Philippians : Let Us Rejoice in Being Conformed to Christ

Heil (New Testament, Catholic U. of America) places as his subtitle what he believes is the main theme running through Paul's letter to the Philippians. He looks at the New Testament book as a whole, proposing an entirely new chiastic structure embracing the ten units that comprise and organize the letter. Within the large chiastic structure, he argues, each of the letter's 10 units likewise exhibits its own individual chiastic structure. He finds this structure to be the key to how the author communicated with his audience. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the book and distributes the paperbound edition; Brill publishes the clothbound edition. Annotation 2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)