Philippians: an introduction and study guide : historical problems, hierarchical visions, hysterical anxieties

Assume which position? : introductory issues -- The hymn within (and among the) Philippians -- Friends, Romans, women : lend me your context? -- Rhetorical sketch, or a sketchy commentary -- Pauline performativity, triangulating turns and purity's queer perversions.

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Main Author: Marchal, Joseph A. 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London, England Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2020
In:Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ascough, Richard S., 1962-, 1 & 2 Thessalonians] (2020) (Oegema, Gerbern S., 1958 -)
Series/Journal:T & T Clark Study Guides to the New Testament volume 11
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Biblical studies & exegesis
B Electronic books
B Bible. Philippians Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible. Philippians Commentaries
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Summary:Assume which position? : introductory issues -- The hymn within (and among the) Philippians -- Friends, Romans, women : lend me your context? -- Rhetorical sketch, or a sketchy commentary -- Pauline performativity, triangulating turns and purity's queer perversions.
Relatively brief and seemingly unassuming, Philippians is frequently underestimated by its readers and users. This guide shows that what lies within this letter is much more complicated and dynamic than many expect. After surveying the major historical problems and the methods scholars use to arrive at competing solutions, Marchal focuses on the letter's famous hymn of Christ-a rare glimpse into a tradition created by the community in Philippi, even earlier than Paul's letter. Given its impact and potential, the hymn deserves sustained attention, including its connections to slavery and other modes of social power. Turning to the letter as a whole, Marchal asks how this letter fits with types of argumentation in Greco-Roman culture, moving then into a detailed sketch of the rhetorical patterns in the letter, from unity and sameness to hierarchy and modeling. Feminist and empire-critical approaches are presented alongside more traditional assumptions and ideas throughout, signaling how choices in approach and starting points have historically affected the scholarly visions and communal uses for Philippians. In the final chapter the letter is put to a series of atypical uses, as the insights of queer theories are brought into surprising interaction with the arguments in the letter. Tarrying over unmentionable ideas and provocative moments that readers typically race past, this chapter takes the reader from the hierarchical heights of a cosmic Christ to the depths of excrement being emptied from the same body, from the arguments of waste to revealing asides about human waste and feminine lack. The performative power and possibilities of Paul's letters has never been stranger nor more subversive of the too often destructive and dehumanizing uses of biblical images, ideas and arguments
Item Description:Originally published by Sheffield Phoenix Press in 2014
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:1350008788
Access:Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9781350008786