Christ Redeemed ‘Us’ from the Curse of the Law: A Jewish Martyrological Reading of Galatians 3:13 (Library of New Testament Studies | LNTS)

by Jarvis J. Williams

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2019

Overview

Jarvis J. Williams argues that the Jewish martyrological ideas, codified in 2 and 4 Maccabees and in selected texts in LXX Daniel 3, provide an important background to understanding Paul’s statements about the cursed Christ in Gal. 3.13, and the soteriological benefits that his death achieves for Jews and Gentiles in Galatians. Williams further argues that Paul modifies Jewish martyrology to fit his exegetical, polemical, and theological purposes, in order to persuade the Galatians not to embrace the ‘other’ gospel of their opponents.

In addition to providing a detailed and up to date history of research on the scholarship of Gal. 3:13, Williams provides five arguments throughout this volume related to the scriptural, theological and conceptual, lexical, grammatical and polemical points of contact, and finally the discontinuities between Galatians and Jewish martyrological ideas. Drawing on literature from Second Temple traditions to directly compare with Gal. 3.13, Williams adds new insights to Paul’s defense of his Torah-free-gentile-inclusive gospel, and his rhetoric against his opponents.

Key Features

• Explores the connection between Jewish martyrological texts and Galatians 3:13
• Examines the relationship between the Abrahamic blessing of life promised in Torah to the cursed Christ apart from works of the law
• Provides a history of research related to Galatians 3:13

Contents

• Introduction and Thesis
• Deuteronomic Blessings and Curses in Second Temple Jewish Martyrological Traditions
• Deuteronomic Blessings and Curses in Galatians
• Representation and Substitution in Second Temple Jewish Martyrological Traditions and in Galatians 3.13
• Lexical, Grammatical, and Additional Conceptual Similarities between Second Temple Jewish Martyrological Traditions and Galatians
• Conclusion: A Jewish Martyrological Reading of Galatians 3.13

Product Details

• Title: Christ Redeemed ‘Us’ from the Curse of the Law: A Jewish Martyrological Reading of Galatians 3:13
• Author: Jarvis J. Williams
• Editor: Chris Keith
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies (LNTS)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 232
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Topic: Galatians

About Jarvis J. Williams

Jarvis J. Williams is an Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s published numerous academic monographs and scholarly articles and essays on Paul’s soteriology (broadly defined) in Romans and Galatians in its Second Temple Jewish context. Williams’s research focuses on soteriology in Second Temple Judaism, the Second Temple context of Paul’s soteriology, and Romans, Galatians, and Ephesians. He’s a member of the Society of Biblical Literature.