Christ Redeemed 'Us' From The Curse Of The Law: A Jewish Martyrological Reading Of Galatians 3.13 (The Library Of New Testament Studies, 524)

Jarvis J. Williams advances the argument that Paul borrowed from the martyr traditions represented in 2 and 4 Maccabees, and that he reconstructed them to fit his exegetical, theological, and polemical purposes in Gal 3:13 in order to persuade the Galatians not to embrace his opponents' Torah-observant, gentile-exclusive gospel. There are several points of contact between the martyr traditions and Gal 3:13 which are arranged under the categories of exegetical points of contact, theological/conceptual points of contact, lexical/grammatical points of contact, and polemical/argumentative points of contact. An exposition of these categories is used to support the thesis that Jewish martyr traditions are the context in front of which Gal 3:13 should be read, and that a martyrological reading of Gal 3:13 grants further insight into Paul's attack against his opponents' "other gospel."

• | Author: Jarvis J. Williams
• | Publisher: T&T Clark
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0567657574
• | ISBN-13: 9780567657572