| Description |
1 online resource (168 pages) |
| Contents |
Galatian disputes. A volatile mix ; New perspective and beyond ; The use and abuse of Paul -- Paul's context. Paul's commissioning ; Jewish pluralism in Paul's time ; Paul's zealous faith ; Paul's symbolic horizon ; Jewish restoration eschatology ; New creation -- Challenges and challengers in Galatia. The Galatian assemblies ; Jewish missionaries and Gentile proselytes ; Gentile converts ; Paul's polemics ; The problems Paul faced ; Sarah and Hagar ; Who were Paul's opponents? ; Covenant fidelity as the opponents' ideal -- Women in the Galatian assemblies. Gender and Torah ; Greco-Roman women ; Jewish women in the diaspora ; Women proselytes in Pauline communities ; The threat to the Galatian women -- Recovering Paul--and the gospel. Paul's pregnant silence about women ; Questioning the doctrinal reading of Paul ; What were the men thinking? ; A different gospel ; Difference and its absence |
| Summary |
For hundreds of years, Paul''s letter to the Galatians has been a flashpoint of controversy among Christians. Why did Paul write the letter, and what was at issue in the controversy over Torah observance, particularly male circumcision? Has the letter with its classic contrast of faith in Christ and works of the law served to divide Jews from Christians and Christians from one other? Radically reframing the debate, Tatha Wiley''s fresh approach decisively shifts the Galatian question to focus on the social consequences of Paul''s bitter disagreement with the circumcision preachers and spe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-161) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Galatians -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Galatians fast |
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Bible. New Testament. Épîtres Paul Galates. ram |
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11.46 study and interpretation of the New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
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Galaten (bijbelboek)
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Heidenen.
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Circumcisie.
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Vrouwen.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441103956 |
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1441103953 |
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9781501301995 |
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1501301993 |
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