The Historicity of Philippians 2:5-11
Introduction In this discourse, the goal is to attempt a survey of Philippians, specifically the "hymn" embedded in the text. This portion of Scripture could be an early hymn or some type of liturgical device that was composed early in the church's birth. Some basic groundwork will be covered, such as attempting to establish authorship and dating of Philippians. These attempts will try to gain an understanding of where this insertion, made by Paul, has come from and if it is possible to know much about it. If certain aspects of this text can be confirmed (or at least reasonably known) then it is likely the modern person is looking at early creedal information about the nature and person of Jesus Christ. It is for this purpose that this hymn will be analyzed both historically and theologically. Suppose more evidence for the veracity of Christ can be established. In that case, it can be holstered in the apologetic belt for later use and hopefully point peopl