Curse motifs in Galatians : an investigation into Paul's rhetorical strategies / Seon Yong Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Seon Yong, 1972- author.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe ; 531.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe, 0340-9570 ; 531

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Bible. Galatians.

Blessing and cursing in the Bible.

Rhetoric in the Bible.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint--Language.

Paul.

Bible. Galatians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xii, 245 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2020]

Language Note:

Includes quotations in Latin or Greek, some with English translation. Also includes quotations in German or French.

Biography/History:

Seon Yong Kim, born 1972, doctorate, University of Chicago Divinity School.

Summary:

"What are Paul's rhetorical strategies to affect the Galatian believers? Seon Yong Kim shows how Paul uses heavy employment of the curse theme, complex appropriation of Scripture, and a thoroughly negative caricature of his opponents in order to agitate the mind and emotions of the Galatians and thereby dissuade them from the demand of circumcision." --provided by publisher, back cover

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction

ch. 2 "Anomalies" and a Call for a Paradigm Shift: Assessing the New Perspective on Paul and the Post-New Perspective

2.1. Introduction !

2.2. Problem 1: Appeals to the Notions of Incompatibility, Incongruity, and Conditionality and the Failure to Grasp Sanders's Stress on the Importance of Presupposition

2.3. Problem 2: Interpretive Slipperiness That Cannot Account for the Gap between "Need Not" (Gentile Believers Need Not Be Circumcised) and "Must Not" (Gentile Converts Must Not Get Circumcision)

2.3. Problem 3: The Problem of the Rhetoric of Re-

ch. 3 The Curse Motif in Galatians and the Significance of the Galatians' Cultural Assumptions in Analysis of Paul's Argumentation: A Preliminary Survey

3.1. Introduction

3.2. The Prevalence of the Curse Motif in Galatians

3.3. Who Was the Main Target of Paul's Argument?

ch. 4 The Distinctive Rhetorical Features in Galatians

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Paul's Negative Portrait of the Agitators as Evil Magicians

4.3. Paul's Repeated Reversal of the Traditional Jewish Reading of Scripture

4.4. The Normative Character of the Pauline Gospel

ch. 5 Reading Galatians through the Lens of the Curse Theme

5.1. Christ Giving Himself Up: A New Reading of Gal 1:4 and Its Implications for Other Themes in Galatians

5.2. Paul's Argument from Example and Experience: Highlighting the Fragility of the Relationship with Christ

5.3. Slavery of Galatians and the oroixeTa: A Rhetorical Reading of Gal 4:4 and 4:9

5.4. Reading Gal 3:10-14 through the Lens of Rhetorical Stasis Theory

5.5. Gal 4:21-31: Paul Synthesizes the Previous Argument by Retelling the Story of Hagar and Sarah

5.6. The Christ-Event as a Covenant: A New Reading of Gal 5:4 through the Lens of Karet (Tra) Penalty

5.7. Gal 5:21: The Final Threat

ch. 6 Concluding Remarks.

Notes:

Slightly revised version of doctoral dissertation, 2016, University of Chicago.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-227) and indexes.

Other Format:

e-book version

ISBN:

9783161555893

3161555899

OCLC:

1204199962

Publisher Number:

99986715940

9783161555893