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The ‘Transgressor’ and the ‘Curse of the Law’: The Logic of Paul's Argument in Galatians 2–3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2007

TIMOTHY G. GOMBIS
Affiliation:
Cedarville University, 251 N. Main Street, Cedarville, Ohio 45314, USA
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Abstract

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The nearly three decades since the publication of E. P. Sanders's work on Paul and Judaism have witnessed a spate of new proposals for reading Gal 3.10, one of the most difficult and contested passages in Paul's letters. For some, the ‘traditional’ interpretation is still preferred, though the ‘exile/restoration’ reading has gained some momentum recently. The following article will critique both of these readings, proposing a new interpretation of this passage, one that regards Paul as citing Deut 27.26 in continuity with its meaning in its narrative setting and that finds an interpretive grid in the logic he unfolds in Gal 2.15–21.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press