Andrew Perriman on The Rhetorical Strategy of Galatians 4:21-5:1

The following article is now available on-line. Please visit the latest additions page for the link:

Andrew Perriman, "The Rhetorical Strategy of Galatians 4:21-5:1," The Evangelical Quarterly 65.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1993): 27-42.

My thanks to the author for his kind permission.

Joseph B. Tyson on "Works of Law" in Galatians

The following article is now online in PDF:

Joseph B. Tyson, “'Works of law' in Galatians,” Journal of Biblical Literature 92.3 (Sept. 1973): 423-431. Click here to read.

F.F. Bruce on Paul's Letter to the Galatians

The following 5 articles are now available in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, “Galatian Problems. 1. Autobiographical Data,” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 51.2 (Spring 1969): 292-309.

F.F. Bruce, “Galatian Problems. 2. North or South Galatians?” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 52.2 (Spring 1970): 243-266.

F.F. Bruce, “Galatian Problems. 3. The ‘Other’ Gospel,” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 53.2 (Spring 1971): 253-271.

F.F. Bruce, “Galatian Problems. 4. The Date of the Epistle,” Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 54.2 (Spring 1972): 250-267.

F.F. Bruce, "Galatian Problems. 5. Galatians and Christian Origins," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Manchester 55.2 (Spring 1973): 264-284.

My thanks to the Trustees of the John Rylands Library of Manchester for their kind permission to reproduce these articles.

Stephen Motyer on The Relationship Between Paul's Gospel of 'All One in Christ Jesus' (Gal. 3:28) and the 'Household Codes'

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Stephen Motyer, "The Relationship Between Paul's Gospel of 'All One in Christ Jesus' (Gal. 3:28) and the 'Household Codes'," Vox Evangelica 19 (1989): 33-48.

Michael Parsons on Slavery and the New Testament Equality and Submissiveness

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Michael Parsons, "Slavery and the New Testament Equality and Submissiveness," Vox Evangelica 18 (1988): 90-96.

Michael Parsons concludes:

First, we can see that the apostles used the contemporary form of house codes in their ethical instruction with creative and imaginative pastoral insight. Keeping the idea of order and submission, the New Testament writers show by their motivation and expectations that slaves and masters are equal in standing in Christ and are equally responsible to him. Paul employs the Haustafeln to emphasize that liberty does not mean disordered and unruly behaviour. It may mean the transforming of the relationships within hierarchical structure. Peter draws the church together in unity within the context of suffering. Second, there is a need to begin with the Haustafeln and then to proceed to Galatians 3:28. We thereby see that the ideas of equality and hierarchy are not incompatible within the influence of the gospel.

F.F. Bruce on the Two Sons of Abraham - a Study in Pauline Hermeneutics

The following article is now available in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Abraham had two Sons: A Study in Pauline Hermeneutics," Huber L. Drumwright, & Curtis Vaughan, eds., New Testament Studies: Essays in Honor of Ray Summers in His Sixty-Fifth Year. Waco, TX: Markham Press Fund, Baylor University Press, 1975. Hbk. pp.71-84.

I am extremely pleased to be able to make this available, thanks to the kind permission of Baylor University Press. As far as I can determine, no copy of this book exists in the United Kingdom Library system and few copies are available for sale, so this may well be a very rare article.

F.F. Bruce on Paul and Jerusalem

The following article is now available on-line in PDF:

F.F. Bruce, "Paul and Jerusalem," Tyndale Bulletin 19 (1968): 3-25.

FFB reconstructs the relationship of the Apostle Paul with the church of Jerusalem as deduced from his epistles and the book of Acts.