“Faith(fulness) of the Son of God”? Galatians 2:20b Reconsidered1
In: Novum TestamentumAbstract
For more than a century, contributors to the πίστις Χριστοῦ debate have focused primarily on the linguistic and theological issues involved without recognizing the potential relevance of a text-critical variant of Gal 2:20b. It is argued that if preference is to be given to the variant reading ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ as based on both external and internal evidence, its immediate context encourages an objective genitive understanding—“I live by faith in God and Christ.” As such, Gal 2:20b might offer an interpretative clue to the other πίστις Χριστοῦ expressions in the Pauline corpus.
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Cf. D. Hunn, “Debating the Faithfulness of Jesus Christ in Twentieth-Century Scholarship,” in The Faith of Jesus Christ, 26.
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D.C. Parker, An Introduction to the New Testament Manuscripts and Their Texts (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008) 187.
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Cf. B.D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993) 86; R.J. Swanson, ed., New Testament Greek Manuscripts: Galatians (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House/Pasadena, CA: William Carey International University, 1999) 104; S.C. Carlson, The Text of Galatians and Its History (Ph.D. diss., Duke University, 2012) 129.
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B.M. Metzger, A Textual Commentary on the Greek New Testament (2nd ed.; New York: United Bible Societies, 1994) 524.
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Cf. R.N. Longenecker, Galatians (WBC 41; Dallas, TX: Word, 1990) 94.
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Cf. B. Witherington III, Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1998) 192.
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So, for instance, K. Romaniuk, L’amour du Père et du Fils dans la sotériologie de saint Paul (AnBib 15; Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1961) 31; E.D.W. Burton, The Epistle to the Galatians (ICC; Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1977) 139; H.D. Betz, Galatians: A Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Churches in Galatia (Hermeneia; Philadelphia, PA: Fortress, 1979) 125, n. 104; Ehrman, Corruption, 86; A.M. Buscemi, Lettera ai Galati (SBF 63; Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing, 2004) 196; P.M. Magallón, “Estar crucificado juntamente con Cristo”: El nuevo status del creyente en Cristo. Estudio exegético-teológico de Gal 2,15-21 y Rom 6,5-11 (TGST 122; Rome: Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2005) 94, n.185; F.J. Matera, Galatians (SP 9; Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007) 96; J.-P. Lémonon, L’épître aux Galates (CbNT 9; Paris: Cerf, 2008) 97; M.C. de Boer, Galatians (NTL; Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2011) 141.
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So, for instance, M.-J. Lagrange, Saint Paul: Épître aux Galates (EBib; Paris: Gabalda, 1925) lxxxiii-lxxxiv; F. Mussner, Der Galaterbrief (HThKNT; Freiburg/Basel/Wien: Herder, 1974) 182-183; F.F. Bruce, The Epistle to the Galatians (NIGTC; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1982) 145; B. Corsani, Lettera ai Galati (CSENT 9; Genova: Marietti, 1990) 178-179; J.D.G. Dunn, The Epistle to the Galatians (BNTC; London: A&C Black, 1993) 146; J.L. Martyn, Galatians (AB 33A; New York: Doubleday, 1997) 259; J. van Bruggen, Galaten (CNT; Kampen: Kok, 2004) 94; T.R. Schreiner, Galatians (ZECNT 9; Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2010) 172-173.
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Cf. G.D. Fee, “The Majority Text and the Original Text of the New Testament,” Studies in the Theory and Method of New Testament Textual Criticism (ed. E.J. Epp and G.D. Fee; SD 45; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1993) 183-208.
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M.W. Holmes, “Reasoned Eclecticism in New Testament Textual Criticism,” The Text of the New Testament in Contemporary Research: Essays on the Status Quaestionis (ed. B.D. Ehrman and M.W. Holmes; SD 46; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994) 344-345; “The Case for Reasoned Eclecticism,” in Rethinking New Testament Textual Criticism (ed. D.A. Black; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2002) 79; cf. Parker, New Testament Manuscripts, 180.
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Cf. S. Shauf, “Galatians 2:20 in Context,” NTS 52 (2006) 86-101.
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R.Y.K. Fung, The Epistle to the Galatians (NICNT; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1988) 123.
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See B.C. Lategan, “Is Paul Defending his Apostleship in Galatians? The Function of Galatians 1:11-12 and 2:19-20 in the Development of Paul’s Argument,” NTS 34 (1988) 411-430.
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Cf. D. Hunn, “Pleasing God or Pleasing People? Defending the Gospel in Galatians 1-2,” Bib 91 (2010) 24-49.
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G.D. Fee, Pauline Christology: An Exegetical-Theological Study (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2007) 225, n. 56.
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N.T. Wright, “The Letter to the Galatians: Exegesis and Theology,” Between Two Horizons: Spanning New Testament Studies and Systematic Theology (eds. J.B. Green and M. Turner; Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000) 218-219.
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Cf. Lagrange, Galates, 52; H. Schlier, Der Brief an die Galater (4th ed.; KEK; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1965) 102; Burton, Galatians, 138; Fung, Galatians, 124, n. 72; Longenecker, Galatians, 93; Martyn, Galatians, 258; Witherington, Grace in Galatia, 190-191; Mussner, Galaterbrief, 183; Van Bruggen, Galaten, 94.
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So, for instance, Burton, Galatians, 147; Dunn, Galatians, 152.
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So, for instance, Hays, The Faith of Jesus Christ, 131; Martyn, Galatians, 288.
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“Faith(fulness) of the Son of God”? Galatians 2:20b Reconsidered1
In: Novum TestamentumAbstract
For more than a century, contributors to the πίστις Χριστοῦ debate have focused primarily on the linguistic and theological issues involved without recognizing the potential relevance of a text-critical variant of Gal 2:20b. It is argued that if preference is to be given to the variant reading ἐν πίστει ζῶ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ as based on both external and internal evidence, its immediate context encourages an objective genitive understanding—“I live by faith in God and Christ.” As such, Gal 2:20b might offer an interpretative clue to the other πίστις Χριστοῦ expressions in the Pauline corpus.
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