Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Crispin Fletcher-Louis Divine Heartset book Philippians 2: Verse Six fascinating bride-kidnapping contrast

2023 book: The Divine Heartset: Paul’s Philippians Christ Hymn, Metaphysical Affections, and Civic Virtues

 The fruit of a decade’s research, this volume offers a new interpretation of the dense Christological narrative in Philippians 2: 6–11, taking inspiration from recent advances in our understanding of the letter’s Greek and Roman setting and from insights made possible by recently created linguistic databases (such as TLG and PHI). The passage’s praise of Christ engages the language of Hellenistic ruler cults, Platonic metaphysics and moral philosophy, popular (Homeric) beliefs about the gods, and Greek love (eros), to articulate a scripturally grounded theology in which God is revealed to be one in two persons (God the Father and LORD Jesus Christ). The volume also explores hitherto unseen ways in which the central Christ Hymn is tightly connected to the rest of Paul’s argument. The hymn presents Christ as an epitome of the ideals of Greek (and Roman) virtue, to support Paul’s summoning his readers to a life of praiseworthy and exemplary civic conduct (in 1: 27). New or recently proposed translations are advanced for numerous words and phrases (in, eg, 1: 8, 11, 27; 2: 3, 4, 6, 11; 3: 2, 4) and a new (non-Stendahlian) approach to Paul’s boasting in 3: 4–6, that is Christological rather than biographical, is put forward.

 https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=sW7mEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR19&dq=info:TDa1AaKGey4J:scholar.google.com&ots=VhJGENCrzg&sig=oEsJP5icGfPv18PFHYmP3HNS9fc#v=onepage&q&f=false

 10 years and 1000 pages later.....

Crispin Fletch-Louis preaching 

 "Well it helps to know a little Greek"

He has completely submerged himself in ancient Greek analysis along with Hebrew - very fascinating research.

 "articular infinitive plus adverbial construction... there are no precise ancient parallels."

 p. 27

Jesus told his followers to expect the Holy Spirit of the Father - NOT the Holy spirit of Jesus! wow...

Also that the body of glory of Christ is also to be the body of glory of Christ's followers....

 On page 42 he debunks Bart Ehrman.

 The word...goes back to Homer...

 p. 45

urging Philippians to be "united in One Soul" harkens back to Pythagoreans

p. 54

 Christ vs the Pagan Gods p. 102....

 

 

 

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