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Galatians

  1. Lesson One
    Epistles (First Few Verses Of Each Pauline Epistle)
    25 Activities
  2. Lesson Two
    Overview of Galatians
    19 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Works-Righteousness as Slavery
    19 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Faith, Life, and the Spirit
    13 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Author and Audience
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Galatians Author and Audience Behind | A Peroratio in Galatians
Lesson 5, Activity 10

Behind | A Peroratio in Galatians

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A peroratio was an essential part of Roman rhetoric. Aristotle believed it served four purposes at the end of speeches or letters: 

1) To dispose the hearer (or reader) favorably toward oneself and unfavorably toward the adversary

2) To amplify and depreciate

3) To excite the emotions of the hearer (or reader)

4) To recapitulate

List quoted from: Jeffrey A. D. Weima, “The Pauline Letter Closings: Analysis and Hermeneutical Significance,” in Bulletin for Biblical Research 5 (1995), p. 182.