Where Christology Began

by Martin, Ralph P.; Dodd, Brian J.

• ISBN13: 9780664256197
• ISBN10: 0664256198
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

One of the best known and most influential passages in the New Testament is the hymn of Philippians 2:5-11, which traces the dialectical path of Christ from preexistence--or pretemporal existence--to incarnation and exaltation. There is little agreement and a great deal of debate on this central text of Christian theology. In this book, an international group of scholars comment on the classic and current understandings of this passage, searching for insights into the ongoing exegetical inquiry.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii	(2)
Abbreviations	ix
1. Carmen Christi Revisited	1	(5)
RALPH P. MARTIN
2. Ernst Lohmeyer's Kyrios Jesus	6	(37)
COLIN BROWN
3. Incarnation, Myth and Theology: Ernst Kasemann's Interpretation of Philippians 2:5-11	43	(31)
ROBERT MORGAN
4. Christ, Adam, and Preexistence	74	(10)
JAMES D.G. DUNN
5. Christ, Adam, and Preexistence Revisited	84	(12)
L.D. HURST
6. In the Form of God and Equal with God (Philippians 2:6)	96	(15)
GERALD F. HAWTHORNE
7. "When He at Last Is First!": Philippians 2:9-11 and the Exaltation of the Lord	111	(17)
LARRY J. KREITZER
8. The Worship of Jesus in Philippians 2:9-11	128	(12)
RICHARD J. BAUCKHAM
9. Christology and Ethics in Philippians 2:5-11	140	(14)
STEPHEN FOWL
10. The Story of Christ and the Imitation of Paul in Philippians 2--3	154	(9)
BRIAN J. DODD
Bibliography	163