SBL Rome 2009

SBL has posted the online program book for their International meeting in Rome June 30-July 4, 2009. There are five presentations on Galatians in the Paul and Pauline Literature Section. Head on over to read the abstracts.

Francois Tolmie, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
“Translation Problem in the Letter to the Galatians.” (25 min)

Rodrigo Morales, Marquette University
“Who was ‘Enslaved Under the Elements of the Cosmos’?: Rethinking Galatians 4:3.” (25 min)

Jeremy Gabrielson, University of St. Andrews-Scotland
“Mapping Violence and Peace in Galatia: How Paul’s Biography Coordinates with Roman Politics.” (25 min)

Martinus C. de Boer, Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam
“Paul and the Law: A New Look at Gal 5:14, ‘For the entire Law has been fulfilled in one word, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” (30 min)

P. Richard Choi, Andrews University
“The Citation of Isaiah 54:1 in Galatians 4:27.” (25 min)

Exploring New Rhetorical Approaches to Galatians

The following volume is available online although the preface doesn’t seem to be a good link.

Exploring New Rhetorical Approaches to Galatians. Papers presented at an International Conference, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, March 13-14, 2006. Edited by Donald François Tolmie. Acta Theologica Supplementum, 9.

Tolmie, Donald François. “The Rhetorical Analysis of the Letter to the Galatians: 1995-2005.” 1-28.

Vos, Johan S. “Paul and Sophistic Rhetoric: A Perspective on His Argumentation in the Letter to the Galatians.” 29-52.

Mitternacht, Dieter. “A Structure of Persuasion in Galatians: Epistolary and Rhetorical Appeal in an Aural Setting.” 53-98.

Hietanen, Mika. “The Argumentation in Galatians.” 99-120.

Tsang, Sam. “‘Abba’ Revisited: Merging the Horizons of History and Rhetoric Through the New Rhetoric Structure for Metaphors.” 121-41.

Verster, Pieter. “The Implications of Non-Authentic Questions in Galatians.” 142-161.

Swart, Gerhardus Jacobus. “Reconstructing Rhetorical Strategies from the Text of Galatians—Syntax-Based Discourse Analysis as a Monitoring Device.” 162-173.

Donald Francois Tolmie’s Dissertation online

While looking for some Galatians material I stumbled across Tolmie’s PhD dissertation available online. Tolmie has written a number of articles and essays on Galatians so it was a pleasant surprise to find his dissertation posted for all the world to read.

Donald Francois Tolmie, A Rhetorical Analysis of the Letter to the Galatians. University of the Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

I haven’t verified it but presumably this was then published as

D. Francois Tolmie, Persuading the Galatians: A Text-Centred Rhetorical Analysis of a Pauline Letter. Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe 190. J C B Mohr, 2005.
316148455X, 978-3161484551