16 David I. Yoon 3. Analysis of Gal 1,11–2,10 The New Testament contains several accounts of the conversion testimony of one of the premier pioneers of the Christian movement, Paul the apostle (Acts 9,1–19; 22,1–21; 26,1–18), but only one post-conversion testimony, written by Paul himself in his epistle to the Galatians65. The purpose of retelling his conversion testimony is stated at the beginning of this discourse in 1,11, where he writes: γνωρίζω δὲ ὑμῖν, ἀδελφοί, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τὸ εὐαγγελισθὲν ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον (“But I make known to you, brothers, the gospel that was preached by me, that it is not according to man”)66. Simply put, the major question I am concerned with is: what does Paul emphasize in his post-conversion testimony to the Galatians? By means of the system of language available to him, i.e., Hellenistic Greek, how does he convey the parts of his discourse that he wishes to emphasize (given that he does emphasize some parts over others)? Based on the methodology and criteria identified above, I will determine what is prominent in this discourse. I break up the entire discourse into three subdivisions: 1,11–17; 1,18–24; and 2,1–10. While in discourse analysis analyzing cohesion is profitable for determining discourse boundaries, for purposes of this paper, I am simply determining the boundaries via the two major temporal markers (“Then after X years,” ἔπειτα μετὰ ἔτη τρία / ἔπειτα διὰ δεκατεσσάρων ἐτων) in 1,18 and 2,1. At this point, the precise parameters of the subdivisions of the discourse are immaterial for my purpose, since I am strictly concerned with examining prominence in the discourse. These subdivisions are simply to help facilitate the analysis into shorter sections. A. Gal 1,11–17 1) Verbal aspect. This section begins with a verb in the present tense- form (imperfective aspect), γνωρίζω, followed by several verbs (including participles) in the aorist tense-forms (conveying perfective aspect): το εὐαγγελισθὲν, παρέλαβον, ἐδιδάχθην, and ἠκούσατε67. In these verses, 65 Galatians, of course, is among the Hauptbriefe, along with Romans, and 1–2 Corinthians. Some lists also include Philippians and 1–2 Thessalonians in the undisputed Pauline corpus. In line with this, I am assuming Pauline authorship here and refer to the writer as Paul. 66 I deem this to be a purpose statement on semantic grounds and do not consider this to be essential to my overall argument. I think that an analysis of the interpersonal metafunction would reveal similarly. 67 I do not include εἰμί verbs, since they are aspectually vague. Cf. Porter, Verbal Aspect, 441–78; Porter, Idioms, 24–25, 45.