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Paul's Gift from Philippi
Conventions of Gift Exchange and Christian Giving

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Part of Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

  • Date Published: October 2005
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521020664

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  • This book is a study of Paul's response to the financial help he received from the church in Philippi whilst he was a prisoner in Rome. Philippians 4.10-20 has always puzzled commentators because of its seemingly strained and tortured mode of thanks. Word studies, psychological studies and literary studies have all failed to provide insight into the text, which is unique in the Pauline corpus. Using contemporary sources Dr Peterman re-examines this difficult passage in the light of Greek and Roman practices and language regarding the exchange of gifts and favours in society. He concludes that 'gift exchange' or 'social reciprocity', with its expectations and obligations, permeated every level of society in Paul's day, and that Paul's seemingly ungracious response was an attempt to create a new, Christian attitude to gifts and to giving.

    • The first book to examine Philippians 4, 10-20 in the context of Greek and Roman conventions of gift exchange
    • Makes full use of Greek, Roman and Christian contemporary sources, and of background readings from the Old Testament
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    • Date Published: October 2005
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521020664
    • length: 260 pages
    • dimensions: 215 x 138 x 18 mm
    • weight: 0.342kg
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Preface
    List of Abbreviations
    1. Introduction
    2. Giving and receiving in the Old Testament and extra-biblical Jewish literature
    3. Giving and receiving in the Graeco-Roman world
    4. Partnership in Philippians 1-2
    5. Philippians 4.10-20: Paul's thank-you section
    6. Giving and receiving elsewhere in Paul's letters
    7. Conclusions and Implications
    Appendix A: a selection of Seneca's texts
    Appendix B: other uses of ∆O∑I∑ KAI AHM¥I∑
    Appendix C: the support of wandering preachers and philosophers
    Bibliography, Index of Greaco-Roman authors, Papyri and inscriptions
    Index of biblical books with apocrypha and fathers
    Index of modern authors.

  • Author

    G. W. Peterman, Osceola Evangelical Free Church, Iowa

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