| Eros and the Christ: Longing and Envy in Paul's Christology Contributor(s): Fredrickson, David E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0800698231 ISBN-13: 9780800698232 Publisher: Fortress Press OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - Paul's Letters - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 227.06 |
| LCCN: 2013387204 |
| Series: Paul in Critical Contexts |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.37" W x 9.25" (1.02 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The self-emptying of Christ (kenosis) in Philippians 2 has long been the focus of attention by Christian theologians and interpreters of Paul's Christology. David E. Fredrickson sheds dramatic new light on familiar texts by discussing the centuries-old language of love and longing in Greek and Roman epistolary literature, showing that a physics of desire was related to notions of power and dominance. Pauls kenotic Christology challenged not only received notions of the power of the gods but of the very nature of love itself as a component of human society. |