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Parenthetical note on witchcraft -- Perkins -- Hilgenfeld -- Bultmann and after -- 2 Abraham as the Father of All Those Who Believe -- 2.1 Abraham as the Source of Blessing to Those that Believe -- Patristic interpretation -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Baur -- Lightfoot -- Twentieth-century readings -- 2.2 The Curse of the Law and Its Removal by Christ to Make Way for the Blessing of Abraham -- Marcion -- Chrysostom -- Augustine -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Hilgenfeld -- Lightfoot -- Twentieth-century interpretation -- Galatians 3:15-29: The Purpose of the Law and the New Life of Sonship of God -- Brief Analysis -- 1 The Purpose and Limits of the Law -- Marcion -- Chrysostom -- Augustine -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Lightfoot -- Hilgenfeld -- Twentieth-century interpretation -- 2 New Life as Sons (and Daughters?) of God -- Patristic and medieval interpretation -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Lightfoot -- Hilgenfeld -- Liberationist and feminist readings of Gal 3:28 -- Galatians 4:1-20: Paul Contrasts the Galatians' Present State as Christians with Their Former Lives -- Overview -- 1 The Galatians' Former State -- Dualist readings -- Patristic and medieval interpretations -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Hilgenfeld -- Lightfoot -- Twentieth-century readings -- Galatians 4:21-31: A Concluding Allegory -- The Nature of Paul's Argument in This Section and Its Relation to the Argument of the Letter as a Whole -- Interpretative Problems and Main Types of Interpretation. ; Galatians 4:22-30: The Hagar/Sarah Story and Its Allegorization -- Patristic interpretations -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Hilgenfeld -- Lightfoot -- Galatians 5: The New Life of Faith -- Overview -- 1 Faith Working Through Love Fulfils the Law (5:1-15) -- Augustine -- Chrysostom -- Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Council of Trent -- Perkins -- Nineteenth-and twentieth-century readings -- 2 New Life in the Spirit -- The Commentators -- Dualist readings -- Augustine -- Chrysostom -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Perkins -- Hilgenfeld -- Lightfoot -- Recent interpretations -- Galatians 6: New Creation: Life Beyond the Law -- Overview -- 1 Concluding Ethical Advice: Galatians 6:1-10 -- The patristic period -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Cudworth -- Hilgenfeld -- Lightfoot -- Recent historical scholarship -- 2 A New Creation: Galatians 6:11-18 -- Dualist readings -- Chrysostom -- Augustine -- Thomas Aquinas -- Luther -- Calvin -- Cudworth -- Hilgenfeld and Lightfoot -- Twentieth-century readings and the influence of apocalyptic -- Glossary -- Works Cited -- Illustrations -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Galatians through the centuries
• ISBN: 1-118-47636-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818735903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II