Consolation in Philippians Philosophical Sources and Rhetorical Strategy [Hardcover]

This study places Paul's epistle in the context of ancient theories and literary practices of 'consolation'.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.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.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. He shows that the letter has a unified overall strategy and provides a convincing account of Paul's argument.Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Literary and Rhetorical Contexts: 1. The integrity of Philippians; 2. The rhetorical situation of Philippians; 3. On the genre of Philippians: ancient consolation; Part II. Consolation in Philippians: 4. Paul's consolatory strategy: discerning the things that matter (Phil. 1:311); 5. Discerning the things that matter in the gospel mission (Phil. 1:122:30); 6. Discerning the one thing that matters in the Christian life (Phil. 3:14:1); 7. Concluding parenesis, consolation and thank-you note (Phil. 4:223); Conclusion: an analysis of Philippians; Bibliography; Index of modern authors; Index of passages cited. ItlÃ!