Includes bibliographical references (p [441]-490) and indexes.

The literary composition and function of Paul's letter to the Galatians / Hans Dieter Betz -- The rhetorical outline for Galatians : a reconsideration / Robert G. Hall -- The letter of Paul to the Galatians : a deliberative speech / Joop Smit -- Galatians (1:1-5) : Paul and Greco-Roman rhetoric / Robert M. Berchman -- Apostasy to paganism : the rhetorical stasis of the Galatian controversy / Troy Martin -- St. Paul's Epistles and ancient Greek and Roman rhetoric / Carl Joachim Classen -- Paul's letter to the Galatians : epistolary genre, content, and structure / Nils A. Dahl -- A paradigm of the apocalypse : the Gospel in the light of epistolary analysis / G. Walter Hansen -- Rhetorical identification in Paul's autobiographical narrative : Galatians 1.13-2.14 / Paul E. Koptak -- Paul's argumentation in Galatians 1-2 / Johan s. Vos -- Epideictic rhetoric and persona in Galatians one and two / James D. Hester -- The incident at Antioch (Gal. 2.11-18) / James D.G. Dunn -- Judaism, the circumcision of Gentiles, and apocalyptic hope : another look at Galatians 1 and 2 / Paula Fredriksen -- Making and breaking an agreement mediterranean style : a new reading of Galatians 2:1-14 / Philip F. Esler -- What was at stake in Peter's 'eating with Gentiles' at Antioch? / Mark D. Nanos -- The opposition to Paul / A. E. Harvey -- The agitators and the Galatian congregation / Robert Jewett -- A law-observant mission to Gentiles / J. Louis Martyn -- Paul and the opponents of the Christ-Gospel in Galatia / Nikolaus Walter ; translation by Mark D. Nanos -- Mirror-reading a polemical letter : Galatians as a test case / John M.G. Barclay -- The argumentative situation of Galatians / B.C. Lategan -- The inter- and intra-Jewish political conText of Paul's letter to the Galatians / Mark D. Nanos -- Foolish Galatians?-a recipient-oriented assessment of Paul's letter / Dieter Mitternacht.