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An Exposition of Galatians: A Reading from the New Perspective is unavailable, but you can change that!

Featuring the in-depth analysis of a technical commentary, and the accessibility of a popular treament, this exposition by Don Garlinton focuses on the salvation-historical argument of Galatians. Writing for pastors, students, and Pauline scholars, Garlington holds to a variation of the New Perspective on Paul. Garlington emphasizes the historical context of Second Temple Judaism and the...

My only qualification is that Paul’s “works of the flesh” (5:19–21) bear an uncommon resemblance to the prohibitions found in the Anatolian inscriptions and other Greco-Roman literature. Paul had his own set of ethical requirements, and they were not to be trifled with either. Nevertheless, the tone of the inscriptions and their detailed attention to moral infractions find a ready parallel in the law of Moses. Such an analogue would make all the more relevant Paul’s identification of the Torah as
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