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The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context , by Mark D. Nanos. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. Pp. 376. $26 paperback.

The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context , by Mark D. Nanos. Minneapolis:... 122 The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context, by Mark D. Nanos. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. Pp. 376. $26 paperback. Robert D. Keay St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, U.K. KY16 9JU Irony is the published version of Nanos' University of St Andrews 2000 PhD thesis, supervised by Philip F. Esler. It offers a remarkable and insightful reevaluation of the social situation necessitating Paul's letter to the Galatians. Nanos builds his argument in three parts. Part One introduces his interpretive methodology. Opting for an epistolary rather than rhetorical analysis, Nanos classifies the letter as ironic rebuke. He then distinguishes three types of discourse (situational, narrative, and transitional) and argues that only situational should be used to construct the rhetorical situation, which he views as historical. Part Two identifies the major actors (Paul, the Addressees, and the Influencers). and describes the exigencies as seen by each. The Addressees are subgroups of Gentile Christ-believers within various local synagogues. They are suffering status ambiguity, caught between the conflicting messages of Paul and the Influencers. Paul had instructed the Addressees that with the dawn of the Age to Come in the death and resurrection of Jesus they were now http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Horizons in Biblical Theology Brill

The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context , by Mark D. Nanos. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. Pp. 376. $26 paperback.

Keay, Robert D.
Horizons in Biblical Theology , Volume 24 (2): 122 – May 27, 2002
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© Copyright 2002 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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122 The Irony of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context, by Mark D. Nanos. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2002. Pp. 376. $26 paperback. Robert D. Keay St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, U.K. KY16 9JU Irony is the published version of Nanos' University of St Andrews 2000 PhD thesis, supervised by Philip F. Esler. It offers a remarkable and insightful reevaluation of the social situation necessitating Paul's letter to the Galatians. Nanos builds his argument in three parts. Part One introduces his interpretive methodology. Opting for an epistolary rather than rhetorical analysis, Nanos classifies the letter as ironic rebuke. He then distinguishes three types of discourse (situational, narrative, and transitional) and argues that only situational should be used to construct the rhetorical situation, which he views as historical. Part Two identifies the major actors (Paul, the Addressees, and the Influencers). and describes the exigencies as seen by each. The Addressees are subgroups of Gentile Christ-believers within various local synagogues. They are suffering status ambiguity, caught between the conflicting messages of Paul and the Influencers. Paul had instructed the Addressees that with the dawn of the Age to Come in the death and resurrection of Jesus they were now

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