Table of Contents

Preface
Preface to the 1983 Edition
Preface to the 1997 Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction

Part I: Background and Interpretation
I. Traces of Carmina in the New Testament
II. Philippians ii. 5-11: Its Literary Form
Appendix: Lohnmeyer's Views of the Literary Features of Phil. ii
III. Philippians ii. 5-11: Its Authorship
IV. Main Lines of Twentieth Century Interpretation
Appendix A: The "Ethical Interpretation" of Phil. ii. 5
Appendix B: The Views of M. Dibelius and E. Käsemann on Phil. ii. 5-11
Appendix C: The Eucharistic Setting of Phil. ii. 5-11

Part II: An Exegetical Study of hte Hymn in Philippians ii. 6-11 in the Light of Recent Interpretation
V. The Pre-existent Being (verse 6a)
VI. His Choice (verse 6b, c)
Appendix: Suggested Backgrounds to Philippians ii. 6b
VII. His Incarnation (verse 7a, b)
VIII. His Abasement (verses 7c-8)
IX. His Exaltation (verse 9)
Appendix: The Interpretation of J. Jervell
X. The Universal Homage (verses 10-11a)
XI. the Christological Confession (verse 11b-c)

Part III: Philippians ii. 5-11 in Its First Century Setting
Appendix A: Acts vii and Philippians ii
Appendix B: Some Recent Studies

Select Bibliography

Supplementary Bibliography

Index of Authors

Index of Subjects

Index of Passages Quoted

Index of Greek, Latin and Semitic Words

Supplementary Index of Authors (1997)

Supplementary Scripture Index (1997)

About the Author

Ralph Martin (1925-2013) was a distinguished New Testament scholar and a significant figure in the post-World War 2 resurgence of British evangelical scholarship. Born in Anfield, Liverpool, England, his early education was interrupted in 1939 by the war, and he was conscripted to work in the coal mines of Lancashire. After the war he pursued ministerial training at Manchester Baptist College and in 1949 earned his B.A. at the University of Manchester. In 1963 he completed his Ph.D. at King?s College, University of London.
In 1969 Martin joined the faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where he would serve as professor of New Testament from 1969 to 1988, and director of the graduate studies program beginning in 1979. He resumed his teaching there in 1995 as Distinguished Scholar in Residence. Throughout his academic career he stayed involved in preaching, teaching laypeople and other pastoral ministry.
He was the author of numerous studies and commentaries on the New Testament, including Worship in the Early Church, the volume on Philippians in The Tyndale New Testament Commentary series, and 2 Corinthians and James in the Word Biblical Commentary, for which he also served as New Testament editor.