From : Library Grant Programme 2019 Langham Literature

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"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)