A Hymn of Christ Philippians 2:6-11. Rolan Tayarah. a critical study and exegetical commentary on Philippians 2:6-11, which is considered one of the oldest christological hymns in Christianity. Download Free PDF. View PDF.a critical study and exegetical commentary on Philippians 2:6-11, which is considered one of the oldest christological hymns in Christianity. (DOC) A Hymn of Christ Philippians 2:6-11 | Rolan Tayarah - Academia.edu Philippians 2:6-11. 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 1 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, 2 being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore
Most students of the New Testament today understand Philippians 2:6-11 as a pre-Pauline hymn that was composed for early Christian worship. More recent studies suggest that it is exalted prose rather than poetry. The hypothesis of this article is that Paul composed it, either for worship or for the purposes of the argument of his letter to the
Philippians 2:6-11, long considered a poetic 'Christ-hymn', but more re-cently classified under a number of alternative genre headings: exalted prose, encomion, epainos, early Christian confession, didactic poem, and prose hymn. The study examines the text in the light of ancient rhetorical
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