Chapter Twenty: Rereading Galatians
S.1. Preamble
Ancillary texts (p833); no text(s) outside Romans deliver JT; texts ambiguous for JT or worse (p834).
S.2. Galatians - Preliminary Issues
It is Paul's contention that opponents were subverting his pagan converts in Galatia (p835); other historical factors marginal; treatment slimmer: letter shorter, written earlier, Paul has visited them at least once, written in haste and anger (p836); Galatians (G) allows more room than R for non JT reading (p837).
S.3. Galatians 2.15-21
Material in G 2.15-3.5 ambiguous, no clear support for JT (p838).
3.1 Galatians 2.15-16: Ambiguous (p839); apocalyptic reading possible (p840-46).
3.2 Galatians 2.20: Faith as participatory (p847); "I live in God" (p747).
3.3 Galatians 2.21: Righteousness by means of law nullifies Christ (p849); law and Christ mutually exclusive (p850); inconclusive between prospective and retrospective (p851); our transformation and resurrection come through Christ's transformation and resurrection; this over-rides all other interpretations (p852).
S.4. Galatians 3.1-5
A Christological reading (p753-55).
S.5. Galatians 3.6-14
It could be read either way, not decisive (p856-60). JT marginalises incarnation (p861); hints of the apocalyptic reading (p862-66).
S.6. Galatians 3.21-26 in its Broader Context
6.1 Preliminary Considerations: Apocalyptic reading of (p867).
6.2 A Christological Construal of (Greek: Pistis) in Galatians 3.15-29: Rhetorical and apocalyptic (p868-75).
6.3 The Implications of Galatians 3.26: Difficulties of the opponents of the Christocentric reading (p875-78).
6.4 The difficulties of an Anthropological Construal of (('faith')) in Galatians 3.15-29: In JT faith is pluralised but G 15-29 speaks of a single event of "coming" or "revelation" but JT says these passages speak of the possibility with Christ of faith (p879); but in the text faith arrives and does something (p880); the problem of faith sequence with Abraham (p881); Again, Paul's citation of faith against the Teacher is underpinned by Habakkuk 2.4. "... this critical text is for Paul also a messianic text that speaks of Christ achieving resurrection and eschatological life through the cross" (p882).
6.5 The Meaning of the Metaphor of the Law as a "Pedagogue": Galatians 3.24, 25: This metaphor operates retrospectively not prospectively and applies only to Jews (p882-86).
S.7. Galatians 5.5-6
Faith and love, another Christocentric reading, equating the state of being in Christ with faith (p887-92).
S.8. Galatians 1.23 and 26.10.
Embarrassment to JT; marginal chance of apocalyptic reading (p893-95).