This volume discusses the development of disunity in the Philippian church as the occasion for Paul's response in his letter. The first part of the book examine

In this commentary G. Walter Hansen offers rich exposition of the text of Philippians as well as wisdom and maturity in its application. In so doing he emphasiz

Mark A. Jennings challenges the consensus that there is no clear single purpose that shapes the entire epistle to the Philippians; instead arguing that there is

A collection of essays from the Heidelberg conference on rhetoric and the New Testament.

Illumining the Jewish context of early Christian mission, this study through close exegesis of Paul's letter to the Philippians reveals the crucial place of the