The Epistle to the Hebrews: its background of thought
This work is a comprehensive treatment of one of the most intriguing questions of modern New Testament study: what kind of person could have produced the mysterious document known today as the Epistle to the Hebrews? While other studies of Hebrews have tended to focus either on the question of the i...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
1990.
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| In: | Year: 1990 |
| Series/Journal: | Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
65 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible ; Hebrews ; Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible B Bible. Hebrews Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780521370974 |
| Summary: | This work is a comprehensive treatment of one of the most intriguing questions of modern New Testament study: what kind of person could have produced the mysterious document known today as the Epistle to the Hebrews? While other studies of Hebrews have tended to focus either on the question of the identity of the writer and of the letter's recipients, or on individual issues such as the writer's view of priesthood, religious pilgrimage or christology, Dr Hurst provides the first work to explore in a comprehensive way the important question of what specifically identifiable milieus might have produced a document which for many people seems something of an alien presence within the New Testament. The book is organised around the widely differing backgrounds of thought which have to be considered - such as Platonism, the beliefs of the Dead Sea Sect and of the early gnostics (as well as those of St Stephen and St Paul) - and it explores in depth the major theological and philosophical problems faced by first-century Christians. Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. Non-Christian Backgrounds: 1. Philo, Alexandria and Platonism -- 2. Qumran -- 3. Other non-Christian backgrounds -- Part II. Christian Backgrounds: 4. The Stephen tradition -- 5. Pauline theology -- 6. First Peter -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Indexes |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 209 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-55497-1 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511554971 |
