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An Aristophanic Contrast To Philippians 2.6–7

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avondale-bepress.context-key1635180
avondale-bepress.submission-paththeo_papers/10
avondale.affiliateYoung, Norman
avondale.departmentScripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
avondale.facultyTheology
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Norman H.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:21:34Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:21:34Z
dc.date.issued1999-01-01
dc.date.submitted2010-11-08T19:54:33Z
dc.description.abstract<p>Commentators often note that the emphasis in Phil 2.6–7 on Christ's selfless giving is quite contrary to pagan concepts of divinity. N. T. Wright, for example, writes that αρπαγμος, when construed as an abstract noun meaning ‘snatching’, ‘grasping’, or ‘getting’, ‘refers, intransitively, to a particular way of life, namely, that which characterized pagan rulers, and indeed pagan gods and goddesses such as the Philippians might have worshipped in their pre-Christian days’. Yet no commentator to my knowledge has referred to the excellent example of the grasping nature of pagan deities found in Aristophanes’ comedy the Ecclesiazusae (‘Women in Government’).</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Young, N. H. (1999). An Aristophanic contrast to Philippians 2.6–7. <em>New Testament Studies, 45</em>(1), 153-155. doi:10.1017/S0028688598001532</p>
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0028688598001532
dc.identifier.issn0028-6885
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/01635180
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.provenance<p>This article was originally published as:</p> <p>Young, N. H. (1999). An Aristophanic contrast to Philippians 2.6–71 <em>New Testament Studies, 45</em>(1), 153-155.</p>
dc.relation.ispartofNew Testament Studies
dc.rights<p><em> New Testament Studies </em>can be accessed <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/new-testament-studies" target="_blank">here.</a></p> <p>Copyright &copy; 1999 Cambridge University Press.</p>
dc.subjectPhilippians 2.6–71
dc.subjectpagan deities
dc.subjectAristophanes
dc.subjectEcclesiazusae
dc.titleAn Aristophanic Contrast To Philippians 2.6–7
dc.typeJournal Article

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