Is Joshua a Type of Christ in Hebrews 4.8?: An Assessment of the Referent of Iēsu͂s
The referent of Ἰησοῦς in Heb 4.8 is traditionally understood to refer to Joshua son of Nun and frequently as a type referring to Jesus the Christ. I will argue against this reading and, instead, maintain that the referent of Ἰησοῦς is Jesus. Two lines of evidence are provided. First, analysis of th...
| Published in: | New Testament studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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New Testament studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bibel. Hebräerbrief 4,8
/ Nomina sacra
/ Jesus Christus
/ Josua, Biblische Person
/ Typologie (Literatur)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrews 4
B Rest B Typology B Nomina Sacra B Joshua |
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| Summary: | The referent of Ἰησοῦς in Heb 4.8 is traditionally understood to refer to Joshua son of Nun and frequently as a type referring to Jesus the Christ. I will argue against this reading and, instead, maintain that the referent of Ἰησοῦς is Jesus. Two lines of evidence are provided. First, analysis of the context demonstrates that the ‘Joshua’ option disrupts the author's argument, and that understanding the referent to be Jesus clarifies the argument. Second, the use of the nomina sacra abbreviations to refer to Jesus in the earliest manuscripts demonstrates that they interpreted Ἰησοῦς as referring to Jesus. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688521000266 |