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Charles Cousar interprets three letters of Paul, each of which shows the apostle in a different light. In Galatians, Paul contends for the gospel against a group of Jewish-Christian missionaries who have come into the congregations. In Philippians, Paul addresses his favorite community in intimate terms to offer thanks for a gift they have sent him and to urge them to maintain unity in the face...

those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!” (5:12), are not to be written off as impulsive outbursts. They function as part and parcel of a carefully constructed and forceful argument made with the implied readers. The commentary on Galatians by Hans Dieter Betz (1979) was the first to examine the letter carefully in terms of its rhetorical strategies. Betz labels Galatians as an example of the “apologetic letter,” a form of juridical rhetoric. Paul is the defendant, under attack by accusers
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