1.	What are the three major arguments from Scripture to demonstrate the doctrine of justification by faith?

2.	Why is Abraham such a pivotal figure in all of Paul’s arguments from scripture in Galatians?

3.	How did Paul understand Abraham’s faith? 

4.	What is the basic meaning of “boast”?

5.	List and briefly explain the three important principles about faith from the example of Abraham.

6.	What question would dominate Galatians 3 & 4? 

7.	Did Paul ever attribute divine foreknowledge to the word of God? If so, where? What was it that the scriptures foresaw and preached beforehand?

8.	What one assumption does Paul’s argument in this passage hinge upon according to George?

9.	What is Paul’s negative argument in 3: 10-14? What are the four major propositions that can be used to analyze his point?

10.	What does Paul mean by “the curse of the law”? in 10-12? 

11.	Where is the locus classicus of the juxtaposition of blessing and curses in the OT?

12.	Reconstruct Paul’s argument in these verses using his unstated premise.

13.	How can Paul imply that anyone who fails to keep Torah has this curse suspended forever over his or her head? 

14.	Where is Habakkuk 2:4 quoted in the NT?  

15.	Where is Paul’s first reference to “redeemed” found in Galatians?  What does it literally mean? What is the root word for “redemption”?  

16.	Explain how Christ could become a curse for us? What is meant by the reference to being hung on a tree?  Was the cross an accident of history or a divine emergency measure brought in to remedy an unforeseen situation? Why not?

17.	Why would the Jews consider the cross a stumbling block? Where can the genesis of the Christian doctrine of penal substituitionary atonement be found?

18.	Explain the three affirmations of Christ’s death as understood by Paul.

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19.	The passage in 3:14 summarizes what? What was Paul trying to do?

20.	What was so irrevocable in the covenant according to 3: 15-16?  How does this related to one’s last will and testament?

21.	What is a mattenat bari? Explain it.

22.	Why is Paul’s emphasis on the single seed able to bring together two ideas that serve as a unifying theme throughout Galatians 3 – 4?  

23.	What was Paul extolling with the assertion that the covenant was superior to the law in 3:17?

24.  What are Paul’s three main points in 3:18?