Between Times and Spaces: The Understanding of Reality in the Letter to the Hebrews as the Fundamental Framework of Its Interpretation
The understanding of space and time and their relationship in the Epistle to the Hebrews is an essential key to the interpretation of this NT Scripture. In contrast to the too often one-sided interpretations of Hebrews throughout its history of research, Hebrews’ understanding of reality is characte...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
Brill
[2020]
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In: |
Novum Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 62, Issue: 4, Pages: 416-435 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebrews
/ Cosmology
/ Eschatology
/ Realität (Concept of)
/ Time
/ Space
/ Spatial conception
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IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Interpretation of
B Space B Reality B Letter to the Hebrews B Cosmology B Time B Eschatology |
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Summary: | The understanding of space and time and their relationship in the Epistle to the Hebrews is an essential key to the interpretation of this NT Scripture. In contrast to the too often one-sided interpretations of Hebrews throughout its history of research, Hebrews’ understanding of reality is characterized by an interplay of horizontal and vertical dimensions wherein, through God’s act of speaking in the Son, times and spaces overlap and form a paradoxical reality for the believers who seek their heavenly home. |
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ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341666 |