Current Trends in Pauline Research

The scope and purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight the current trends and methods for interpreting Paul’s letter to the Philippian Christ followers, understanding the letter’s aim(s), methods, recipients, and theological impact. Paul is an adept epistle writer, with his corpus reflecting rh...

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description The scope and purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight the current trends and methods for interpreting Paul’s letter to the Philippian Christ followers, understanding the letter’s aim(s), methods, recipients, and theological impact. Paul is an adept epistle writer, with his corpus reflecting rhetorical sophistication, pastoral sensitivity, missional zeal, and theological power, all of which are on display in his short letter to the Philippian saints. As a shorter Pauline epistle—often assumed to be merely a “warm, friendly, joy-filled letter” in the commentary tradition—Philippians has historically been underappreciated and misunderstood in biblical studies. However, a recent scholarship has corrected some of this neglect and misunderstanding, and this Special Issue seeks to present the latest insights emerging therefrom. Philippians, far from being a minor member of the Corpus Paulinum, serves as a powerful monument to Paul’s overall and mature theological, Christological, and pastoral vision.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1530212025-02-20T13:26:26Z Current Trends in Pauline Research Blois, Isaac Lamb, Gregory Philippians women in ministry cultic metaphors Pauline ethics Philippians 3 epidictic genre praise invective self-praise periautology synkrisis Judaizers circumcision Phil 3:4–14 2 Cor 10–13 1 Cor 13 Gal -2 Pauline autobiography Pauline Rhetoric periautologia philosophical dialogue philosophy as “way of life” telos phronesis ethics self-presentation boasting exemplum christocentric joy in adversity suffering Paul within Judaism New Perspective on Paul Pauline theology hermeneutics New Testament Greco-Roman backgrounds Egypt Isis-Regina pagan cults ancient Philippi joy rhetoric Schellenberg framing consolation Philippians (epistle) Paul σχήμα μορφὴν δούλου time positionality emic etic honor shame collectivism individualism Confucianism face Phil.1:27–2:4 social-scientific interpretation poverty and wealth Early Christianity Christ-hymn mission evangelism Apostle Paul Pauline studies Epictetus σκύβαλα ἀδιάφορα τέλος εὐδαιμονία peace New Testament prefiguration early Christianity St. Paul habits emotions neurocognition echoes of Scripture composite intertextuality word of God gospel vocation Deuteronomy Daniel Deutero-Isaiah n/a thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCL Oncology The scope and purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight the current trends and methods for interpreting Paul’s letter to the Philippian Christ followers, understanding the letter’s aim(s), methods, recipients, and theological impact. Paul is an adept epistle writer, with his corpus reflecting rhetorical sophistication, pastoral sensitivity, missional zeal, and theological power, all of which are on display in his short letter to the Philippian saints. As a shorter Pauline epistle—often assumed to be merely a “warm, friendly, joy-filled letter” in the commentary tradition—Philippians has historically been underappreciated and misunderstood in biblical studies. However, a recent scholarship has corrected some of this neglect and misunderstanding, and this Special Issue seeks to present the latest insights emerging therefrom. Philippians, far from being a minor member of the Corpus Paulinum, serves as a powerful monument to Paul’s overall and mature theological, Christological, and pastoral vision. 2025-02-20T13:26:23Z 2025-02-20T13:26:23Z 2024 book ONIX_20250220_9783725826780_385 9783725826780 9783725826773 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/153021 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/10273 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-2677-3 10.3390/books978-3-7258-2677-3 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725826780 9783725826773 272 Basel open access
spellingShingle Philippians
women in ministry
cultic metaphors
Pauline ethics
Philippians 3
epidictic genre
praise
invective
self-praise
periautology
synkrisis
Judaizers
circumcision
Phil 3:4–14
2 Cor 10–13
1 Cor 13
Gal -2
Pauline autobiography
Pauline Rhetoric
periautologia
philosophical dialogue
philosophy as “way of life”
telos
phronesis
ethics
self-presentation
boasting
exemplum
christocentric
joy in adversity
suffering
Paul within Judaism
New Perspective on Paul
Pauline theology
hermeneutics
New Testament Greco-Roman backgrounds
Egypt
Isis-Regina
pagan cults
ancient Philippi
joy
rhetoric
Schellenberg
framing
consolation
Philippians (epistle)
Paul
σχήμα
μορφὴν δούλου
time
positionality
emic
etic
honor
shame
collectivism
individualism
Confucianism
face
Phil.1:27–2:4
social-scientific interpretation
poverty and wealth
Early Christianity
Christ-hymn
mission
evangelism
Apostle Paul
Pauline studies
Epictetus
σκύβαλα
ἀδιάφορα
τέλος
εὐδαιμονία
peace
New Testament
prefiguration
early Christianity
St. Paul
habits
emotions
neurocognition
echoes of Scripture
composite intertextuality
word of God
gospel vocation
Deuteronomy
Daniel
Deutero-Isaiah
n/a
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCL Oncology
Current Trends in Pauline Research
title Current Trends in Pauline Research
title_full Current Trends in Pauline Research
title_fullStr Current Trends in Pauline Research
title_full_unstemmed Current Trends in Pauline Research
title_short Current Trends in Pauline Research
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topic Philippians
women in ministry
cultic metaphors
Pauline ethics
Philippians 3
epidictic genre
praise
invective
self-praise
periautology
synkrisis
Judaizers
circumcision
Phil 3:4–14
2 Cor 10–13
1 Cor 13
Gal -2
Pauline autobiography
Pauline Rhetoric
periautologia
philosophical dialogue
philosophy as “way of life”
telos
phronesis
ethics
self-presentation
boasting
exemplum
christocentric
joy in adversity
suffering
Paul within Judaism
New Perspective on Paul
Pauline theology
hermeneutics
New Testament Greco-Roman backgrounds
Egypt
Isis-Regina
pagan cults
ancient Philippi
joy
rhetoric
Schellenberg
framing
consolation
Philippians (epistle)
Paul
σχήμα
μορφὴν δούλου
time
positionality
emic
etic
honor
shame
collectivism
individualism
Confucianism
face
Phil.1:27–2:4
social-scientific interpretation
poverty and wealth
Early Christianity
Christ-hymn
mission
evangelism
Apostle Paul
Pauline studies
Epictetus
σκύβαλα
ἀδιάφορα
τέλος
εὐδαιμονία
peace
New Testament
prefiguration
early Christianity
St. Paul
habits
emotions
neurocognition
echoes of Scripture
composite intertextuality
word of God
gospel vocation
Deuteronomy
Daniel
Deutero-Isaiah
n/a
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCL Oncology
topic_facet Philippians
women in ministry
cultic metaphors
Pauline ethics
Philippians 3
epidictic genre
praise
invective
self-praise
periautology
synkrisis
Judaizers
circumcision
Phil 3:4–14
2 Cor 10–13
1 Cor 13
Gal -2
Pauline autobiography
Pauline Rhetoric
periautologia
philosophical dialogue
philosophy as “way of life”
telos
phronesis
ethics
self-presentation
boasting
exemplum
christocentric
joy in adversity
suffering
Paul within Judaism
New Perspective on Paul
Pauline theology
hermeneutics
New Testament Greco-Roman backgrounds
Egypt
Isis-Regina
pagan cults
ancient Philippi
joy
rhetoric
Schellenberg
framing
consolation
Philippians (epistle)
Paul
σχήμα
μορφὴν δούλου
time
positionality
emic
etic
honor
shame
collectivism
individualism
Confucianism
face
Phil.1:27–2:4
social-scientific interpretation
poverty and wealth
Early Christianity
Christ-hymn
mission
evangelism
Apostle Paul
Pauline studies
Epictetus
σκύβαλα
ἀδιάφορα
τέλος
εὐδαιμονία
peace
New Testament
prefiguration
early Christianity
St. Paul
habits
emotions
neurocognition
echoes of Scripture
composite intertextuality
word of God
gospel vocation
Deuteronomy
Daniel
Deutero-Isaiah
n/a
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCL Oncology
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