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Abstract
Many exegetes set out to analyse not only rhetorical features in Galatians but also other features relating to Paul’s argumentation. Still, the use of insights from modern argumentation theory has been modest and no full-fledged argumentation analyses of Paul’s argumentation have yet been attempted. However, modern methods for argumentation analysis provide useful tools for such an undertaking. Using the pragmadialectical model of argumentation analysis, this paper illustrates how a modern approach can be used for Galatians. It is argued that by using a sophisticated method we can gain a more accurate understanding of Paul’s argumentation.
Highlights
Many exegetes set out to analyse rhetorical features in Galatians and other features relating to Paul’s argumentation
For the purposes of making a point I will here make a distinction between these two concepts and illustrate how a comprehensive analysis of Galatians — or any other Pauline text — requires us to take both perspectives into account
In the following I will illustrate the use of a modern argumentation analysis with a passage in Galatians 3 often recognised as containing an enthymeme:7 vv. 6-9
Summary
One aspect rarely addressed in rhetorical analyses of Pauline texts is that the emphasis on rhetorical features tends to exclude dialectical aspects such as the layout of arguments and their soundness. these are important aspects alongside the rhetorical ones when assessing argumentation from an overall perspective. I suggest that when analysing Paul’s argumentation it is useful to unite dialectical and rhetorical analyses Such a balanced view is important when reaching for a theology of Paul. When the purpose is defined as one of understanding the argumentation as such, knowledge of historical and sociological circumstances, including classical rhetorical conventions, become supporting background factors, whereas the text itself steers the analyst. This is always the ideal, but if one starts off with a method with a certain array of features on offer, so to speak, there is a risk of finding precisely these features. In this study I utilise the pragma-dialectical method, which I will present briefly (in Section 1.2.1) and illustrate in use (Section 2)
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