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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Hebrews"”.
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Haima in Hebrews
… of the term αἷμα (“blood”) in the Epistle to the Hebrews and how the author of Hebrews uses the term to formulate the argument and message of the Epistle. The dissertation traces the scholarly blood debate involving blood as life or death which began in the last decade of the nineteenth century …
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Katapausis and Sabbatismos in Hebrews 4
… dedicated to the examination of the audience of Hebrews. Pursuing the profile of the audience within the book itself, the evidence seems to support a mixed ethnic background. The author calls the ancestors “fathers” rather than “our fathers” (1:1).The epistle never mentions Jews or Christians, …
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Critical studies in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Cosmic Eschatology in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Scholars differ on what the Epistle of Hebrews expects to happen to the material world at the eschaton. A popular view is that Hebrews combines Jewish apocalyptic eschatology with Platonic cosmology and thus depicts the eschatological annihilation of the material world. I counter that Platonic …
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From This Day Forward: New Covenant Inauguration in Hebrews
It is often assumed that Hebrews presents Jesus as having inaugurated the new covenant at the cross. Building on the work of David Moffitt and R. B. Jamieson, I explore this topic, asking when and where the new covenant was inaugurated in Hebrews. I examine the covenant inauguration narrative in …
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Purging God's People and Place: Levitical Sacrifice as a Prolegomenon to Hebrews
… the study's methodology, then explores Hebrews' interest(s) in Leviticus as a pathway into Leviticus itself, sketching Hebrews' appropriation of the Day of Atonement, the high priest as sacrificial officiant, daily sacrifices, the inauguration of covenant and cult, and the twofold …
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A New Covenant hermeneutic : the use of Scripture in Hebrews 8-10.
… offers a description of the use of Scripture in Hebrews 8–jo and then some suggestions as to the hermeneutic that stands behind it. Chapter One suggests an approach to determining the structure of Hebrews and argues that chs. 8–jo constitute the theological heart and paraenetic core of the book …
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A Portrait of Christ the Hero in the Epistle to the Hebrews
<p>The Epistle to the Hebrews has been noted as one of the most intricate documents of the New Testament. The author artistically employs a multiplicity of well-known images and ideas which resonate with his audience while simultaneously exemplifying Christ as the paragon of these images. The …
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"Confident of Better Things": Assurance of Salvation in the Letter to the Hebrews
… assurance of salvation in the Letter to the Hebrews and the author's confidence in his recipients' salvation. Chapter 1 considers the history of research, examining how several recent commentators and interpreters have understood the warnings and assurance in the letter. Special attention is …
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A Promise Remains: A Study of Promise in the Epistle to the Hebrews
… of the central themes of the Epistle to the Hebrews, with some even asserting that promise is the foundational motif of the entire work. However, the way in which the author of Hebrews portrays divine promises and uses them to contribute to the structure of his theology has not yet been …
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The Hermeneutics of Eschatological Fulfillment in Christ: Biblical-Theological Exegesis in the Epistle to the Hebrews
This dissertation addresses the use of the OT in Hebrews using an author-oriented and biblical-theological approach. The thesis advanced is that the author of Hebrews cites and alludes to the OT in a manner that is warranted by the meanings of the texts in their original contexts, but also develops …
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A relevance-theoretical and intertextual study of the wilderness motif in Hebrews, especially in Heb 12:1-17
This study examines the wilderness motif in Hebrews, particularly in Heb 12:1–17, from a relevance-theoretical perspective. Scholars have acknowledged frequent reference to wilderness traditions and texts in Hebrews, but none has so far demonstrated the extent of their influence on Hebrews’ …
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Discourse for Preaching: The Homiletical Significance of Selected Greek Conjunctions in the Epistle to the Hebrews
… the discourse structure of the Epistle to the Hebrews to guide expositors to establish a homiletical structure for preaching. This is demonstrated through the analysis of seven conjunctions in the epistle to the Hebrews (οὖν, ὅθεν, γάρ, ἵνα, δὲ, ἀλλά, μέν–δὲ) that validate a practical payoff …
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Creation and Christ. An Exploration of the Topic of Creation in the Epistle to the Hebrews
… the assessment process. As part of the course on Hebrews at Maynooth, we naturally covered the more commonly discussed theme in the Epistle, the high priesthood of Christ. However, as I began to look at Hebrews more closely, I saw that the term high priest is not so common in the first four …
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The sacrificial Christology of Hebrews : a Jewish Christian contribution to the modern debate about the Person of Christ
The Epistle to the Hebrews has been characterised as being a late and strongly Hellenistic text, which displays a high incarnational Christology very similar to, if not as fully developed as, that expressed in the Fourth Gospel. These scholarly assumptions have resulted in Hebrews remaining …
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Fidelity to God : perseverance in Hebrews in light of the reciprocity systems of the ancient Mediterranean world.
… focus of this dissertation is to demonstrate how Hebrews represents, in view of its historical and religious context, human fidelity to God. Reciprocity was one primary dynamic in the ancient Mediterranean world for establishing fidelity to a relationship and has been applied by some scholars, …
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Sanctuary imagery in Hebrews 10:19-20 as a reflection of early Christians' understanding of Christ's high priesthood
… the relationship between the cultic languages in Hebrews 10:19-20 and the sanctuary imagery of the Synoptic Gospels (Matt 27:53/Mark 15:38/Luke 23:45). The work consists of six chapters. The first chapter provides a survey of the history of research regarding the sanctuary imagery seen in the …
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