Galatians: a commentary
This commentary by leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener features meticulous and comprehensive research and offers a wealth of fresh insights.
| Summary: | This commentary by leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener features meticulous and comprehensive research and offers a wealth of fresh insights. Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Excursuses: A Closer Look -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Translation of Paul's Letter to the Galatians -- Outline of Galatians -- Introduction: Interpreting Galatians -- Luther's Influential Approach -- Galatians and Pauline Theology -- An Apocalyptic Letter? -- Some Dominant Themes -- Author, Provenance, and Date -- Paul's Audience in Galatia -- North or South Galatia? -- Paul's Opponents -- Structure of the Letter -- Rhetoric and Galatians -- Letters and Epistolary Interpretation -- Polemic -- Was Paul's Letter to the Galatians Effective? -- Galatians 1:1-5 -- Epistolary Prescript: Gospel Greetings (1:1-5) -- Galatians 1:6-12 -- Thesis and Refutation: No Other Gospel (1:6-12) -- Galatians 1:13-2:21 -- Narrative Defense of the Gospel (1:13-2:21) -- God Reveals the Gospel to Paul (1:13-17) -- Far from Judea (1:18-24) -- Consensus in Jerusalem (2:1-10) -- Kephas Compromises Gospel Truth (2:11-14) -- Made Right with God through Christ Alone (2:15-21) -- Galatians 3:1-5:12 -- Argument Especially from Scripture (3:1-5:12) -- Trading God's Presence for Rules (3:1-5) -- Either Abraham's Blessing or the Law's Curse (3:6-14) -- Stick with the First Agreement (3:15-20) -- The Formal Law as a Stopgap (3:21-25) -- You Are All Heirs Already (3:26-29) -- A More Mature Era in Christ (4:1-7) -- Returning to Empty Practices (4:8-11) -- Plea to Return to Earlier Relationship (4:12-20) -- Abraham's Free Heirs versus His Slave Children (4:21-5:1) -- Circumcision Cannot Supplement Christ before God (5:2-6) -- Beware of Your Deceivers (5:7-12) -- Galatians 5:13-6:10 -- The True Basis for Ethics (Refuting Detractors) (5:13-6:10) -- Serving One Another (5:13-15) -- Following the Spirit's Steps (5:16-25) -- The Ways of Christ's Law (5:26-6:10) -- Galatians 6:11-18. |
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| ISBN: | 1493415700 |