Paul’s fiercely passionate letter to the Galatians offers a rare glimpse into the early history of the emerging Christ-believing movement. Paul is seething with righteous indignation over the events at Galatia even as he conveys his hope that the Galatians might be coaxed back to the true Gospel.
The Galatians’ young faith was grappling with issues that would prove to be a watershed. Do gentile Christians need to adopt Moses’ Law and be circumcised as Jews in order to worship the God of the Jewish Savior? Or does Baptism incorporate every manner of person—without distinction—into Christ? Does faith alone suffice for salvation? Across the divide of two thousand years of time and cultural space, the letter to the Galatians is an authoritative witness to the catholic Gospel of salvation by grace alone, for all people alike.
Podcasts:
Dr. Andrew Das discusses his commentary in five segments: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5, as well as podcasts on The Fullness of Time (Gal. 4:4-6) Men, Women and Galatians 3:28, and The Incarnation in Galatians.
Reading Galatians podcast by CPH
The central issue in Galatians can be seen as a matter of identity. As the author of the letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul speaks of embodying Christ in his own life and in the lives of the Galatians. Dr. Das shares his knowledge into this prevalent theme that is present throughout Galatians and talks about how it relates to our lives as Christians living in the modern world.
He also did a series on Galatians on the CPH YouTube channel that you can watch here.
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Endorsements:
Andrew Das takes us systematically through each of the questions that scholars debate about this letter, which was born in controversy and which has been a focal point of controversy ever since. By the abundance of information he offers, clearly organized for our comprehension, he challenges us to join in the task of reconstructing that ancient controversy, and thus in the labor to understand what the text may, even now, mean.
– Wayne A. Meeks, Yale University
Massively researched with careful and clear exposition of the text and key critical issues: this will be an invaluable resource for all those grappling with Paul’s presentation of his gospel in Galatians.
– Christopher Tuckett, University of Oxford, England
Book details:
ISBN-10: 0758615523
ISBN-13: 978-0758615527
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Reviews:
- Review of Biblical Literature (2017) – Nijay Gupta
- Interpretation (2016) – Frank J. Matera
- Southern Baptist Journal of Theology (2016) – Mark A. Seifrid
- Books at a Glance (2014) – Jarvis Williams