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In this fine new commentary on Paul's letter to the Philippians, Stephen Fowl notes that for the great premodern commentators of the Christian tradition, the literal sense of Scripture is always regulated by theological concerns. Thus, unlike commentaries that simply append theology to historical criticism, Fowl's volume displays disciplined attention to the text of Philippians in ways that...

mean that the Philippians should rejoice and make their forbearance known because the Lord is near. This relies on a spatial image, echoing the claim in the Psalms that the “Lord is near those who call on him” (145:18; cf. 119:151). Alternatively, the claim that the Lord is near might introduce the call to prayer and thanksgiving in v. 6. This would result in a temporal image, echoing the NT idea (which has OT precedents) that the day of the Lord is near (see Rom 13:12; cf. Jas 5:8; Rev 1:3; 22:10).
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