Paul in contexts : collected essays on Philippians and other Pauline letters / Angela Standhartinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Standhartinger, Angela, Author.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 543.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; 543

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Philippians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Thessalonians.

Bible. Galatians.

Bible. Romans.

Physical Description:

xvii, 456 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2025]

Language Note:

Text of 13 previously published papers in English and 7 papers in German. See "Particulars of First Publication", pages [421]-422.

Summary:

"This volume collects 20 essays on Paul's theology, three appear here for the first time in English. Angela Standhartinger argues that one should read Paul's letters in their concrete social contexts of origin and reception. Paul was a Jewish wisdom theologian and apocalyptic thinker, took part in the political and philosophical discourse of his time and shared the political democratic practice of the Hellenistic ekklesia . In Part 1 the author explores how prison shapes letter writing, arguing Paul's letter to the Philippians was edited as a martyr's farewell in the 2nd century CE. In Part 2 she examines political, wisdom, and apocalyptic traditions in Phil 2:6-11 and Phil 3:2-21, and highlights the letter's theology and ethics. In Parts 3-4 Standhartinger studies early Philippian Christianity and offers feminist and anti-anti-Judaic readings of other famous pericopes of Paul's letters."-- Publisher, inside front flap of dust jacket.

This volume brings together seventeen published and three previously unpublished individual studies on Pauline theology. They were written over a period of more than twenty years. They were written at a time when [Standhartinger prepared her] commentary on Philippians in the series "Handbuch zum Neuen Testament" and intend to deepen the historical and theological reconstruction of Pauline theology, ecclesiology, and ethics and their historical impact up to the third century CE. from Preface.

Contents:

Part I : The making of Philippians

Part II : Philippians' theology and ethics in contexts

Part III : Reception of Philippians

Part IV : Ethnos, status, and gender in First Thessalonians, Galatians, and Romans.

Introduction: Paul in contexts

Part I: The making of Philippians.

"Join in imitating me" (Philippians 3:17) : towards an interpretation of Philippians 3

Letter from prison as hidden transcript : what it tells us about the people at Philippi

Greetings from prison and greetings from Caesar's house (Philippians 4:22) : a reconsideration of an enigmatic Greek expression in the light of the context and setting of Philippians

Part II: Philippians' theology and ethics in contexts.

Die paulinische Theologie im Spannungsfeld romisch-imperialer Machtpolitik : eine neue Perspektive auf Paulus, kritisch geprlift anhand des Philipperbriefs

Christus als Bild Gottes : Reflexionen zur Darstellbarkeit Christi in Gal 3-4 und Phil 2,6-11

Eintracht in Philippi : zugleich ein Beitrag zur Funktion von Phil 2,6-11 im Kontext

"Receive him as you would me" : Philippians 2:19-24 in the context of ancient letters of recommendation

"Honor those alike" (Philippians 2:28) : praise and honor in the realm of the democratic ekklesia

Weisheitliche Idealbiografie und Ethik in Phil 3

Apocalyptic thought in Philippians

Philippians and Philemon

Ethics in Philippians

Part III: Receptions of Philippians.

"The beloved community" after Paul : early Christianity in Philippi from the second to the fourth Century

Better ending : Paul at the Roman Colonia Philippi in Acts 16

Der Philipperbriefund die Entstehung der Paulusbriefsammlung

Part IV: Ethnos, status, and gender in First Thessalonians, Galatians and Romans

"Parting of the ways" : Stationen einer Debatte

Paul, the Jews, and the Thessalonians : new observations on 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16

Member of Abraham's family? : Hagar's gender, status, ethnos, and religion in early Jewish and Christian texts

Paulus und das Imperium

Geschlechterkonstruktionen bei Paulus : feministische Zugange zu Gal 3,27-28 und Rom 7,1-6.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9783161640643

3161640640

OCLC:

1531375468

Publisher Number:

90103155631