Eschatology in Galatians - Rethinking Paul's Response to the Crisis in Galatia

After surveying diverse scholarly approaches to Paul's eschatology in Galatians, Yon-Gyong Kwon concludes that a satisfactorily coherent reading of Paul's argument has not been established yet. Focusing on Paul's own statements about the Galatian crisis, the author also demonstrates that the letter is Paul's pastoral engagement with the backsliding Galatians rather than his theological altercation with his opponents.Paul perceives this crisis in a conspicuously future-oriented perspective. Accordingly, Paul's theological argument reveals the same, futuristic perspective. The main focus of Yon-Gyong Kwon's study lies on this perspective: justification as an eschatological hope (ch. 3); sonship as a median motif (ch. 4); promise and inheritance as a hope yet to be fulfilled (chs. 5 and 6); Paul's polemical interpretation of the Christ event (ch. 7). In the last chapter (ch. 8) he demonstrates how such a futuristic perspective works as Paul's response to the crisis in Galatia.

Product details

• Authors: Yon Kwon, Yon-Gyong Kwon
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. K
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 434 g
• Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Zweite Reihe; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Erste Reihe; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Zweite Reihe; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Erste Reihe
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity