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Document Details : Title: Paul and Epistolary Thanksgiving Author(s): LAMBRECHT, Jan Journal: Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses Volume: 88 Issue: 1 Date: 2012 Pages: 167-171 DOI: 10.2143/ETL.88.1.2164174 Abstract : One tends to agree with Robert E. van Voorst (Why Is There No Thanksgiving Period in Galatians?, in JBL 121 [2010] 153-172) that the Galatians have not realized the absence of a thanksgiving. But what about Paul who in five of his seven undisputed letters composes a thanksgiving period? Why is there not a thanksgiving in Galatians and also not in 2 Corinthians? The brief analysis of the prescripts of both Galatians and 2 Corinthians demonstrates that Paul feels free to adapt his style to the situation of the addressees and to his personal state of mind. |
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