4:00 -4:35 Apocalyptic/Messianic interpretation: Galatians,

◦ Patte, Paul’s Faith and the Power of the Gospel, 1-85 (especially 31-85 on Galatians) Web,

4:30-5:10 MURIELLE WYMAN  ◦ Respondent: Amy Lentz

5:10-5:50 JEREMY SNOW (10:5-21)◦ Respondent: Madeleine St Marie 

5:50- 6:30 ROSS STACKHOUSE (11) ◦ Respondent: Karney Carney

JULIANNE SNAPE ◦  Respondent: Arden Henderson

STEPHEN STAGGS ◦  Respondent: Jeremy Snow

“Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father”

Paul reinterprets the traditional: “Christ died for our sins” to mean he died to “set us free” (NRSV) or “rescue us” (NIV, NAB) or “deliver us” (RSV; KJB) from the present evil age ◦ No Forensic interpretation! No vicarious death!

When? In the past? No. In the future? No. In the PRESENT. How = By bringing about the “New

Creation” = a present apocalyptic reality

“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”◦ No backsliding, please!

The question: HOW DOES CHRIST SET US FREE? By “seeing” OTHERS around us through the

cross as corrective glasses “May I never boast of anything except the cross

of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. 15 For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything; but a new creation is everything! (Gal 6:14-15◦ 2 Corinthians 5:17 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a

new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

Galatians 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel–

Galatians 3:1-4 you foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified! 2 The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? Having started with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh? 4 Did you experience so much for nothing?-- if it really was for nothing.

Galatians 2:7-10 when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel for the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel for the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter making him an apostle to the circumcised also worked through me in sending me to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, who were acknowledged pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They asked only one thing, that we remember the poor, which was actually what I was eager to do.

Galatians 4:7-11 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.

8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.

9 Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly elemental spirits? How can you want to be enslaved to them again? 10 You are observing special days, and months, and seasons, and years. 11 I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.

Paul from Pharisaism to Gospel

Peter etc. from Judaism to a Gospel with the Law

Galatians from Hellenistic religions to a Gospel without the Law

<<Galatians from Gospel to “another Gospel” with the Law>> [inverted conversion]

Hopefully: Galatians from “another Gospel” to a Gospel without the Law

Pharisaic SOC

Jewish (Pharisaic?) SOC

Hellenistic religions as SOC

“Other gospel” (with the Law for Gentiles) as SOC

= BONDAGE

Pharisaic SOC

Jewish (Pharisaic?) SOC

Hellenistic religions as SOC

“Other gospel” (with the Law for Gentiles) as SOC

= BONDAGE

Paul’s gospel for Gentiles as SOC

Peter’s gospel with the Law for Jews as SOC

Galatians’ gospel without the Law and with Hellenistic virtues as SOC

Galatians’ gospel without the Law and with Hellenistic virtues for Gentiles as SOC

= FREEDOM

Paul’s gospel for Gentiles as SOC

Peter’s gospel with the Law for Jews as SOC

Galatians’ gospel without the Law and with Hellenistic virtues as SOC

Galatians’ gospel without the Law and with Hellenistic virtues for Gentiles as SOC

= FREEDOM

JudaismGod,

ScriptureLaws

JudaismGod,

ScriptureLaws

Gospel God

ScriptureLaws

HellenismVices/virtues

HellenismVices/virtues

Gospel Vice/virtues

Galatians 5:19-21 the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20 <<idolatry,>> sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. ◦ = Vices denounced by Hellenistic philosophers (Epictetus;

Epicurus) = what is “obvious” = self-evident = convictions for Hellenistic cultures

◦ Except Idolatry

Galatians 5:22-23 the fruit of the Spirit is <<love,>> joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. ◦ = Virtues advocated by Hellenistic philosophers

(Epictetus; Epicurus) =what is “obvious” = self-evident for Hellenistic cultures

◦ Except love

Idolatry = taking something good – a good gift from God, e.g. the gospel you received

A true revelation BUT not complete, absolute and making it an absolute = a complete and

final revelation Then bondage Freedom from idolatry: recognizing that

OTHERS have gifts of God that we do not have◦ Then what we have cannot be complete & final

Recognizing the Mystery of God’s gifts and calls that others have – including others whom we view as enemies of God.

Gospel Gospel

Hellenism Hellenism

JudaismJudaism

Would you judge it more prudent to shift my interpretation and leave the context as it is, or to let the interpretation stand and fine-tune the context?

I am expecting BOTH. In a first round (first presentation of your context) you identify in your context a problem, root-problem, and thus role of scripture and teaching derived from the text... ALL THESE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT, WITH THE HELP OF YOUR COMPANION SCHOLAR◦ and since it is a problem of knowledge and will your companion scholar

must be a forensic scholar (Moo or Cranfield or Stuhlmacher). BUT THEN you study a DIVERGING scholar underscoring how

different the teaching of the text is. And how it presupposes a different role of scripture, and thus a different understanding of the problem and root-problem

in your case of this church, I would suggest an apocalyptic interpretation WHICH DEMAND STHAT YOU CHANGE THE UNDERSTANDING OF

YOUR CONTEXT -- RETELLING THE STORY OF YOUR CONTEXT so that in this second form it will be consistent as well ◦ (e.g., seeing this is a problem of idolatry; thus wrong faith/vision).

 Formal Respondent: ◦ Amy Lentz

Other Respondents◦ Madeleine St Marie ◦ Julianne Snape◦ Julie Carli

Formal Respondent: Madeleine St Marie

Other respondents:◦ Arden Henderson◦ Steve Staggs◦ Julianne Snape◦ Amy Lentz◦ Derek Axelson◦ Murielle Wyman

Formal Respondent: Karney Carney Other Respondents

◦ Jonathan Baynham◦ Jason Jones◦ Iris Ankrom◦ Julie Carli◦ Jason Jones