Semelhante aos homens: uma leitura da kénosis de Cristo a partir de Fl 2,5-11.

Abstract

From a hermeneutic of Phil 2:5-11, we try to understand the dimension of Jesus, similar to men, expressed in the Christological hymn present in this pericope. Through the bibliographical research, the present work traces, in general lines, the historical and literary analysis of Phil 2: 5-11. The first work carried out consists in contextualizing the historical, cultural and religious aspects of the city of Philippi, presenting the Letter to the Philippians and the Christological hymn, in which the Christ, stripped of all titles and honors, freely chooses to become "like to men" (Phil 2:7). The hymn combines the biblical models of the first Adam and the Suffering Servant, also present in other Pauline letters. In the interpretation of the hymn, Pauline anthropology emerges, which presents Christ as the New Adam.