Is Galatians an Ironic Letter?: Θαυµάζω, Ancient Letter Writing Handbooks, and Galatians 1:6
This article queries whether Paul wrote Galatians with reference to epistolary conventions for ironic letters. First, the author explores the use of the θαυµάζω + conjunction “epistolary formula” in the non-literary papyri to determine the relationship between this expression, irony, and Gal 1:6. Th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Novum Testamentum
Year: 2021, Volume: 63, Issue: 2, Pages: 249-270 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Galaterbrief 1,6
/ Irony
/ Epistolary literature
/ Rhetoric
/ Galatians
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
letter writing handbooks
B Galatians B Rhetoric B Irony B epistolary formula |
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| Summary: | This article queries whether Paul wrote Galatians with reference to epistolary conventions for ironic letters. First, the author explores the use of the θαυµάζω + conjunction “epistolary formula” in the non-literary papyri to determine the relationship between this expression, irony, and Gal 1:6. Then, he weighs the evidence for an ironic reading of Gal 1:6 itself before turning to the extant ancient letter writing handbooks to assess the extent to which Gal 1:6 meaningfully parallels the ironic letters in the handbooks. The author argues that while an ironic reading of Gal 1:6 is plausible, there is no evidence that Paul has crafted Galatians with reference to epistolary conventions for ironic letters. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341694 |
