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Pauls letter to the Galatians is one of the most creative and subversive ofthe New Testament writings drawing its energy from the fierce controversywhich to his great distress was disturbing the congregation recently foundedby Paul. One of the major sources of inspiration for the Reformation it wasalso one of the writings most frequently turned to by the Fathers as theChurch sought to establish itself as the Church of the Empire. This commentarylooks at some of the major commentators on the letter Chrysostom AugustineAquinas Luther Calvin Perkins Lightfoot and at the very different worldswhich sprang from their readings. The volume opens with an extended essaysetting the commentators in their historical setting and showing the closedialogue which exists among them. It then looks more closely at how theyinterrogate Pauls text and at the way the text shapes their understanding oftheir worlds. «
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