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A Hymn of Christ: Philippians 2:5-11 in Recent Interpretation and in the Setting of Early Christian Worship

By Ralph P. Martin and Brian J Dodd
(Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1997, 372 pp., $29.99)

Where Christology Began: Essays on Philippians 2

By Ralph P. Martin and Brian J Dodd
(Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998, 169 pp., $17)


Reviewed by Robert P. Mills
Tuesday, September 15, 1998

Ralph P. Martin, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Fuller Theological Seminary, has spent much of his career studying Philippians 2:5-11, a passage that “has not yet yielded its full secrets or rich treasures.” A Hymn of Christ, originally published in 1967 and now updated for a second time, is a substantial scholarly study of this key christological text. Where Christology Began, which Martin co-edited with Asbury Seminary’s Brian J. Dodd, collects 10 essays by evangelical scholars including Colin Brown, James D. G. Dunn and Gerald Hawthorne. Although some of the essays are rather technical, they give valuable insight into current thinking about the person and work of Jesus Christ. (RPM)
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