Hierarchy, unity, and imitation: a feminist rhetorical analysis of power dynamics in Paul's letter to the Philippians

Introduction -- Context, purpose, and procedure --Rhetorical approaches -- Further reflections on feminist rhetorical approaches -- Preliminary issues in the study of Pilippians -- Setting the stage -- Critical overview of scholarship on prominent images in Philippians -- Prominent imagery in Philip...

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Published in:Academia biblica
Main Author: Marchal, Joseph A. 1974- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2006
In: Academia biblica (24)
Series/Journal:Academia biblica 24
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Philippians / Rhetoric
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Rhetorical criticism
B Bible. Philippians Feminist criticism
B Bible Feminist criticism
B Thesis
B Feminist Theology
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Summary:Introduction -- Context, purpose, and procedure --Rhetorical approaches -- Further reflections on feminist rhetorical approaches -- Preliminary issues in the study of Pilippians -- Setting the stage -- Critical overview of scholarship on prominent images in Philippians -- Prominent imagery in Philippians -- Friendship imagery -- Military imagery -- Feminist assessment -- Reconsidering friendship imagery -- Reconsidering military imagery -- Reconsidering the connections between -- Friendship and military imagery -- Cues from this debate for the rest of the study -- Situating the rhetorics of Philippians -- Women's participation in cults at Philippi -- Excursus : imitation of women in cultic life -- Women's participation in the early Jesus movement at Philippi -- Unity rhetorics in ancient civic speeches -- Colonial status and military situation of Philippi -- How Philippians implements these rhetorics -- Evolving rhetoric : the interaction of arguments as they develop (section-by-section analysis) -- A. 1:1-11 -- B. 1:12-26 -- 1:27-2:4 -- 2:5-18 -- E. 2:19-30 -- F. 3:1-11 -- G. 3:12-21 -- H. 4:1-9 -- 4:10-23 -- Summary of the argumentative techniques -- Prevailing rhetoric : the major arguments -- Arguments by dissociation -- Quasi-logical arguments -- Arguments based on the structure of reality -- Arguments establishing the structure of reality -- Summary, implications, and suggestions -- A different understanding of the letter to the Philippians -- Implications concerning previous scholarship -- Usefulness for feminist and liberation interpretations
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:900415115X