The Flesh/Spirit Conflict in Galatians

Russell sets himself to the worthy scholarly aim of emphasizing and elaborating the significance of the social dimension of the ancient personality for the interpretation of Galatians. -- Charles H. Cosgrove, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Brookfield, IL * Review of Biblical Literature * Russel has demonstrated a thorough grasp of both the secondary literature and exegetical issues to the antithesis between sarx and pneuma in Galatians. ...experts in the field would certainly find its explication of the Galatian situation quite useful..... -- Stephen Pattee, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona * Catholic Biblical Quarterly * ...an interesting fresh contribution...a welcome emphasis on the social dynamics of Paul's dispute with his opponents in Galatia. * The Expository Times * ...an interesting fresh contribution...a welcome emphasis on the "social dynamics" of Paul's dispute with his "opponents" in Galatia. * The Expository Times * Russell sets himself to the worthy scholarly aim of emphasizing and elaborating the significance of the social dimension of the ancient personality for the interpretation of Galatians. -- Charles H. Cosgrove, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Brookfield, IL * Review of Biblical Literature * Russel has demonstrated a thorough grasp of both the secondary literature and exegetical issues to the antithesis between sarx and pneuma in Galatians. ...experts in the field would certainly find its explication of the Galatian situation quite useful. -- Stephen Pattee, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona * Catholic Biblical Quarterly *

Walter Bo Russell, III is Associate Professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, California.

chapter 1 The Flesh/Spirit Conflict in Theology, Lexicography and History chapter 2 A Rhetorical Analysis of Galatians and the Flesh/Spirit Conflict chapter 3 The Social Dynamics of the Flesh/Spirit Conflict chapter 4 A Thematic Analysis of the Flesh/Spirit Conflict in Galatians chapter 5 The Flesh/Spirit Conflict in Galatians 5:13-26 chapter 6 The Flesh/Spirit Conflict in Galatians 6:1-18 chapter 7 Some Conclusions about the Flesh/Spirit Conflict chapter 8 Works Cited chapter 9 Index of Scripture References