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In Grace in Galatia, Witherington analyzes the whole of Galatians as a deliberative discourse meant to forestall the Galatians from submitting to circumcision and the Jewish law. The commentary features the latest discussion of major problems in Pauline studies, including Paul’s view of the law and the relationship between the historical data in Galatians and in Acts. The narrative character of...

Paul’s letters. Especially because this word group occurs repeatedly in the propositio, the thesis statement of the document, it deserves our close attention, not least because it has been the subject of repeated controversy since at least the Reformation. This word group comes from the Law court,13 and if we are looking for OT background we should consider texts which speak of a judge acquitting or vindicating the innocent or righteous (cf. Ex. 23:7; Deut. 25:1, 2; 2 Sam. 15:4; Mic. 6:11). To be
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