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This commentary traces Paul’s theology as it unfolds in his letter to the church at Galatia, and illuminates how the Galatians likely received and comprehended it. The author asks readers to imagine themselves as silent witnesses to Paul’s dictation of the letter and to observe, through a historical perspective, how Christians at Galatia might have understood Paul’s words.

equivalents given agree with the four meanings in the 1979 edition, but meanings nos. 1, 2, and 4 have been placed under one heading in BDAG (“basic components of something”). These definitions are thus regarded as belonging to the same semantic field, for they share, in Danker’s words, “a meaning structure” (BDAG viii). The order has also been changed. Of particular interest is that meaning no. 2 in the 1979 edition has been promoted to the first position by Danker (1a). It is somewhat surprising
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