Galatians: A Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Churches in Galatia

Foreword to Hermeneia xi Preface xiii Reference Codes xvii 1. Abbreviations: Serial Titles, Journals, etc. xvii 2. Short Titles of Works Often Cited xxiv Editor's Note XXX Introduction 1. The Author 2. The Addressees A. Galatia and the Galatians 1 B. The Galatian Churches 3 C. The Anti• Pauline Opposition 5 3. The Date of the Letter 9 A. The Historical Situation 9 B. The Chronology of Paul's Letters 11 C. The Date of Galatians 11 D. The Place frotn which Galatians was Sent 12 4. The Text of Galatians 12 5. The Literary Composition and Function of Galatians 14 6. Traditions and Doctrinal Presuppositions 26 7. The Theological Argument in Galatians 28 1:1-5 I. The Epistolary Prescript 37 1:6-11 II. The Introduction (Exordium) 44 Excursus: Thl Cum in 1:8-9 50 1:12-2:14 III. The Statement ofFacts (Narratio) 57 1:12 A. Thesis t Paul Received the Gospel by Divine Revelation, not by Human Tradition 62 Excursus t Conversion, Revelation, and Tradition 64 1: 13-24 B. First Part: From Paul's :Birth to the Mission in Asia Minor 66 Excursus: Apostle ( a?Toa1'oAoS') 74 Excursus: Cephas 76 Excursus: James 78 Excursus: Thl Conference at Jerusalem 81 2:1-10 C. Second Part: Paul's Second Visit in Jerusalem 83 Excursus: Barnabas 84 Excursus: Titus 84 Excursus: John the Apostle 101 Excursus : The Collection for Jerusalem 103 Excursus: The Conflict at Antioch 103 Excursus: Antioch-on-the-Orontes 104 2:11-14 D. Third Part: The Conflict at Antioch 105 2:15-21 IV. The Proposition (Propositio) 113 3:1-4:31 V. The Proofs ( Probatio) 128 3:1-5 A. The First Argument: The Galatians' Experience of the Spirit 128 3:6-14 B. The Second Argument: God's Promise to Abraham 137 Excursus: Abraham 139 3:15-18 C. The Third Argument: Common Human Practice of Law 154 3:19-25 D. A Digression on the (Jewish) Torah 161 3:26-4:11 E. The Fourth Argument: Christian Tradition 181 3:26-29 I. A Reference to Baptismal Tradition 181 4:1-7 2. Proofs 202 4:8-11 3. An Interrogatio 213 4:12-20 F. The Fifth Argument: Friendship 220 4:21-31 G. The Sixth Argument: The Allegory of Sarah and Hagar 238 5:1-6:10 VI. The Exhortation (Exhortatio) 253 5:1-12 A. A Warning against Acceptance ofthejewish Torah 253 5:13-24 B. A Warning against Corruption of the "Flesh" 271 Excursus: A Catalogue of Vices and Virtues 281 5:25-6:10 C. Recommendations for the Christian Life in Form of Sententiae 291 6:11-18 VII. The Epistolary Postscript 312 Appendices 328 1. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.38-48 328 2. 2 Corinthians6: 14-7 : 1 329 3. The Kerygmata Petrou 331 a/ The Epistle of Peter to James 331 b/ Pseudo-Clementine Homilies 11.35.3-6 332 cf Pseudo-Clementine Homilies 17.13-19 332 4. Jus tin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 46-4 7 334 Bibliography 336 1. Commentaries 336 2. Studies 339 Indices 341 1. Passages 341 a/ Old Testament and Apocrypha 341 bf Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and other Jewish Literature 341 cf New Testament 342 d/ Early Christian Literature and the Ancient Church 344 ef Greek and Latin Authors 345 2. Greek Words 347 3. Subjects 349 4. Commentaries and Modern Authors 351