Consolation in Philippians: Philosophical Sources and Rhetorical Strategy
Rhetorical
criticism seeks to understand and comment on the way texts function in
their social and cultural contexts. Holloway puts Paul's letter in the
context of ancient theories and literary practices of 'consolation' and
argues that Paul wrote to the Philippians in order to console them.
Holloway shows that the letter has a unified overall strategy and
provides a convincing account of Paul's argument. The book falls into
two parts. Part I explores the integrity of Philippians, the rhetorical
situation of the letter, and ancient consolation as the possible genre
of Philippians, while Part II examines Phil. 1:3-11; 1:12-2:30; 3:1-4:1
and 4:2-23. The exegetical studies in Part II focus on the consolatory
topoi and arguments of Philippians.
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