Biblical Perspectives, Vol. 3 No. 1, 1995.
Original scientific paper
Law In the Epistle to the Galatians
Dragutin Matak
; Adriatic Union College, Marusevec, Croatia
Abstract
The term nomos (law) is distributed unevenly in Paul’s writings. In
some epistles it appears to be the center of attention (Galatians, Romans), while in some it is peripheral or totally absent. The Epistle to the Galatians is the letter in which the notion of nomos is found in the most condensed way which is the reason why it will be considered in this article. The author holds that to understand the Pauline meaning of nomos, one must first examine individual Pauline epistles. In the present article he briefly examines the major ideas about the Law in Galatians by major commentators and the students of Pauline writings. Among a few uses of the Law the following seems to be the most crucial: The law helps man not to avoid priceless salvation of our Savior who is also our Lawgiver.
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90040
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Publication date:
22.6.1995.
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