Corpus-Paul

["Jeffrey B. Gibson" <jgibson000 AT home.com>]

Liz Fried wrote:

> Dear All,
> I'm reading Dunn's book Christology in the Making.
> I have just finished his chapter on Paul's Adam theology.
> Dunn interprets the hymn in Phil. along the lines of Christ as
> Adam. Christ as a sinless human was (like Adam) in the
> form of God. He then chose to die (anyway), and so took
> on the form of a slave.
>
> How is this interpretation viewed among Pauline scholars?
> Or, how does each of you view this interpretation?
>

Liz,

To see the work of one Pauline scholar who reviews and accepts the reputed 
Adam/Christ
typology in Philippians, see David Seely's article "The Background of the 
Philippians
Hymn" available online at

http://www.depts.drew.edu/jhc/seelyphl.html

Yours,

Jeffrey
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