Literary Devices in Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Setting
In these letters, Paul is writing to several different places and people who all lived nearly two thousand years ago. Sounds complicated? It is.Unlike Corinth, Thessalonica, or Philippi, Galatia is...
Genre
Paul's Epistles to the Galatians, Philippians, and Philemon are exactly what they say they are—epistles. That's just a fancy word meaning letters. Translation: we're sorting through some of Paul'...
What's Up With the Title?
The authors of New Testament books didn't title their works. After all, do you put a title on all your texts? Later generations of Christians ran into trouble though when they realized they needed...
Trivia
June 28th, 2008—June 29th, 2009 was declared by the Catholic Church to be "The Year of Paul." You know you're a pretty big deal when people have to set aside a whole year to celebrate your awesom...
Sex Drugs And Violence Rating
Paul may get a little annoyed in these letters, but overall he's pretty vanilla. No drugs and no violence. He only briefly calls out "fornication" (Galatian 5:19), but otherwise we're sex-free. The...
Allusions
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Jane alludes to Philippians 4:7 when she says that the cold-hearted missionary, St. John Rivers, "had not yet found that peace of God which passeth all understand...