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Engage Philippians through the fresh literary perspective of rhetorical criticism, and gain insights from recent archaeological discoveries, and a consideration of the “effective” history of the letter through its influence on the church. Gerald Hawthorne reassesses the issues of provenance and identity of Paul’s opponents and places special emphasis on the themes of joy in suffering and life in...

emphatic position of ἑαυτόν, “himself,” and the form of the verb strongly suggest that this act of “emptying” was voluntary on the part of the preexistent Christ. But what did this act of self-emptying entail? Of what did Christ empty himself? Sensing that this is a real question, some interpreters are quick to answer: he emptied himself (1) of his glory (Plummer), (2) of his independent exercise of authority (Hendriksen), (3) of the prerogatives of deity (Lightfoot), (4) of the insignia of majesty
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