The Jerusalem Collection and the Book of Galatians
The letter to the Galatians continues to be a fascina ting document, both for Christian theology and for historical reconstruction of the ministry of Paul and the situation of his churches. In this paper I will offer a suggestion concerning one aspect of the disturbance in Galatia. Speci fically, I...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1979
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 1979, Volume: 2, Issue: 5, Pages: 46-62 |
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| Summary: | The letter to the Galatians continues to be a fascina ting document, both for Christian theology and for historical reconstruction of the ministry of Paul and the situation of his churches. In this paper I will offer a suggestion concerning one aspect of the disturbance in Galatia. Speci fically, I suggest that in addition to the serious theological issues confronting him in the Galatian churches, Paul found that his effort to raise an offering for Jerusalem was being misinterpreted as proof of inferiority or subservience to the Jerusalem leadership. That is, if (as is widely believed) the major problems in Galatia involved a challenge to Paul's apostolic status, I am suggesting that the collecting of funds for Jerusalem was being used as incrimi nating evidence against Paul, and that a controversy over the offering provided part of the occasion for the letter. This suggestion, as I hope to show, illumines two passages in Galatians, 2:1-10, and 6:6-10. In order to prepare for the examination of these passages, it is necessary to review briefly the place of the Jerusalem collection in Paul's ministry. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X7900200503 |