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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction to the Second Edition | |
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| The Search for the Constant Elements of Paul's Gospel | |
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| Statement of the Problem and Elaboration of the Thesis | |
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| The Quest for the "Core" of Paul's Thought | |
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| Intimations of Narrative Elements in Paul | |
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| Amos Wilder | |
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| Stephen Crites | |
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| James A. Sanders | |
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| William Beardslee | |
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| Terminological Clarifications | |
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| "Story" vs. "Myth" | |
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| "Story" and "Narrative" | |
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| Aims of the Investigation Contrasted to Other Approaches | |
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| Methodology and Procedure | |
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| The Relationship between Narrative and Reflective Discourse | |
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| Northrop Frye: Mythos and Dianoia | |
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| Paul Ricoeur: Episodic and Configurational Dimensions of Narrative | |
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| Robert Funk: Foundational Language and Primary Reflectivity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Galatians 3:1-4:11 as a Test Case | |
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| Steps in the Investigation | |
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| How Has the Narrative Dimension in Paul's Thought Been Handled? An Overview of Previous Interpretations | |
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| The Identification of Narrative Elements in Paul | |
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| Wilhelm Bousset: Cultic Myth | |
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| Albert Schweitzer: Eschatology and "Mysticism" | |
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| Disposing of Narrative Elements | |
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| Rudolf Bultmann: "Demythologizing" | |
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| Attempts to Reclaim Narrative Elements in Paul | |
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| Oscar Cullmann: Heilsgeschichte | |
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| Ernst Kasemann: War on Two Fronts | |
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| C. H. Dodd: The Apostolic Preaching | |
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| Dan Via: Paul and the Comic Structure | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Analysis of Narrative Christological Formulations in Galatians | |
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| The Relationship between Galatians 4:3-6 and 3:13-14: The Problem | |
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| Similarities | |
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| Differences | |
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| Origins | |
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| The Relation between the Texts: A Hypothesis | |
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| A Model for Analyzing Narrative Structure | |
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| Theoretical Presuppositions | |
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| Narrative Sequences | |
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| Narrative Syntagms | |
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| Canonical Functions | |
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| The Actantial Model | |
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| Interrelation of the Model's Components | |
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| Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Gal 4:3-6 and 3:13-14 | |
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| Gal 4:3-6 | |
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| Gal 3:13-14 | |
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| The Relationship between Gal 4:3-6 and 3:13-14: Some Conclusions | |
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| Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Gal 3:21-22 | |
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| Summary and Preview | |
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| The Function of [characters not reproducible] in the Narrative Structure of Paul's Gospel | |
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| The Message of Faith (Gal 3:2-5) | |
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| Possible Meanings of [characters not reproducible] | |
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| The Meaning of [characters not reproducible] | |
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| The Meaning of [characters not reproducible] | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Righteous One Will Live [characters not reproducible] (Gal 3:11) | |
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| What Does [characters not reproducible] Modify? | |
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| Who Is [characters not reproducible] | |
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| By Whose Faith Shall the Righteous One Live? | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Faith of Jesus Christ (Gal 3:22) | |
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| A Brief History of the Question | |
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| The Grammatical Issue | |
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| The Theological Issue | |
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| Other Texts | |
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| Gal 2:20b | |
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| Gal 3:26 | |
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| "The Faith of Jesus Christ" in Rom 3:21-26 | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Logic of Argumentation in Gal 3:1-4:11 | |
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| The Problem: Internal Coherence of the Argument | |
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| A Reinterpretation of Gal 3:1-14 | |
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| Gal 3:1-5 | |
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| Gal 3:6-9 | |
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| The Function of Gal 3:6 in the Argument | |
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| The Meaning of [characters not reproducible] | |
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| The Function of the Genesis Quotation in Gal 3:8 | |
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| Gal 3:10-14 | |
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| Why Is No One Justified [characters not reproducible] | |
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| Christ as the Agent of Redemption | |
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| The Spirit as Fulfillment of the Promise | |
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| Narrative Logic in the Argument | |
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| The Nature of Paul's Logic: Other Proposals | |
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| Greer M. Taylor: Juristic Logic | |
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| Nils Dahl: Rabbinic Logic | |
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| Hans Dieter Betz: Rhetorical Logic | |
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| What Is "Narrative Logic"? | |
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| Patterns of Narrative Logic in Gal 3:16-4:11 | |
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| Participation in the Inheritance | |
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| The Place of Law in the Narrative Structure | |
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| [characters not reproducible] in the Narrative Pattern | |
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| New Creation | |
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| A Practical Application | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Conclusion: Implications for Pauline Interpretation | |
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| The Contours of Paul's Theology | |
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| Paul's Place within Early Christianity | |
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| Paul's Gospel and the Gospel Genre | |
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| Pauline Ethics: How Does the Christ-Story Shape Paul's Sense of Self and World? | |
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| The Character of Paul's Language | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Commentaries on Galatians | |
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| Studies Pertinent to the Interpretation of Gal 3:1-4:11 | |
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| Studies on Stories and Narrative Structure | |
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| Once More, [characters not reproducible] | |
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| [characters not reproducible] and Pauline Christology: What Is at Stake? | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Index of Authors | |
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| Index of Scripture References | |