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This book offers a fresh perspective on Paul's use of the Abraham story in Galatians by providing a thorough analysis of its epistolary and rhetorical contexts. In Part I, parallels in Galatians to rebuke-request letters in Greek papyri serve as a basis for dividing the letter into two major sections: Rebuke (1.6-4.11) and Request (3.12-6.10), the request formula in 4.12 indicating a major turning point in the letter. The Abraham argument (3.6-29) and the Hagar-Sarah allegory (4.12-31) should be viewed as Paul's biblical rebuke and biblical appeal respectively. Rhetorical analysis classifies 1

Bible. N.T. Galatians -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Bible. N.T. Galatians -- Criticism, Textual. --- Biblical teaching. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- 227.1*3 --- Brief van Paulus aan de Galaten --- 227.1*3 Brief van Paulus aan de Galaten