Hymns or Not? Recent Work on Col 1:15-20 and Phil 2:6-11
News flash: the Christ “hymns” might not even be hymns. Here’s some recent work arguing for both sides, and the hermeneutical implications.
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Paul’s Plan to Escape His Roman Prison
This is probably not a way you’ve read one of Paul’s epistles before.
A New Incredibly Thorough Commentary on the Greek of Philippians
Keown’s commentary should now rank among the most helpful for students and pastors, and many scholars will appreciate the deep engagement…
A Guide to Every Greek Phrase in Philippians: A Huge Time-Saver for Students and Pastors
Preparing a sermon on difficult texts can be extremely time-consuming. In Philippians 1, what does Paul mean when he says “I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my salvation” (1:19)? How should the difficult Greek phrase τοῦτο φρονεῖτε ἐν ὑμῖν ὃ καὶ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ (2:5) be understood? What does the word ἁρπαγμὸν mean in 2:6? To give one more example, what about everyone’s favorite word in Philippians, σκύβαλα – just exactly how strong is that word? For each of these exegetical problems, and the many more you would find in almost every paragraph of Philippians, you might need to consult a few commentaries and a couple lexicons, assuming you’re working from the Greek….
Interview with Joseph Hellerman, author of Philippians (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament)
Earlier, we reviewed Joseph Hellerman’s Philippians volume in the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series from B&H Academic. Dr. Hellerman is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Talbot School of Theology. We tracked him down to interview him about his book because, as a site devoted to exegesis, we wanted to know from someone….
Philippians (Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament), by Joseph Hellerman
This handbook on the Greek text of Philippians is part of B&H Academic’s EGGNT series, several volumes of which we have reviewed. Each volume is aimed at intermediate Greek readers and focuses on syntax, vocabulary, and grammar. But each volume is also slightly distinctive, given an author’s chosen emphases.
Hellerman begins with a brief commentary introduction, concluding that Paul wrote the letter from Rome. He writes one long paragraph on aspect and Aktionsart….