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.)
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Bateman, Herbert W. IV,
"Were the Opponents at Philippi Necessarily Jewish?" Bibliotheca
Sacra, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Bloomquist, L. Gregory, "Subverted by
Joy: Suffering and Joy in Paul's Letter to the Philippians,"
Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue, focus on
"Philippians.")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Grieb, A. Katherine, "Philippians and
the Politics of God," Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue,
focus on
"Philippians.")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Krentz, Edgar, "Civic
Culture and the Philippians," Currents in Theology and Mission,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - 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.")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Murray, George W.,
"Paul's Corporate Witness in Philippians," Bibliotheca Sacra,
1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Thompson, James W., "Preaching to
Philippians," Interpretation, 2007. (See entire issue, focus on
"Philippians.")
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bateman, Herbert W. IV,
"Were the Opponents at Philippi Necessarily Jewish?" Bibliotheca
Sacra, 1998.
- 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.
- 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.
