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Galatians: A Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Churches in Galatia is unavailable, but you can change that!

In his commentary on Galatians, Betz exhibits masterful control of the literature on Paul’s epistle and especially the ancient writings relevant for understanding it. This resource gently demolishes fanciful and unsupported exegesis of the past while still taking clear positions on the controversial issues found therein.

The need to use this rather suspect form of logical argumentation becomes even more questionable when one realizes that no kind of rational argument can be adequate with regard to the defense Paul must make. In effect his defense amounts to a defense of the “Spirit” which was given to the Gentile Galatians outside of the Torah. How can an irrational experience like the ecstatic reception of the divine Spirit be defended as legitimate if the means of such a defense are limited to those available in
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