Opponents and identity in Philippians /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nikki, Nina (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 173.
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Table of Contents:
  • Methodology
  • The context of the letter to the Philippians
  • Paul and the Jerusalem community before Philippians
  • Introducing the opponents : Inclusiveness for the sake of self-enhancement (Phil 1:15-18a)
  • Securing the status of the Philippians against the Jewish Christ-believing outgroup : vilification and leadership tactics (Phil 3:2-11)
  • Participation in Christ (Phil 3:10-16) and eschatology (3:11-15, 20-21) in the service of identity construction
  • Second round of denigration : Jewish Christ-believers as libertinists (Phil 3:18-21)