Several modern interpretations of Paul's letter to the Galatians claim to uncover an underlying attitude of anti-Judaism. Michael Bachmann refutes those claims with his own detailed exegesis and astute examination of comparative material from the religious environment of that day, revealing instead how Paul embraces both Jews and Gentiles. Bachmann holds that, in the determination of meaning, the literary context of Galatians should be considered over historical background. / Nonetheless, he does engage parallels in Qumran material and archaeology as secondary methods to confirm his...
Several modern interpretations of Paul's letter to the Galatians claim to uncover an underlying attitude of anti-Judaism. Michael Bachmann refutes tho...
English summary: A former collection of essays written by Michael Bachmann mainly dealt with Galatians (NTOA 40: Antijudaismus im Galaterbrief?), justifying the theory that this polemical letter does not argue in an anti-Judaistic manner - though it was often misunderstood, in the gentile-Christian church as directed just against Judaism. The book, published in German in 1999, has been translated by Robert L. Brawley and was published by W. B. Eerdmans in 2009. It has caused lively discussions not least because of its thesis that the expression erga nomou (for instance Gal 2:16) has to be...
English summary: A former collection of essays written by Michael Bachmann mainly dealt with Galatians (NTOA 40: Antijudaismus im Galaterbrief?), just...