Bruce Longenecker

The Theology of the Letter to the Galatians

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108836968
• ISBN-10: 1108836968
• Artikelnr.: 73332481

Autorenporträt

Bruce Longenecker is the Melton Chair of Religion at Baylor University. He is the author of In Stone and Story: Early Christianity in the Roman World (2020), co-editor (with David Wilhite) of The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity (2023), and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Paul (2020) and Greco-Roman Associations, Deities, and Early Christianity (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Reading the Theology of Galatians: 1. An introduction to the study of Galatians
2. An overview of the message of Galatians
3. The discursive flow of Galatians
Part II. Probing the Theology of Galatians: 4. The problem in layered perspective
5. The torah in layered perspective
6. Participation in Christ as identity power-vortex
7. Decentering identity values
8. The slavery of Christ-giving love
9. The hope of righteousness and the faithfulness of God
Part III. Positioning the Theology of Galatians: 10. Galatians and the New Testament
11. The afterlife of Galatians
12. What Paul might say
Appendix: Did Galatians Accomplish Paul's Purpose
Suggestions for further reading
Bibliography.