General Resources for Philippians
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)

• Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
  • Philippians at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
  • Bible Briefs, Philippians, study guide from Virginia Theological Seminary.
  • Epistle to the Philippians, Wikipedia.
  • Introduction to the Book of Philippians, New American Bible.
  • The Philippians Project, Steadman Harrison, Houston Graduate School of Theology.
  • Philippians: Introduction and Outline by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
  • Philippi in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
  • The Book of Philippians in the World Wide Study Bible.
  • The Epistle to the Philippians, F.C. Baur.
  • Philippians: Introduction, Argument and Outline. Daniel B. Wallace, Dallas Theological Seminary.
  • Philippians: Earthly Conduct of Heavenly Citizens by Dwight Edwards at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
  • Bible Basics (Philippians) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
  • Walking Through the Bible: Philippians.
  • Biblenotes summary: Philippians.
  • Philippians, Pauline Literature, L. Gregory Bloomquist, 2003.
• Commentary, Exegesis, Studies, etc.:
  • Philippians, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
  • Philippians, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
  • Philippians, John Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament.
  • Philippians, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
  • Philippians, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
  • Philippians, People's New Testament, 1891.
  • Philippians, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
  • Philippians, John Gill's Exposition of the Bible.
  • Philippians, Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament.
  • Paul's Letter to the Philippians, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
  • Philippians, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
  • Free Bible Commentary, Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians and Philemon, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
• Articles and Background:
  • The Philippian Epistles, W.C. Van Manen, 1900.
  • "Opponents Everywhere," by Jerry Summney. Pre-print article at Corpus Paulinum. (Not to be cited without permission of the author.)
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  • Bateman, Herbert W. IV, "Were the Opponents at Philippi Necessarily Jewish?" Bibliotheca Sacra, 1998.
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  • Bloomquist, L. Gregory, "Subverted by Joy: Suffering and Joy in Paul's Letter to the Philippians," Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue, focus on "Philippians.")
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  • Grieb, A. Katherine, "Philippians and the Politics of God," Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue, focus on "Philippians.")
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  • Krentz, Edgar, "Civic Culture and the Philippians," Currents in Theology and Mission, 2008.
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  • Marchal, Joseph A., "Expecting a Hymn, Encountering An Argument: Introducing the Rhetoric of Philippians and Pauline Interpretation," Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue, focus on "Philippians.")
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  • Murray, George W., "Paul's Corporate Witness in Philippians," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1998.
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  • Thompson, James W., "Preaching to Philippians," Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue, focus on "Philippians.")
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• Review:
  • Edart, Jean-Baptiste, L'eitre aux Philippiens: Rhetorique et composition stylistique. Gabalda, 2002. Review by John Gillman in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
  • Hellerman, Joseph, Reconstructing Honor in Roman Philippi: Carmen Christi as Cursus Pudorum. Cambridge University Press, 2005. Review by Jason Lamoreaux, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
  • Marchal, Joseph A., Hierarchy, Unity, and Imitation: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Power Dynamics in Paul's Letter to the Philippians. Society of Biblical Literature/Brill, 2005. Review by Jennifer Bird, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
  • Oakes, Peter, Philippians: From People to Letter. Cambridge University Press, 2001.
    • Review by Carolyn Osiek in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2003.
    • Review by Richard S. Ascough, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2005.
  • Smith, James A. Marks of an Apostle: Deconstruction, Philippians and Problematizing Pauline Theology. Brill 2005. Reviews by Joseph Marchal and Veronica Koperski, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
  • Sumney, Jerry L., Philippians: A Greek Student's Intermediate Reader. Hendrickson, 2007. Review by Robert Keay, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
  • Tellbe, Mikael, Paul between Synagogue and State: Christians, Jews, and Civic Authorities in 1 Thessalonians, Romans, and Philippians. Almqvist & Wiksell, 2001. Review by Richard Ascough in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Thurston, Bonnie B. and Judith Ryan, Philippians & Philemon. Liturgical Press (Sacra Pagina), 2005. Reviews by Tobias Nicklas and Jeremy Punt, Review of Biblical Literature.
  • Ware, James, The Mission of the Church in Paul's Letter to the Philippians in the Context of Ancient Judaism. Brill, 2005. Review by Torrey Seland, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
• Resources for Paul and the Pauline Epistles.