Galatians (Continental Commentary Series | CC)
Overview
The long-awaited commentary by Dieter Lührmann is now available to English-speaking audiences for the first time. It is a profound, succinctly written dialogue with the text that carefully follow the main points of Paul’s arguments in his most controversial letter. The author presents a theological interpretation which takes seriously Paul’s claim about the Gospel and also provides a distinctive outline based on this close reading of the text. Also included are helpful discussions of the competing theologies of Paul and his opponents, a chart on Paul’s career, and a map of the Roman world. Lührmann is a highly acclaimed interpreter of the New Testament. This volume is a valuable addition to a well-received commentary series.
Top Highlights
“Faithfulness is a mark of friendship; it is reliability in all conceivable situations” (Pages 111–112)
“It is, rather, a question of powers that attempt to determine a person’s behavior in this way or that” (Page 107)
“the law does not lead one out of the fleshly existence” (Page 106)
“Yet freedom plays a role not only in the question What should I do? but also in the question Who am I? For Paul the answer to this question lies, as we would expect, in Christ (here too echoing the titular sense), who freed us for freedom when he made possible blessing, righteousness, and life. Accordingly, the actual alternative to the concept of civil freedom lies in believers gaining their identity not from their own rights as privileges or asserting and maintaining them at the expense of others but, according to 2:20*, from the death of the self with its rights and privileges and from the life of Christ, who by renouncing his own rights (cf. Phil. 2:6–8*) made life possible.” (Page 95)
“Beyond the refutation of the opponents’ assertions in reference to Jerusalem, which Paul accomplished in 1:13–2:21*, he now begins the proof of the gospel itself, a proof he draws largely from the law itself.” (Pages 51–52)
- Title: Galatians
- Author: Dieter Lührmann
- Series: Continental Commentary
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 1992
- Logos Release Date: 2010
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:CCS69GA
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:18:51Z
Reviews
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7/22/2014
This Gal volume is the one commentary from this series that I could not live without. I have cited from it, discussed the authored, and put it on my to-read list during the two years I've had it. I will continue to use it the next decade too. Good Gal commentaries are hard to spot.
