'Our Freedom in Christ': Revisiting Pauline Imagery of Freedom and Slavery in His Letter to the Galatians in Context

The Letter to the Galatians is a polemical correspondence about the course of gospel mission that is at stake in the view of the apostle Paul. When Paul represents his own contacts with the Jerusalem church, he defends “our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus” (Gal 2:4). In his aim to focus on the...

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Main Author: Hogeterp, Albert L. A. 1973- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B Slavery
B Galatians
B Pauline discourse
B contextual biblical interpretation
B Freedom
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