St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians : a revised [Greek] text with introduction, notes, and dissertations.

Lightfoot, J. B. (Joseph Barber), Anglican Bishop of Durham, 1828-1889.

Published by London: 1869., Macmillan and Co.,

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xiv, 367 p.; 21.5 cm. (The Epistles of St. Paul. II. The third apostolic journey ; 3) [First printed in 1865] Introduction: I. The Galatian people, II. The churches of Galatia, III. The date of the Epistle, IV. Genuineness of the Epistle, V. Character and contents of the Epistle -- Text and notes. i. 1-i. 24: St Paul's sojourn in Arabia, St Paul's first visit to Jerusalem, The name and office of an Apostle; ii. 1-ii. 21: Various readings in ii. 5, The later visit of St Paul to Jerusalem, Patristic accounts of the collision at Antioch; iii. 1-iii. 29: The interpretation of Deut. xxi. 23, The words denoting `Faith', The faith of Abraham; iv. 1-v. 1: St Paul's infirmity in the flesh, The various readings in iv. 25, The meaning of Hagar in iv. 25, Philo's allegory of Hagar and Sarah, The various readings in v. 1; v. 2-vi. 18; Patristic commentaries on this Epistle -- Dissertations: I. Were the Galatians Celts or Teutons?, II. The brethren of the Lord, III. St Paul and the Three -- Index. -- `His famous commentaries of St Paul's Epistles.were marked by a wide and original patristic and classical erudition, lucid presentation, freedom from technicalities, and avoidance of sectional controversies.' (Oxford dictionary of the Christian church, 3rd ed., p. 981) Good, lightly edgeworn orig. brown cloth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians : a revised [Greek] text with introduction, notes, and dissertations.
• Publisher: London: 1869., Macmillan and Co.,
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd London.