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| Genre/Form: | Commentaries |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ben Witherington |
| ISBN: | 9780802801432 0802801439 |
| OCLC Number: | 719426759 |
| Description: | xxviii, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface.;Dedication;Abbreviations;Bibliography;Map;Introduction;Preliminary Considerations;Provenance;Consistency and Change;Partition Theories;A Letter of Friendship or a Family Letter;Rhetoric;Social Analysis: Dead Ends and Promising Pathways;Epistolary Prescript (1.1-2;A CLOSER LOOK: Paul's Right-Hand Man Timothy;Exordium: Prayers and Previews (1.3-11;A CLOSER LOOK: Joy, the Elixir of Faith and Effervescence of Hope;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;Narratio: Proclamation's Progress (1.12-26;A CLOSER LOOK: Imitation, the Highest Form of Education;A CLOSER LOOK: Honor, Shame, and Apostolic Life;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;Propositio: Lives Worthy of the Word (1.27-30;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;Probatio: Four Positive Appeals (2.1-4.3;1. The Prime Paradigm: Christ (2.1-18;A CLOSER LOOK: E. A. Judge and the Social World of Early Christianity;A CLOSER LOOK: The Christ Hymn in Recent Discussion;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;2. The Paradigm's Partners (2.19-30;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;3. Paul and the Dogs (3.1-4.1;A CLOSER LOOK: Synkrisis When There Is No Crisis;A CLOSER LOOK: Social-Scientific Criticism -- Will Meeks Inherit the Earth;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;4. An Appeal to the Leaders (4.2-3;Peroratio: The Value of Virtue and the Joy of Jesus (4.4-9;A CLOSER LOOK: Paul among the Ancient Moralists;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;A Postscript: "On Giving and Receiving" (4.10-;Final Greetings and Grace (4.21;A CLOSER LOOK: Caesar's Household and the Household of Faith;BRIDGING THE HORIZONS;subjectsAuthorsScripture and Other Ancient Literature |
| Responsibility: | Ben Witherington III. |
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Todd D. Still<br> Truett Seminary, Baylor University<br> When a commentator of Ben Witherington?'s skill, experience, and stature turns his learned eye and directs his limpid prose to Paul?'s beloved letter to the Philippians, expectations are exceedingly high. This latest installment in Witherington?'s socio-rhetorical commentary series does not disappoint. . . . His commentary on Philippians is a substantial, serious work that will occupy a place on my bookshelf alongside Bockmuehl and Fee. It is among the finest full-length commentaries presently available in English. <br>Jerry L. Sumney<br> Lexington Theological Seminary<br> Drawing on an impressive range of interpreters (including those who have critiqued his previous work), Ben Witherington provides a careful and helpful reading of Philippians and the issues it addresses. His lucid prose guides both beginning and practiced readers through the argumentative function of each section, consistently affirming that rhetorical criti Read more...
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