02846nam 2200553 a 450 991080798170332120230607230957.01-283-19380-997866131938030-567-17062-4(CKB)2670000000107255(EBL)743266(OCoLC)741691026(SSID)ssj0000522316(PQKBManifestationID)12175085(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000522316(PQKBWorkID)10528582(PQKB)10340151(MiAaPQ)EBC743266(Au-PeEL)EBL743266(CaPaEBR)ebr10488166(CaONFJC)MIL319380(OCoLC)893335905(EXLCZ)99267000000010725520020625d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnemies of the cross of Christ the terminology of the cross and conflict in Philippians /Demetrius K. WilliamsLondon ;New York Sheffield Academicc20021 online resource (297 p.)Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;223Description based upon print version of record.0-8264-6052-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-264) and indexes.CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1; Aoyos TOO Ixcxupou: THE 'DISCOURSE OF THE CROSS'; Chapter 2; THE LETTER OF PAUL TO THE PHILIPPIANS: SOME PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS; Chapter 3; 'EVEN DEATH ON A CROSS': A RHETORICAL EXEGETICAL EXAMINATION OF PHILIPPIANS 2.1-30; Chapter 4; 'WE ARE THE CIRCUMCISION': A RHETORICAL EXEGETICAL EXAMINATION OF PHILIPPIANS 3.1-21; Chapter 5; THE FUNCTION OF ' THE CROSS OF CHRIST' IN PAUL' S ARGUMENTATION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of AuthorsEnemies of the Cross' employs classical rhetorical analysis to examine how Paul structures a deliberative argument using his understanding of the 'cross of Christ'. His goals are to guide/advise the Philippian community through internal and external strife (ch. 2), combat his opponents (ch.3), and develop his notion of the eschatological community (3:18-21). Williams proposes that while Paul has a 'theology of the death of Jesus', of which cross terminology is one of several aspects, this terminology is used almost exclusively in polemical/conflictual contexts. Hence Paul appears to be using 'Journal for the study of the New Testament.Supplement series ;223.227.606Williams Demetrius K1622418MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807981703321Enemies of the cross of Christ3956256UNINA