Opponents and Identity in Philippians | Supplements to Novum Testamentum vol 173

Nina Nikki

ISBN 10: 900438295X / ISBN 13: 9789004382954

Published by BRILL, 2019

About this Item

2019, hardback in printed board covers, 268 pages | this copy has a small scuff on outer edge back board (please see image), otherwise appears unread and barely distinguishable from new | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Opponents and Identity in Philippians | Supplements to Novum Testamentum vol 173
• Publisher: BRILL
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 900438295X
• ISBN 13: 9789004382954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theology

About this title

Synopsis

Guided by awareness of the problematic relationship between polemical text and history, Opponents and Identity in Philippians seeks to establish a historical context for the letter to the Philippians. The study re-evaluates the relationship between Paul and the Jerusalem-based Christ-believing community from the time of the Jerusalem meeting and the Antioch incident. A more detailed analysis centers on how this relationship is reflected in Philippians. The book argues that Paul was continuously on problematic terms with the Jerusalem community, which means that they are the Jewish Christ-believing opponents referred to at several places in Philippians as well. With the help of the social identity approach (SIA), the book illustrates how Paul engages in identity formation through polemical rhetoric in his last letter.

About the Author

Nina Nikki, Th.D., is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki and the co-editor of Others and the Construction of Early Christian Identities (The Finnish Exegetical Society, 2013).