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Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament — Galatians (PAI)

Paideia: Commentaries on the New Testament — Galatians (PAI)

by Peter Oakes

In this volume, respected New Testament scholar Peter Oakes offers a translation and reading of Galatians as presenting a gospel of unity in diversity in Christ. He shows that Paul treats the Galatians' possible abandonment of his gospel as putting at stake their fidelity to Christ. As with other volumes in the Paideia series, this volume is conversant w… Read more…

Empire, Economics, and the New Testament

Empire, Economics, and the New Testament

by Peter Oakes

Peter Oakes has long been recognized for his illuminating use of Greco-Roman material culture and social-scientific criticism to interpret the New Testament. This volume brings together his best work and introduces a substantial new essay that challenges current scholarly approaches to paradoxical teachings of the New Testament. Of special interest to O… Read more…