Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi

Carmen Christi as Cursus Pudorum

By:

Joseph H Hellerman

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Series:

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

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This book examines Paul's letter to the Philippians against the social background of the colony at Philippi. After an extensive survey of Roman social values, Professor Hellerman argues that the cursus honorum, the formalized sequence of public offices that marked out the prescribed social pilgrimage for aspiring senatorial aristocrats in Rome (and which was replicated in miniature in municipalities and in voluntary associations), forms the background against which Paul has framed his picture of Jesus in the great Christ hymn in Philippians 2. In marked contrast to the values of the dominant culture, Paul portrays Jesus descending what the author describes as a cursus pudorum ('course of ignominies'). The passage has thus been intentionally framed to subvert Roman cursus ideology and, by extension, to redefine the manner in which honor and power were to be utilized among the Christians at Philippi.

Author Biography:

Joseph H. Hellerman is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at Talbot School of Theology and Co-Pastor at Oceanside Christian Fellowship in El Segundo, California.

Release date NZ

June 30th, 2005

Author

Joseph H Hellerman

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

252

Series

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

Dimensions

145x216x23

ISBN-13

9780521849098

Product ID

3619912

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