Carmen Christi

by James D. Martin and Ralph P. Martin

From the earliest times, commentators have regarded these few verses from the Epistle to the Philippians as doctrinally very important, and a whole literature has grown up around them. Dr Martin studies the passage partly for its own sake as the quintessence of Pauline thought on the person of Christ, and partly as an example of an early type of Christian literature known as 'cultic' or 'confessional'. He sees it as a carmen Christi, a Christological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521018994
• ISBN13: 9780521018999
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"