¹ B. M. Metzger, Index to Periodical Literature on the Apostle Paul (N.T. Tools and Studies, vol. 1), lists more than fifty articles published in periodicals up to 1952. To this list A. Feuillet, ‘L'hymne christologique de l'épître aux Philippiens (ii. 6–11)’, Revue Biblique, LXXII (1965), 352, nn. 2 and 3, adds six important articles which Metzger had missed, together with a further twenty-four published since 1952. To this list must be added important discussions in works on the theology of the N.T. and of St Paul, as well as in works such as: Zimmerli, W. and Jeremias, J., The Servant of God (S.C.M. 1957)Google Scholar; Héring, J., Le royaume de Dieu et sa venue (Delachaux et Niestlé, 1959)Google Scholar; Hunter, A. M., Paul and his Predecessors (S.C.M. 1960)Google Scholar

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¹ Art. cit. Michael criticized the arguments by which Jones supported his thesis, but did not completely demolish the thesis itself. The remainder of this article will seek to show that in fact Jones could have produced a much stronger case than he did.

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