Title: Galatians : a commentary /
Authors: Keener, Craig S., 1960-
Year: 2019
Subjects: Bible. Commentaries.; Bible.
Abstract: "This commentary by leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener features meticulous and comprehensive research and offers a wealth of fresh insights"--
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-- Closing Appeal (6:11-18)