DIALECTICS OF FREEDOM AND SERVICE IN GALATIANS ON THE BACKGROUND OF OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS Cover Image

DIE DIALEKTIK DER FREIHEIT UND DES DIENSTES IM GALATERBRIEF AUF DEM HINTERGRUND DER ALTTESTAMENTLICHEN TEXTE
DIALECTICS OF FREEDOM AND SERVICE IN GALATIANS ON THE BACKGROUND OF OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS

Author(s): Petr Chalupa
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Biblical Theology; Old Testament; New Testament; Galatians; Freedom; Service

Summary/Abstract: The commentators agree that the roots of Paul’s theology lay in the Old Testament and ancient Judaism. Is it also true in Galatians where Paul deals with the relationship between freedom and service? The study of the Old Testament background of the texts in Galatians that deal with the dialectic between freedom and service confi rmed that the sacred scriptures of the Jewish people very often provide the generic matrix for Paul’s theological considerations.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 71-77
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: German