I gradi della mimesi nella Lettera ai Galati

The explicit language of argumentative and anthropological mimesis is missing in Galatians. However, it is implicitly found in three topical moments in which Paul utilises both these forms of mimesis. In Gal 2:15-21 mimesis or the representation of the speech made by Paul on the occasion of the incident at Antioch serves to highlight the entire autobiography of Gal 1:13-2:21. It is intended to induce the Galatians to imitate Paul in adhering to God's grace. In Gal 3:5-6 and 4:28-31 the mimesis of the story of Abraham and his descendants is employed to show that one becomes a child of Abraham by following the same faith and not through the Law of Moses and circumcision. In Gal 4:12-20 Paul recalls the first evangelization in Galatia in order to exhort the Galatians to follow his example not only when he was present among them, but also in his absence, and in the face of his opponents' seductions. In situations when the values that characterize their religious identity is in danger, such as the gospel, grace and freedom, only mimesis - meaning reproduction of the original model to be imitated - permits its transmission.