Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Publications -- Bibliographical -- INTRODUCTION -- The Antioch incident: problems and proposed solutions from the patristic period to the present day -- Questions of method, with particular reference to Maccabean martyrdom -- PART ONE Maccabean martyrdom -- 1 MACCABEAN MARTYRDOM: FORMATIVE TEXTS AND TRADITIONS -- 1. The Maccabean revolt and the emerging Hasmonean dynasty: a historical overview -- 2. The suffering and vindication of the people of God: a theological analysis of constitutive Maccabean texts -- Israel and the pagan nations: stories of contest and conflict in Daniel 1-6 -- Israel and her conquering heroes: the saviours of the people of Israel in 1 Maccabees -- Dying and rising with Israel: the Maccabean martyrs and the rescue and restoration of Judaism in 2 Maccabees -- 3. Daniel's 'one like a son of man' and emerging messianic expectations -- The development of Jewish messianic expectations -- The Maccabean period, messianic expectations and the Danielic 'one like a son of man' -- Messianic interpretations of the Danielic 'one like a son of man' -- 4. Conclusion: the Maccabees, the Messiah and Galatians 1-2 -- 2 MACCABEAN MARTYRDOM IN FIRST-CENTURY JUDAISM AND PAUL -- 1. Maccabean martyrdom and first-century Jewish nationalist aspirations -- Correspondence and continuity: Farmer and Hengel -- Jewish nationalism and the Pharisees: Wright -- Saul the Pharisee -- The Caligula Temple episode: Jewish and Christian evocations of Antiochus IV Epiphanes -- 2. Maccabean martyrdom in first-century Jewish texts and traditions -- The Assumption of Moses -- Megillath Taanith ('Scroll of Fasts') -- The Maccabees as exemplars for first-century Diaspora Judaism: 4 Maccabees -- The provenance and purpose of 4 Maccabees.

The philosophical discourse -- The martyr narratives -- An excursus: the Maccabean martyr cult in Antioch -- 3. Maccabean martyrdom and Paul: Romans 3.21-6 and its Maccabean tradition-history -- 4. Conclusion -- PART TWO Paul and the crucified Christ in Antioch -- 3 PAUL AS A PARADIGM OF CONFORMITY TO CHRIST: THE GALATIAN CONTEXT, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- 1. The context. Conflict and persecution in Galatia: Paul and the Galatian church, then and now -- The Galatian crisis -- Conflict and persecution as the context of Paul's original ministry in Galatia: Galatians 4.12-20 -- Conflict and persecution as the context of Paul's current ministry to the Galatians -- 2. The conceptual framework. Messiah Jesus as eschatological redeemer: the origin and nature of Paul's gospel and mission -- seems to presuppose an interplay between the (afflicted) saints below (here, Paul) and the saints/angels above. -- Paul's gospel and mission: not 'of man' but 'of God in Jesus Christ' (Galatians 1.10-12) -- 3. Conformity to Christ. Paul's autobiography as paradigm: from Jewish zealot to Christian martyr figure (Gal. 1.13-2.10) -- The 'apologetic' and 'paradigmatic' approaches to Galatians 1-2: a review, critique and new proposal -- Paul and the tradition of the Maccabees: his transformation from zealous Jew to apostle of Christ (Galatians 1.13-17) -- Jerusalem 1: Paul the persecutor turned proclaimer (Galatians 1.18-24) -- Jerusalem 2: Paul's conformity to the truth of the gospel (Galatians 2.1-10) -- 4. Conclusion -- 4 JEWSAND CHRISTIANS IN ANTIOCH -- 1. The history and self-identity of the Jewish community in Antioch -- A historical overview -- The common life of the Jewish community -- 2. The messianic community in Antioch -- From Jerusalem to Antioch: Stephen, Paul and Peter as prophet-martyr figures -- Stephen: the vindicated prophet-martyr.

Paul: the transformed prophet-martyr -- Peter: the enlightened prophet figure -- The common life of the Antiochene Christian community -- The Antioch mission and the messianic community -- The common life of the messianic community: their prophet-martyr leadership and messianic 'word of exhortation' -- Jewish-Christian conflict in Antioch and the Jerusalem conference and decree -- 3. Conclusion -- 5 PAUL AND THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST IN ANTIOCH: GALATIANS 2.11-14 -- 1. The narrative substructure of Galatians 2.11-21 -- 2. Peter's table-fellowship with the Antiochene Christians and the delegation from James (Gal. 2.12a) -- The nature of the table-fellowship -- Table-fellowship and the Lord's Supper -- 3. Peter's withdrawal: its nature and significance (Gal. 2.11, 12-13) -- Peter's withdrawal as a failure of faithfulness -- Peter's motivation: a fear of reprisal -- The impact of Peter's withdrawal -- 4. Paul's response: a defence of the truth of the gospel (Gal. 2.14) -- The judicial setting -- The issue at stake: God's covenantal faithfulness in Messiah Jesus -- Paul's accusation -- Paul's verdict -- 5. Conclusion -- 6 PAUL AND THE CRUCIFIED CHRIST IN ANTIOCH: GALATIANS 2.15-21 -- 1. Paul's remonstration: an ironical use of intra-Jewish polemic (Gal. 2.15) -- 2. Paul's remonstration. The vindication of the righteous: the 'works of the law' versus the faithfulness of the Messiah… -- Justification, the 'works of the law', and… -- Paul's argument in Galatians 2.16: the vindication of the people of God -- 3. An objection and its denial: servant(s) of sin versus servant(s) of God (Gal. 2.17) -- 4. Paul's counter-claim: Israel-in-Adam as a servant of sin (Gal. 2.18) -- 5. Paul's positive explanation: Israel-in-Adam and Israel-in-Christ (Gal. 2.19-20) -- An excursus: the Messiah's deliverance of Israel-in-Adam ( Rom. 7.1-8.11).

The Messiah's deliverance of Israel-in-Adam (Gal. 2.19-20) -- 6. Paul's concluding statement: the grace of God in the death of the Messiah (Gal. 2.21) -- 7. Conclusion -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Primary sources: texts and translations -- Secondary sources -- INDEX OF PASSAGES -- 1. OLD TESTAMENT -- 2. APOCRYPHA -- 3. NEW TESTAMENT -- 4. PSEUDEPIGRAPHA -- 5. DEAD SEA SCROLLS -- 6. PHILO -- 7. JOSEPHUS -- 8. RABBINIC TEXTS -- 9. GREEK AND ROMAN AUTHORS -- 10. EARLY CHRISTIAN TEXTS -- SELECT INDEX OF GREEK WORDS AND PHRASES -- INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS -- SELECT INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS.