Includes bibliographical references and index.

Editorial Preface ix Author's Preface x Abbreviations xiii Commentary Bibliography xxix General Bibliography xxx Introduction xli The Impact of Galatians on Christian Thought and Action xlii Authorship lvii Addressees lxi Date lxxii Opponents and Situation lxxxviii Epistolary and Rhetorical Structures c Text and Commentary I. Salutation (1:1-5) 1 II. Rebuke Section (Forensic Rhetoric Prominent) (1:6-4:11) 11 A. Occasion for Writing/Issues at Stake (Exordium) (1:6-10) 12 B. Autobiographical Statements in Defense (Narratio) (1:11-2:14) 20 1. Thesis Statement (1:11-12) 20 2. Early Life, Conversion, and Commission (1:13-17) 25 3. First Visit to Jerusalem (1:18-24) 35 4. Second Visit to Jerusalem (2:1-10) 43 5. The Antioch Episode (2:11-14) 62 Excursus: Antioch on the Orontes 65 C. The Proposition of Galatians (Propositio) (2:15-21) 81 D. Arguments in Support (Probatio) (3:1-4:11) 97 1. Righteousness Apart from the Law: Against Legalism (3:1-18) 98 Excursus: Abraham’s Faith and Faithfulness in feuhsh Writings and in Paul 110 2. The Believer’s Life not “under Law” But “in Christ”: Against Nomism (3:19-4:7) 135 3. Paul’s Concern for the Galatians (4:8-11) 177 III. Request Section (Deliberative Rhetoric Prominent) (4:12-6:10) 184 A. Exhortations against the Judaizing Threat (Exhortatio, Parti) (4:12-5:12) 186 1. Personal Appeals (4:12-20) 187 2. The Hagar-Sarah Allegory (4:21-31) 197 Excursus: The Hagar-Sarah Story in Jewish Writings and in Paul 200 3. Holding Fast to Freedom (5:1-12) 220 B. Exhortations against Libertine Tendencies (Exhortatio, Part II) (5:13-6:10) 235 1. Life Directed by Love, Service to Others, and the Spirit (5:13-18) 237 2. The Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit (5:19-26) 248 3. Doing Good to All (6:1-10) 267 IV. Subscription (6:11-18) 285 Indexes 302

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