500 Terrance Callan antonomasia (8 times), hyperbole (4 times), metonymy (11 times) and synecdoche (twice) (14). II. The Syntax of Galatians 1. Hiatus Quintilian says that for successive words to end and begin with two long vowels, especially when they are the same, and most especially the vowels ‘o’ and ‘a,’ constitutes the worst problem. But he also says that he is not sure whether too little or too much care to avoid hiatus is the worse (Institutio Oratoria 9.4.33-37). Quintilian says that for successive words to end and begin with ‘s’ or ‘x’ is jarring (Institutio Oratoria 9.4.37-38). There seems to be little indication that Paul has made any great effort to avoid these problems in Galatians. In the first 7 verses of the letter, I count 20 instances of hiatus. However, none of these is an instance of successive words ending and beginning with the long vowels ‘o’ or ‘a.’ Likewise the first 7 verses of the letter include no instance of successive words ending and beginning with ‘s’ or ‘x’. (14) Antonomasia in Gal 1,6.15 (twice).23; 2,8; 3,5 (twice); 5,8; hyperbole in 1,9 (MORLAND, Rhetoric of Curse, 149, n. 43; E.W. Bullinger [Figures of Speech Used in the Bible Explained and Illustrated {London 1898} 427] sees the reference to an angel in v. 8 as a hyperbolic hypothesis); 4,1 oujde;n diafevrei douvlou (BETZ, Galatians, 203, n. 12; LONGENECKER, Galatians, 162); 4,15 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 426); 5,15 davknete kai; katesqiete — ajnalwqh'te v (BETZ, Galatians, 277; LONGENECKER, Galatians, 244); metonymy in 1,8-9 (MORLAND, Rhetoric of Curse, 152 — the expression “be a curse” is metonymy); 1,23 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 599 — faith in place of the thing believed); 2,7-9.12 to; euaggelion th" akrobustia" / th'" peritomh" (BURTON, Galatians, 93, j v 'j v ' 94); 3,2.5 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 602 — faith in place of the thing believed); 3,13a (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 591; BURTON, Galatians, 171; MORLAND, Rhetoric of Curse, 115, 220 — the expression “be a curse” is metonymy); 3,23 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 572, 599 — faith in place of the thing believed); 5,5 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 599 — faith in place of the thing believed); 5,12 (MORLAND, Rhetoric of Curse, 171, n. 119 — Bengel says that Paul refers to cutting away the foreskin but takes it to represent expulsion of the opponents); 6,14 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 612 — cross = the atonement accomplished via the cross and the resultant blessings); synecdoche in 1,8-9 (MORLAND, Rhetoric of Curse, 115, 150, 152 — by referring to himself/his coworkers and to an angel the whole field of possible seduction is implied); 1,16 (BULLINGER, Figures of Speech, 645 — flesh and blood for human being).