Philippians 2:6

Rodney J. Decker rdecker at bbc.edu
Thu Dec 23 06:51:18 EST 1999


I've not followed this thread (this ref. has been discussed at length a 
number of times previously on b-greek), but I'll at least note that I've 
posted a discussion of the text at 
<http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/rd_ken.htm>. There is also a .pdf version 
that makes the fonts more legible at 
<http://faculty.bbc.edu/rdecker/documents/kenosis.pdf>.

The info at these URLs address an idiom involved in the HARPAGMOS crux. If 
the idiom is not recognized (and I didn't see any evidence of it in the few 
posts on the subject that I just read, though I didn't read all of them), 
then the thrust of the passage will be severely misconstrued. There was a 
diss. at Harvard (Roy Hoover) that has, IMHO, provided the best explanation 
of the idiom and its function here. There was an *HTR* article summarizing 
the diss. as well. Details at the URL above.

Rod


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