Eros and the Christ: Longing and Envy in Paul's Christology (Paul in Critical Contexts) - Hardcover

Fredrickson, David E.

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Synopsis

The self-emptying of Christ (kenosis) in Philippians 2 has long been the focus of attention by Christian theologians and interpreters of Paul's Christology. David E. Fredrickson sheds dramatic new light on familiar texts by discussing the centuries-old language of love and longing in Greek and Roman epistolary literature, showing that a "physics" of desire was related to notions of power and dominance. Pauls kenotic Christology challenged not only received notions of the power of the gods but of the very nature of love itself as a component of human society.

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About the Author

David E. Fredrickson is professor emeritus of New Testament at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of Eros and Christ: Longing and Envy in Paul's Christology and a contributor to Fortress Commentary on the New Testament (2 Corinthians); his most recent book is The Promise of Not-Knowing: A New New Testament Reading (Fortress Press: 2022).

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