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Persecution and Participation in Galatians

Persecution and Participation in Galatians

Dunne, John Anthony

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Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe, Book 454

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ISBN10: 3161554175
ISBN13: 9783161554179
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: Nov 1 2017
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
In his letter to the Galatians, Paul writes that his Gentile audience should not illegitimately appropriate Jewish customs, especially circumcision. As a way to understand why Paul deems circumcision in this context to be so egregious, being a matter of apostasy rather than simply an adiaphoron, John Anthony Dunne argues that the themes of suffering and persecution point to the coercive nature of the conflict in Galatia. What is at stake for Paul is allegiance to the crucified Christ. Due to the realities inaugurated by the Christ-event and the implications of participating in the Messiah's death and resurrection, suffering for the sake of the cross is to be endured instead of succumbing to the compulsion to be circumcised. Suffering persecution, rather than receiving circumcision, demarcates the true people of God who are set apart in Christ for future blessing and vindication.

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