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14 - The Letter to the Hebrews

from Part II - The New Testament Writings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

By
David M. Moffitt
Edited by
Patrick Gray
Patrick Gray
Affiliation:
Rhodes College, Memphis
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Summary

This chapter discusses the critical issues in the interpretation of Hebrews, including theories of the atonement and sacrifice more generally, the Jewish and Greco-Roman exegetical strategies the author employs, and the place of the resurrection in the author's thought.

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Hebrewsresurrectionatonementhigh priesthoodMelchizedek
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The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 274 - 289
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Bauckham, Richard, ed. The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009.Google Scholar
Bauckham, Richard, et al., eds. A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in Its Ancient Contexts. LNTS 387. London: T&T Clark, 2008.Google Scholar
Cockerill, Gareth Lee. The Epistle to the Hebrews. NICNT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Docherty, Susan E. The Use of the Old Testament in Hebrews: A Case Study in Early Jewish Bible Interpretation. WUNT 2.260. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2009.Google Scholar
Gelardini, Gabriella, and Attridge, Harold W., eds. Hebrews in Contexts. AJEC 91. Leiden: Brill, 2016.Google Scholar
Kleinig, John W. Hebrews. ConcC. Saint Louis: Concordia, 2017.Google Scholar
Mackie, Scott D., ed. The Letter to the Hebrews: Critical Readings. Critical Readings in Biblical Studies. London: T&T Clark, 2018.Google Scholar
Mason, Eric F., and McCruden, Kevin B., eds. Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Resource for Students. RBS 66. Atlanta: SBL, 2011.Google Scholar
Mitchell, Alan C. Hebrews. SP 13. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2007.Google Scholar
Moffitt, David M. Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews. NovTSup 141. Leiden: Brill, 2011.Google Scholar
Moore, Nicholas J. Repetition in Hebrews: Plurality and Singularity in the Letter to the Hebrews, Its Ancient Context, and the Early Church. WUNT 2.388. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.Google Scholar
Peeler, Amy L. B. You Are My Son: The Family of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews. LNTS 486. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2014.Google Scholar
Schenck, Kenneth L. Cosmology and Eschatology in Hebrews: The Settings of the Sacrifice. SNTSMS 143. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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