As the divine eikōn or image (2 Cor. 4:4), Christ reveals God. The "glory" which becomes visible on the face of Christ is his own glory or, equivalently, "the glory of God" (2 Cor. 4:6).(Fitzmyer 1981, pp. 630–644)(Harris 2005, pp. 330–331) Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (1981). "Glory Reflected on the Face of Christ (2 Cor 3:7–4:6) and a Palestinian Jewish Motif". Theological Studies. 42 (4). SAGE: 630–644. doi:10.1177/004056398104200405. ISSN0040-5639. S2CID170154175. Harris, M. J. (2005). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans.
Dunn 1989, p. 115 assembles evidence to show how not only Rom 5 but also Rom 1–8 interpret the human condition, at least partly, in the light of the creation and fall narratives of Genesis. Dunn, J. D. G. (1989). Christology in the Making. London: SCM Press.
An explicit Adam Christology seems to have been introduced by Paul himself — first in 1 Cor 15 and then in Rom 5, (Fitzmyer 1993, pp. 136, 406, 412) Fitzmyer, J.A. (1993). Romans. New York: Doubleday.
The context is decisive for interpreting the nature of the genitive in Colossians 1:15 ("of all creation"). The 1989 Revised English Bible catches clearly the comparative force of the genitive: "his is the primacy over all creation". The "firstborn from the dead" (Col 1:18) is also the "firstborn over all creation" (Col 1:15).
On Phil 2:6–11, see Dunn 1989, pp. 113–121. Against Dunn, Wright 1991, pp. 99–119 convincingly shows that finding elements of an Adam-Christology in the hymn in no ways means following Dunn by squeezing everything into a purely Adamic pattern and ruling out a Christology of pre-existence and incarnation. For a thorough account of the exegetical and theological issues, see Capizzi 1997Dunn, J. D. G. (1989). Christology in the Making. London: SCM Press. Wright, N. T. (1991). The Climax of the Covenant. Edinburgh: T & T Clark. Capizzi, N. (1997). L'uso di Fil. 2, 6–11 nella cristologia contemporanea (1965–93). Rome: Gregorian University Press.
As the divine eikōn or image (2 Cor. 4:4), Christ reveals God. The "glory" which becomes visible on the face of Christ is his own glory or, equivalently, "the glory of God" (2 Cor. 4:6).(Fitzmyer 1981, pp. 630–644)(Harris 2005, pp. 330–331) Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (1981). "Glory Reflected on the Face of Christ (2 Cor 3:7–4:6) and a Palestinian Jewish Motif". Theological Studies. 42 (4). SAGE: 630–644. doi:10.1177/004056398104200405. ISSN0040-5639. S2CID170154175. Harris, M. J. (2005). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans.
As the divine eikōn or image (2 Cor. 4:4), Christ reveals God. The "glory" which becomes visible on the face of Christ is his own glory or, equivalently, "the glory of God" (2 Cor. 4:6).(Fitzmyer 1981, pp. 630–644)(Harris 2005, pp. 330–331) Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (1981). "Glory Reflected on the Face of Christ (2 Cor 3:7–4:6) and a Palestinian Jewish Motif". Theological Studies. 42 (4). SAGE: 630–644. doi:10.1177/004056398104200405. ISSN0040-5639. S2CID170154175. Harris, M. J. (2005). The Second Epistle to the Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Wm B. Eerdmans.
