Philippians :
Oakes, Peter
Philippians : from people to letter / Peter Oakes. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - xv, 231 p. : illus., map ; pbk ; 23 cm. - Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 110 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and indexes.
Philippi.
Looking at Philippi -- A model of the development of society in the area of Philippi -- A model of the social composition of the town of Philippi -- Veteran soldiers in Philippi in the middle of the first century AD. The Philippian church.
Approach -- A model of the composition of the church at Philippi -- Checking the model against data from Philippians and elsewhere in the New Testament -- Living in Philippi.
Suffering and unity.
Philippians are suffering -- Suggestions of Jewish christians or Jewish opponents in 1:27-30 -- "To suffer for Christ" (1:28) : what does it mean? -- Descriptions of Christian sufferings in early texts -- The issue of unity in a suffering church. Paul and the Philippians.
Paul as a model of the suffering Philippians -- Hearing the model -- Scholarly approaches to the autobiographical passages. Christ and the Emperor.
Previous studies -- Philippians 3:20-21 -- Philippians 2:9-11 -- Conclusions. Christ and the Philippians.
The shape of the appeal in 2:1-4 -- The function of 2:6-11 -- The nature of Philippians 2:6-11.
9780521036610
2001270098
GBA0-V7616
Bible.--N.T.--Philippians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Philippi (Extinct city)--Civilization.
227.606/OAK
Philippians : from people to letter / Peter Oakes. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001. - xv, 231 p. : illus., map ; pbk ; 23 cm. - Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 110 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and indexes.
Philippi.
Looking at Philippi -- A model of the development of society in the area of Philippi -- A model of the social composition of the town of Philippi -- Veteran soldiers in Philippi in the middle of the first century AD. The Philippian church.
Approach -- A model of the composition of the church at Philippi -- Checking the model against data from Philippians and elsewhere in the New Testament -- Living in Philippi.
Suffering and unity.
Philippians are suffering -- Suggestions of Jewish christians or Jewish opponents in 1:27-30 -- "To suffer for Christ" (1:28) : what does it mean? -- Descriptions of Christian sufferings in early texts -- The issue of unity in a suffering church. Paul and the Philippians.
Paul as a model of the suffering Philippians -- Hearing the model -- Scholarly approaches to the autobiographical passages. Christ and the Emperor.
Previous studies -- Philippians 3:20-21 -- Philippians 2:9-11 -- Conclusions. Christ and the Philippians.
The shape of the appeal in 2:1-4 -- The function of 2:6-11 -- The nature of Philippians 2:6-11.
9780521036610
2001270098
GBA0-V7616
Bible.--N.T.--Philippians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Philippi (Extinct city)--Civilization.
227.606/OAK
