Philippians, Colossians, Philemon (Wisdom)

Philippians, Colossians, Philemon Wisdom Commentary, Vol. 51 Elsa Tamez, Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Claire Miller Colombo, Alicia J. BattenLiturgical Press, 2017ISBN 9780814682005 Hardcover, 328 pp.9.1 X 6.4 X 1.4 inches | 1.4 pounds Philippians lends itself to a political-ideological reading. To take into account that the document is a writing from prison, and to read it from a political-religious and feminist perspective using new language, helps to re-create the letter as if it were a new document. In this analysis Elsa Tamez endeavors to utilize non-patriarchal, inclusive language, which helps us to see the contents of the letter with different eyes. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge and Claire Miller Colombo argue that Colossians's contradictions and complications provide opportunities for entering imaginatively into the world of first-century Christian women and men. Rather than try to resolve the controversial portions--including the household code--they read the letter's tensions as evi