an exalted human figure whose role is determined by a pre-formed Jewish trope wherein humanity was to fulfill an Adamic commission of submission to God and rule over creation (see, e.g., Ps 8:6).17 Unsurprisingly, then, the final exaltation of Jesus (Phil 2:9–11a) involves Jesus’ yielding up ultimate glorification to God the Father, rather than his sharing unqualifiedly in that glory himself.18 Dunn finds similar themes in 1 Cor 8:5–6 and 15:20–28.19 The former passage is widely recognized as a
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