The Road to Perfection: An Interpretation of Suffering in Hebrews

As the road to Hades, according to Diogenes Laertius (280 B.C.E.), is easy to travel, so the road to perfection as described in Hebrews is filled with suffering. What constitutes justified suffering, if there is such a thing, and what is perfection?

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Main Author: Stevenson-Moessner, Jeanne 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2003
In: Interpretation
Year: 2003, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 280-290
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Summary:As the road to Hades, according to Diogenes Laertius (280 B.C.E.), is easy to travel, so the road to perfection as described in Hebrews is filled with suffering. What constitutes justified suffering, if there is such a thing, and what is perfection?
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002096430005700305