This commentary on Paul's highly autobiographical letter to the Galations traces the history of the book's reception through the ages.

• Explores the influence and history of this important New Testament book
• Demonstrates the crucial role that Galatians has played in the development of very diverse forms of Christian spirituality
• Considers the influence of Galatians on a wide range of theological figures, including Chrysostom, Augustine, and Luther
• Examines the ways in which Galatians has influenced images of Paul, suggesting that it is the...

The political, technological, and cultural upheaval of the past two-and-a-half centuries has dramatically altered how we read and understand the Bible. This volume examines the Bible's role in the modern world - beginning with a treatment of its production and distribution that discusses publishers, printers, text critics, and translators and continuing with a presentation of new methods of studying the text that have emerged, including historical, literary, social-scientific, feminist, postcolonial, liberal, and fundamentalist readings. There is a full discussion of the changes in...