Overview

The epistle to the Philippian church was written by Paul when he was advanced in years and imprisoned for preaching the gospel. Despite its relatively brief length, Philippians has been a letter of critical importance in the history of Christian thought, and it remains so today. This commentary explores the content of Philippians through linguistic discourse analysis, a relatively recent but increasingly influential approach in New Testament studies. Jae Hyun Lee provides a meticulous analysis of the Greek text, offering guidance to modern readers in comprehending the themes and flow of Paul's message. This commentary offers a valuable model for careful and sensitive engagement with the Bible.

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""Lee's concise but careful engagement with the text of Philippians provides an important supplement to the wealth of exegetical commentaries already available. He carefully explains the discourse structure of the text, showing how all of the parts connect to form a coherent whole, and highlights how specific discourse features of the text contribute to its meaning."" --Martin Culy, Founding Editor, Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament ""Jae Hyun Lee offers a wonderful and refreshing commentary on Philippians. Rather than getting bogged down in rehashing what commentators on Philippians have said over the centuries, Lee utilizes an impressively heuristic linguistic methodology to study afresh the Greek text of this much-beloved letter of Paul. Lee strikes an appropriate balance between the technical, sometimes complicated idiom of the methodology on the one hand and the more colloquial language common among typical readers on the other, resulting in a strongly principled commentary that will be accessible to many people."" --James D. Dvorak, Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College

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Jae Hyun Lee is assistant professor and chaplain at Handong Global University in Pohang, Korea. He is the author of Paul's Gospel in Romans (2010).

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