{"id":16974,"date":"2013-08-23T08:36:43","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=16974"},"modified":"2013-08-23T08:36:43","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T12:36:43","slug":"isaiah-in-philippians-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/08\/isaiah-in-philippians-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah in Philippians 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Abram K-J mentioned today on his blog<\/a> the experience of noticing for the first time that, in the hymnic passage Philippians 2:6-11, Paul quotes a monotheistic text from Isaiah. Here they both are:<\/p>\n

Philippians \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Isaiah 45:23<\/p>\n

\u1f35\u03bd\u03b1 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u1f40\u03bd\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6<\/p>\n

\u03c0\u1fb6\u03bd \u03b3\u03cc\u03bd\u03c5 \u03ba\u03ac\u03bc\u03c8\u1fc3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f10\u03bc\u03bf\u1f76\u00a0<\/strong>\u03ba\u03ac\u03bc\u03c8\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03bd \u03b3\u03cc\u03bd\u03c5<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u1f10\u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd\u03af\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03b3\u03b5\u03af\u03c9\u03bd<\/p>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03c7\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd\u03af\u03c9\u03bd<\/p>\n

\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76<\/strong> \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b3\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1 \u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03ae\u03c3\u03b7\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u03ba\u03b1\u1f76\u00a0<\/strong>\u1f10\u03be\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03b3\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u1fb6\u03c3\u03b1 \u03b3\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03cd\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f38\u03b7\u03c3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03c2 \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u1f78\u03c2<\/p>\n

\u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03b1\u03bd \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03b8\u03b5\u1ff7<\/p>\n

I will be investigating this very topic, under the heading of Paul\u2019s use of Scripture in an effort to persuade readers, in a paper I\u2019ll be reading at SBL in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"Note my placement of the last clause, not paralleled in the precise wording of the Philippians passage, but echoed. Isaiah (in the LXX) says that every tongue will confess or bear witness to God. Paul says the same: every tongue will confess \u2013 to God, and to the glory of God, the Father \u2013 that Jesus Christ is Lord.<\/p>\n

And so, in my opinion, Paul does not echo a monotheistic passage without considering the implications, nor does he quote it in order to redefine monotheism. Rather, he quotes a monotheistic passage to make a point that depends on monotheism for its persuasiveness. There is one God, and to confess to that one God in an appropriate manner, one must confess precisely that Jesus Christ has been appointed by God, as Lord over all things other than God himself. In appointing Jesus, God has bestowed upon him the divine name, YHWH, in the manner we encounter in other strands of Judaism, with reference to the angel Yahoel or Enoch as Metatron, in addition to Moses in Samaritan sources. And so to acknowledge Jesus\u2019 status is to engage in the eschatological acknowledgment of God depicted in Isaiah.<\/p>\n

In exploring this, we are also reminded once again of the importance of the Septuagint<\/a> for the study of the New Testament.<\/p>\n

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Abram K-J mentioned today on his blog the experience of noticing for the first time that, in the hymnic passage Philippians 2:6-11, Paul quotes a monotheistic text from Isaiah. Here they both are: Philippians \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":16992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,46,72,73],"tags":[1858,5406,7651,9065],"class_list":["post-16974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christology","category-isaiah","category-philippians","category-philippians-26-11","tag-christology","tag-isaiah","tag-monotheism","tag-philippians"],"yoast_head":"\nIsaiah in Philippians 2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abram K-J mentioned today on his blog the experience of noticing for the first time that, in the hymnic passage Philippians 2:6-11, Paul quotes a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/08\/isaiah-in-philippians-2.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Isaiah in Philippians 2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abram K-J mentioned today on his blog the experience of noticing for the first time that, in the hymnic passage Philippians 2:6-11, Paul quotes a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2013\/08\/isaiah-in-philippians-2.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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