Galatians: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Volume 33, Part 1As its predecessors in the Anchor Bible series have doneGalatianssuccessfully makes available all the significant historical and linguistic knowledge which bears on the interpretation of this important New Testament book. A personal letter written by Paul in the mid-first century to friends in the churches emerging in the region of Galatia, where it was circulated, Galatians is down to earth and pragmatic. This biblical book requires the modern reader to take a seat in one of the Galatian congregations, to listen to Paul's letter with Galatian ears, and discern the contours of Paul's theology. That is exactly what Dr. Martyn makes possible in his marvelous commentary, with its careful translation and creative interpretation of Galatians. Though relatively brief, Paul's letter is filled with complex theological and historical issues that demand a thorough treatment. Readers will not be disappointed in Dr. Martyn's sensitive handling of difficult passages, and all will be delighted to have a fresh translation that makes sense to our modern ears. All in all, this volume will stand out as a shining example of top notch scholarship written for the general reader. |
Contents
Galatians as Drama | 13 |
The Writing of the Letter | 19 |
History of Interpretation | 27 |
The Present Volume | 41 |
Comment 1 The Nature of Pauls Apostolate | 92 |
Comment 4 Pauls Epistolary Word and Gods Word | 105 |
Comment 5 Defection from the God Who Calls into Existence | 116 |
Comment 7 The Gospel of Christ and Its Counterfeit | 127 |
Comment 33 The Teachers Sermon on Descent from Abraham | 302 |
Comment 34 The Blessing God the Cursing Law and the Cross | 324 |
Comment 36 Theological Pronouns | 334 |
Comment 37 Covenant Christ Church and Israel | 343 |
Comment 38 The Genesis of the Sinaitic Law | 364 |
Comment 39 The Old Orb of Power as Slave Master and | 370 |
Comment 40 Not Jew and Gentile but One in Christ | 378 |
Comment 41 Christ and the Elements of the Cosmos | 393 |
Comment 8 Rhetoric and the Service of God | 145 |
Comment 9 The Gospel Human Norms of Judgment | 146 |
Comment 11 The History Created by the Gospel | 159 |
Comment 14 Gods Apocalypse of His Son to Paul | 165 |
Comment 16 The Negative Travelogue | 178 |
Comment 18 The Jerusalem Conference as a TwoLevel Drama | 208 |
Comment 20 Barnabas and Paul | 216 |
Comment 24 The Collections for the Jerusalem Church | 222 |
Comment 25 The Circumcision Party in the Jerusalem Church | 236 |
Comment 27 Observance of the Law | 260 |
Comment 29 Placing Ones Trust in Christ Jesus | 275 |
Human Observance | 286 |
Comment 42 God Sent His Son | 406 |
Comment 43 To Be Known by God Is To Know That There | 412 |
Comment 44 Paul in Anxious Labor Pains Until Christ | 426 |
Two Covenants | 447 |
Comment 47 Eagerly Waiting for the Hope of Rectification | 478 |
Comment 48 The Law and Daily Life in the Church of God | 502 |
Comment 49 The Galatians Role in the Spirits War of Liberation | 524 |
Comment 50 The Law in the Hands of Christ | 554 |
Comment 51 Apocalyptic Antinomies and the New Creation | 570 |
Glossary | 587 |
Index of Major Subjects | 601 |
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