"Through Whom He Made the Ages": A Salvation-Historical Interpretation of Heb 1:2c
The default translation of the phrase δι' οὗ καὶ ἐποίησεν τοὺς αἰῶνας in Heb 1:2c is spatial: "through whom he made the worlds/universe." The typical explanation for why this temporal term should have a spatial meaning is that αἰών can have the sense of "the ages and everything i...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
[2019]
|
| In: |
Novum Testamentum
Year: 2019, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 423-439 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebrews
/ Bible. Hebräerbrief 1,2
/ Salvation
/ Salvation-history
/ Eon
|
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrews
B Salvation History B Heb 1:1-4 B αἰών B Bible. Hebräerbrief 1,2 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The default translation of the phrase δι' οὗ καὶ ἐποίησεν τοὺς αἰῶνας in Heb 1:2c is spatial: "through whom he made the worlds/universe." The typical explanation for why this temporal term should have a spatial meaning is that αἰών can have the sense of "the ages and everything in them," so that it is roughly equivalent to the universe of space and time. In contrast, this paper demonstrates on the bases of lexical-historical, broad contextual, and immediate contextual evidence that a temporal translation ("ages" as in history) is preferable and that this temporal sense is more specifically salvation-historical in meaning. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341645 |