This commentary on Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp includes extensive introductions, the Greek or Latin texts, facing English translations, and substantial comments on each passage. The preliminary material...
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This commentary on Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp includes extensive introductions, the Greek or Latin texts, facing English translations, and substantial comments on each passage. The preliminary material investigates Polycarpian traditions and reconstructs an outline of his life. The introductory studies for both Philippians and the Martyrdom discuss text and manuscript traditions, date and place of composition, historical setting, literary genre and style, unity and integrity, purpose and themes, theology, and post-composition influence. The volume also explores communal self-definition, moral formation, and the transmission of traditions, including the use of documents now found in the New Testament. The commentary proceeds passage by passage, but also includes lengthy discussions of critical issues and key interpretive questions. The investigations survey the current status of relevant scholarship and contain balanced discussions of controversial topics and scholarly debates. - Publisher
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Overview. Polycarp in early Christian writersThe Vita Polycarpi -- Fragmentary material -- Polycarp as bishop -- Polycarp, John, and apostolicity -- Other Polycarpian writings -- Introduction to Polycarp's Epistle to the Philippians -- Greek text and English translation -- Commentary -- Introduction to the Martyrdom of Polycarp. Authorship and recipients -- Text and manuscript tradition -- Authenticity and integrity -- Historicity -- Date -- Genre and style -- Occasion, purpose, and theme -- Intertextuality and sources -- Theology -- View of martyrdom -- Anti-Montanism -- Jewish-Christian tensions -- Legal issues -- Prayer -- Influence -- Greek text and English translation -- Commentary -- Bibliography -- Indexes.
