The spatiotemporal eschatology of Hebrews: priestly participation in the heavenly tabernacle

There are two coexisting realities classified under New Testament eschatology: the temporal and spatial. While much scholarly attention has focused on the temporal, Luke Woo argues that the spatial aspect is either neglected or relegated to Platonic or cosmological categories. Woo thus seeks to prov...

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Main Author: Woo, Luke (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: London T&T Clark 2024
In:Year: 2024
Reviews:Living in the Heavenly Tabernacle and Other Real-and-Imagined Places (2025) (Moffitt, David)
Edition:1st ed
Series/Journal:The Library of New Testament Studies
Further subjects:B Space and time Biblical teaching
B Eschatology Biblical teaching
B Biblical studies & exegesis
B Thesis
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:There are two coexisting realities classified under New Testament eschatology: the temporal and spatial. While much scholarly attention has focused on the temporal, Luke Woo argues that the spatial aspect is either neglected or relegated to Platonic or cosmological categories. Woo thus seeks to provide a holistic understanding, by investigating these realities for believers under the heavenly tabernacle motif in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Woo posits that the author of Hebrews presents the heavenly tabernacle and all its high priestly activity in order to eschatologically situate, orient, and ground believers; thus enabling believers to actualize their heavenly, priestly identity by serving as priests on earth. Woo uses Edward Soja's Tripartite Critical Spatiality to analyze the heavenly tabernacle's Firstspace, Secondspace, and Thirdspace features found in Hebrews 4:14; 8:1-5; 9:1-14. He suggests that Christ, in his resurrection and ascension, enters an actualized, heavenly tabernacle, which allows believers to spiritually occupy that sanctuary space in the presence of God, establishing a spatial orientation for believers who can identify as heavenly priests and be motivated to serve as such as they live on earth
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (272 pages)
ISBN:978-0-567-71550-0
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5040/9780567715500