Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 95 No. 2, 2025.
Review article
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.95.2.6
Paul’s Style of Speech. Syntax and Exegesis Gal 2:1-10
Mario Cifrak
; Catholic Faculty of Theology University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Pauline Greek is a sophisticated colloquial language of koine, interspersed with stylistic elements from the Septuagint and Greek-speaking synagogue traditions. The syntax of Paul’s epistles reveals the influence of spoken language. The paper illustrates these syntactic features using the example of Galatians 2:1-10, a piece of lively emotional speech. It is not merely an edited everyday speech, but a well-thought-out discourse of the speaker who does not easily lose the thread. Instead, he holds it firmly in his hand through two interruptions, parenthesis in V. 8 and double apposition in V. 9, and then closes it with rhetorical effectiveness. The exegesis of this pericope shows that it is a consultation with the apostles in Jerusalem on Paul’s gospel of »uncircumcision«, which acquires legitimacy.
Keywords
Epistle to the Galatians; style of speech; syntax; translations; exegesis
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335028
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Publication date:
5.9.2025.
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