James Moffatt

Name: 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11 — Galatians, Epistle to the
Author: James Moffatt

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

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“1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11 — Galatians, Epistle to the”, published in 1911, is a work by James Moffatt. It explores elements such as Galatians, epistle and north Galatia.

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James Moffatt, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

“ GALATIANS, EPISTLE TO THE, one of the books of the New Testament. This early Christian scripture is one of the books militant in the world’s literature. Its usefulness to Luther in his propaganda was no accident in its history; it originated in a controversy, and the varying views of the momentous struggle depicted in Gal. ii. and Acts xv. have naturally determined, from time to time, the conception of the epistle’s aim and date. Details of the long critical discussion of this problem cannot be given here. (See Paul.) ”

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James Moffatt, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

“ The degree of elementary Greek culture needful for the understanding of Galatians cannot be shown to have been foreign to the inhabitants of north Galatia. So far as any trustworthy evidence is available, such Hellenic notions as are presupposed in this epistle might well have been intelligible to the Galatians of the northern provinces. Still less does the acquaintance with Roman jurisprudence in iii. 15–iv. 2 imply, as Halmel contends (Über röm. Recht im Galaterbrief, 1895) , not merely that Paul must have acquired such knowledge in Italy but that he wrote the epistle there. ”

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“ A passionate outburst then follows (iv. 12 f.) , and, harping still on Abraham, the apostle essays, with fresh rabbinic dialectic, to establish Christianity over legalism as the free and final religion for men, applying this to the moral situation of the Galatians themselves (v. 1-12) . This conception of freedom then leads him to define the moral responsibilities of the faith (v. 13–vi. 10) , in order to prevent misconception and to enforce the claims of the gospel upon the individual and social life of the Galatians. ”

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James Moffatt, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

“ All through, the letter shows the breaks and pauses of a mind in direct contact with some personal crisis. Hurried, unconnected sentences, rather than sustained argument, are its most characteristic features. ”

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James Moffatt, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

“ G. G. Findlay (Expositor’s Bible) . On the historical aspects, Zimmer (Galat. und Apostelgeschichte, 1882) and M. Thomas (Mélanges d’histoire et de litt. religieuse, Paris, 1899, pp. 1-195) are excellent; E. H. Askwith’s essay (Epistle to the Galatians, its Destination and Date, 1899) advocates ingeniously the south Galatian theory, and W. S. Wood (Studies in St Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians, 1887) criticizes Lightfoot. General studies of the epistle will be found in all biographies of Paul and histories of the apostolic age, as well as in works like Sabatier’s The Apostle Paul (pp. 187 f.) ”

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James Moffatt, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

“ F. Windischmann (Mayence, 1843) , F. X. Reithmayr (1865) , A. Schäfer (Münster, 1890) and F. Cornely (1892, also in Cursus scripturae sacrae, 1907) are the most satisfactory modern editors, from the Roman Catholic church, but it should not be forgotten that the 16th century produced the Literalis expositio of Cajetan (Rome, 1529) and the similar work of Pierre Barahona (Salamanca, 1590) , no less than the epoch-making edition of Luther (Latin, 1519, &c.; German, 1525 f.; English, 1575 f.) . ”

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James Moffatt, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 11… (1911)

“ It is “a sensational heading” (Findlay) , but it may either refer [12] to the whole epistle (so Augustine, Chrysostom, &c., followed by Zahn) or, as most hold (with Jerome) to the postscript (vi. 11-18) . Paul commonly dictated his letters. His use of the autograph here may have been to prevent any suspicion of a forgery or to mark the personal emphasis of his message. In any case it is assumed that the Galatians knew his handwriting. ”

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