Paradigms of being in Christ : a study of the Epistle to the Philippians /: a study of the Epistle to the Philippians. (2013)
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- Title:
- Paradigms of being in Christ : a study of the Epistle to the Philippians /: a study of the Epistle to the Philippians. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Paradigms of being in Christ : a study of the Epistle to the Philippians
- Further Information:
- Note: By Peter-Ben Smit.
- Other Names:
- Smit, Peter-Ben, 1979-
- Contents:
- Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Purpose and Context; 1.2 Structure and Method of the Present Study ; 1.2.1 The State of Research ; 1.2.2 Paradigms in Philippines ; 1.3 The Use of Analogies in First-Century Rhetoric; 1.3.1 Two Exemplary Exempla; 1.4 Rhetorical Analysis and the Corpus Paulinum; 1.4.1 Epistolography and Rhetoric; 1.4.2 Examples, Rhetoric, and the Rhetorical Character of Philippians; 2 THE COMMUNICATIVE SETTING: GENRE, STRUCTURE, AIMS, AND CONTEXT OF PHILIPPIANS; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Philippians as a Hellenistic Letter. 2.2.1 Hellenistic Epistolography2.2.2 The Literary Plan of Philippians; 2.2.3 Time, Place, and Situation of Composition; 2.2.4 The Recipients in Philippi; 2.3 Communicative Reasons for Philippians; 2.3.1 Thankfulness, Well-Wishing, the Exchange of Information, and Contact; 2.3.2 Requests and Instructions Concerning Issues in Philippi; 2.3.3 Opponents and Adversaries of the Philippians and Paul: An Overview; 2.3.4 "Thanking" for a Gift; 3 MODELS OF IDENTITY IN PHILIPPIANS ; 3.1 The Christ-Paradigm (Phil. 1.27-2.18); 3.1.1 Introduction. 3.1.2 Worthy of Christ's Gospel: Community and Unity (1.27-2.4)3.1.3 The Christ Enkomion (2.5-11); 3.1.4 A Misfit? The Problem of Christ's Origins; 3.1.5 Obedience and the Glorification of the Faithful (2.12-18); 3.1.6 Paul's Appeal in the Context of Philippi; 3.1.7 Concluding Observations; 3.2 Timothy and Epaphroditus as Exempla?; 3.2.1 Introduction; 3.2.2 Timothy; 3.2.3 Epaphroditus; 3.2.4Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Purpose and Context; 1.2 Structure and Method of the Present Study ; 1.2.1 The State of Research ; 1.2.2 Paradigms in Philippines ; 1.3 The Use of Analogies in First-Century Rhetoric; 1.3.1 Two Exemplary Exempla; 1.4 Rhetorical Analysis and the Corpus Paulinum; 1.4.1 Epistolography and Rhetoric; 1.4.2 Examples, Rhetoric, and the Rhetorical Character of Philippians; 2 THE COMMUNICATIVE SETTING: GENRE, STRUCTURE, AIMS, AND CONTEXT OF PHILIPPIANS; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Philippians as a Hellenistic Letter. 2.2.1 Hellenistic Epistolography2.2.2 The Literary Plan of Philippians; 2.2.3 Time, Place, and Situation of Composition; 2.2.4 The Recipients in Philippi; 2.3 Communicative Reasons for Philippians; 2.3.1 Thankfulness, Well-Wishing, the Exchange of Information, and Contact; 2.3.2 Requests and Instructions Concerning Issues in Philippi; 2.3.3 Opponents and Adversaries of the Philippians and Paul: An Overview; 2.3.4 "Thanking" for a Gift; 3 MODELS OF IDENTITY IN PHILIPPIANS ; 3.1 The Christ-Paradigm (Phil. 1.27-2.18); 3.1.1 Introduction. 3.1.2 Worthy of Christ's Gospel: Community and Unity (1.27-2.4)3.1.3 The Christ Enkomion (2.5-11); 3.1.4 A Misfit? The Problem of Christ's Origins; 3.1.5 Obedience and the Glorification of the Faithful (2.12-18); 3.1.6 Paul's Appeal in the Context of Philippi; 3.1.7 Concluding Observations; 3.2 Timothy and Epaphroditus as Exempla?; 3.2.1 Introduction; 3.2.2 Timothy; 3.2.3 Epaphroditus; 3.2.4 Timothy and Epaphroditus as Paradigms: Their Relationship to the Philippians; 3.3 The Paradigm of "Paul in Christ" (Phil. 3.1-4.1); 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Setting an Example Oneself: Periautologia. 3.4 The Exempla and their Aims in Phil. 33.4.1 The Starting Point: "Dogs" in Philippi; 3.4.2 Excursus: Paul the Paradigm: Logical and/or Illustrative?; 3.4.3 Paul the Christian and Identity "in Christ"; 3.4.4 Excursus: Paul as a Paradigmatic Man?; 3.4.5 Ensuing Exhortations: Euodia and Syntyche (Phil. 4.2-3) as (Negative) Paradigms? ; 4 CONCLUSIONS ; 4.1 Exempla in Philippians: Concluding Overview; 4.1.1 Exempla and the Structure of Philippians; 4.2 The Point of the Paradigms; 4.3 Embodied Identity and Relational Ecclesiology; 4.4 The Traditional Character of Paul's Relational Ecclesiology. 4.5 Paul's Authority in its Ecclesiological ContextBibliography; Index of Authors; Index of References. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Bloomsbury T & T Clark
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (217 pages)
- Subjects:
- 227/.606
Theology
Theology
Jesus Christ as an example to be followed
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Paul's Letters
Criticism, interpretation, etc
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- 0567271625
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- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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