The Suffering Body as a Site of Virtue Formation in Philippians
By (author) Melissa J. Barciela
Paperback (Published)
(April 2026)
ISBN: 9783161643163
6.1 x 9.13 inches
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~ENG~Melissa J. Barciela examines the place of the suffering body in Paul’s letter to the Philippians. She brings together three key angles of inquiry – Paul among ancient philosophers, embodiment in antiquity, and the theme of suffering – to offer a new reading of the embodied language in the letter.
English summary: Paul’s letter to the Philippians was written during the apostle’s incarceration and repeatedly draws attention to the theme of suffering. Yet, interpretations of the letter have tended to overlook or downplay the role of suffering and its embodied nature. Melissa J. Barciela examines the place of the suffering body in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, particularly as it relates to ancient philosophical virtue formation. She argues that the suffering body figures as a means of virtue formation, both Paul’s and the Philippians’, and that through this language the apostle forwards a constructive ethic of the body in pain. She also brings together three key angles of inquiry relevant to Philippians-Paul among ancient philosophers, embodiment in antiquity, and the theme of suffering-to offer a new reading of the embodied language in the letter. German description: Melissa J. Barciela untersucht die Rolle des leidenden Korpers im Philipperbrief des Paulus. Sie verbindet drei zentrale Untersuchungsperspektiven – Paulus im Kontext antiker Philosophie, Korperlichkeit in der Antike und das Thema Leiden -, um eine neue Lesart verkorperter Sprache im Philipperbrief zu entwickeln.
1. Introduction
2. The Virtue Tradition and Paul's Letter to Philippi
3. The Suffering Body in Graeco-Roman Philosophical Virtue Traditions
4. The Imprisoned Body: Paul's Body as a Site of Righteous Suffering
5. The Exemplary Body: Christ's Suffering as an Ethical Model
6. The Athletic Body: The Apostolic Body as a Site of Virtue Formation
7. Conclusion: Paul as an Apostle of the Suffering Body
Born 1994; 2016 MDiv (PBAU); 2021 MLitt in Biblical Languages and Literature (University of St Andrews); 2024 PhD in New Testament (University of St Andrews); Assistant Professor of New Testament at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
- By (author) Melissa J. Barciela
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