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Author Nikki, Nina

Title Opponents and Identity in the Letter to the Philippians
Published Boston : BRILL, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages)
Series Novum Testamentum, Supplements Ser
Novum Testamentum, Supplements Ser
Contents Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1 The Questions and the Outline of the Study; 2 Introduction to Previous Study; Part 2 Methods and Context of the Letter; Chapter 2 Methodology; 1 A Methodology for Three Worlds: The Real World, the Symbolic World, and the Text World; 2 Mirror-Reading through Rhetorical Conventions and Polemics; 3 Social Psychological Viewpoints (SIA) and Identity Construction; Chapter 3 The Context of the Letter to the Philippians; 1 Jews and Christ-Believers in the Roman Empire
2 The Date, Location, and Unity of Philippians3 The History and Current Situation of the Philippian Church; Part 3 Paul and the Jerusalem Community; Chapter 4 Paul and the Jerusalem Community Before Philippians; 1 Introduction and the Question of Sources; 2 The Antioch Incident; 2.1 Problems with the Traditional View; 2.2 The Order of Events Reconsidered; 2.3 Jewish and Gentile Commensality in the First Century CE; 3 The Jerusalem Meeting; 3.1 The Differences Between Acts and Galatians; 3.2 What Was Decided at the Jerusalem Meeting?
3.3 The Event after the Jerusalem Meeting, "The Antioch Incident Proper"4 The Galatian Crisis as a Corollary to the Jerusalem Meeting; 4.1 The Jerusalem Background of the Opponents in Galatia; 4.2 The Unnecessary "Third Party"; 4.3 The South Galatian Churches as Affiliates of Jerusalem and Antioch; 4.4 The Nature of the Crisis; 4.5 Philip Esler and Social Identity in Galatians; 5 Paul and the Jerusalem Community after the Last Visit to Jerusalem; Part 4 Analysis of Philippians; Chapter 5 Introducing the Opponents: Inclusiveness for the Sake of Self-Enhancement (Phil 1:15-18a); 1 Introduction
2 The Same Opponents in Phil 1:15-18a and Phil 32.1 From "Brothers" to "Dogs" (Phil 3:1); 2.2 The Beginning of the Letter: Ethos, Example, and a Straw Challenge; 3 Denigration of the Opponents: Envy, Strife, and Malevolence; 3.1 Accusation of False Motives; 3.2 Envy, Rivalry, and Selfish Ambition: The Core of Intergroup Competition; 3.3 Malevolence Towards the Imprisoned Paul; 4 Self-Enhancement through Inclusive Statements; 4.1 Brothers Encouraged in the Lord to Preach Christ?; 4.2 Joy as a Sign of Strong Ethos and Secure Status; 5 The Location of the Opponents and Conclusion
Chapter 6 Securing the Status of the Philippians against the Jewish Christ-Believing Outgroup: Vilification and Leadership Tactics (Phil 3:2-11)1 Reversing Status Positions: The True Circumcision versus the Mutilation (3:2-3); 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Opponents Denigrated as Dangerous Dogs and Evil Workers; 1.3 Ingroup as the True Circumcision; 1.4 Spiritual Ingroup versus Fleshly Outgroup; 2 Paul's Example: From a Perfect Jew to a Prototypical Leader of a Gentile Christ-Believing Church (3:4-11); 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Paul as a Prototypical Member of the Outgroup (3:4-6)
Notes 2.2 Becoming a Prototypical Leader of the Gentile Christ-Believing Ingroup (3:7-8)
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Subject Jewish Christians -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
Jewish Christians -- Early church
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004382961
9004382968