Hebrews and divine speech / Jonathan I. Griffiths. [print]

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Griffiths, Jonathan [Author]

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TextSeries: Library of New Testament studies ; 507. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, (c)2016.Description: xiv, 200 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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9780567655523
9780567667465

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BS2775.G855.H437 2016
BS2775

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Contents:

Hebrews' Logos Christology -- The term in Hebrews -- God's speech, Christology and soteriology -- God's speech and the writer's sermon -- Prospects

Contrast and continuity (1:1-2a) -- The dignity of the speech in the Son (1:2b-4) -- Word/wisdom Christology -- The personal nature of God's speech in the Son -- Conclusions

Conclusions

Structure and context -- The example of Esau -- The two encounters -- The danger of idolatry -- The community's 'approach' -- Sinai as 'touchable' -- God's remoteness at Sinai and the use of at 12:19 -- Jesus' speaking blood and His mediatorial role at Zion (12:24) -- The spoken warning (12:25-29) -- The identity of the speaker(s) of 12:25 -- The content of the warning (12:25-29) -- Conclusions

Hebrews 13:7 -- Hebrews 13:17 -- Hebrews 13:22 -- Conclusions

Who are the 'angels' and why are they here? -- Contrast and continuity: The 'dialectic' reaffirmed -- The binding force of God's Word -- The credible agents by whom God's Word is delivered -- Conclusions

The promised rest (4:2-11) --As 'Proclamation' and its comparable use in other literature -- As the bridge to God's 'rest' -- The Living (4:12-13) -- The context and function of 4:12-13 -- The meaning(s) of in 4:12 and 4:13 -- The link between 4:12-13 and 4;14-16 -- Conclusions

The referents of in these verses -- God's Word and maturity -- God's Word and salvation -- Conclusions

God's speech to Abraham and to the New Covenant community -- The use of in 6:17 -- The 'two unchangeable things' of 6:18 -- The distinction between 'promise' and 'oath' -- Jesus as in 7:22 -- The relationship between 'promise', 'oath' and 'hope' -- The 'word of the oath' (7:28) -- Conclusions

General introduction -- History of investigation -- Method and scope -- Contexts of Hebrews -- The genre and structure of Hebrews -- Genre of Hebrews -- Structure of Hebrews

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BS2775.52.G754.H437 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001808266

Paperback edition originally published 2016. Originally published in hardback: 2014.

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Cambridge, 2010 under title: Aspects of the theology of divine speech in Hebrews : an exegetical study with particular reference to the writer's use of the terms logos and rhēma.

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRUCTURE DEBATE

CONCLUSION -- Hebrews' Logos Christology -- The term in Hebrews -- God's speech, Christology and soteriology -- God's speech and the writer's sermon -- Prospects

HEBREWS 1:1-4: GOD'S SPEECH 'IN' HIS SON -- Contrast and continuity (1:1-2a) -- The dignity of the speech in the Son (1:2b-4) -- Word/wisdom Christology -- The personal nature of God's speech in the Son -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 11:3: GOD'S WORD OF CREATION -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 12:18-29: THE SAVING AND JUDGING WORD FROM ZION -- Structure and context -- The example of Esau -- The two encounters -- The danger of idolatry -- The community's 'approach' -- Sinai as 'touchable' -- God's remoteness at Sinai and the use of at 12:19 -- Jesus' speaking blood and His mediatorial role at Zion (12:24) -- The spoken warning (12:25-29) -- The identity of the speaker(s) of 12:25 -- The content of the warning (12:25-29) -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 13: GOD'S WORD AND THE COMMUNITY'S LEADERS -- Hebrews 13:7 -- Hebrews 13:17 -- Hebrews 13:22 -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 2:1-4: GOD'S SPOKEN SALVATION -- Who are the 'angels' and why are they here? -- Contrast and continuity: The 'dialectic' reaffirmed -- The binding force of God's Word -- The credible agents by whom God's Word is delivered -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 4:2-16: GOD'S LIVING WORD -- The promised rest (4:2-11) --As 'Proclamation' and its comparable use in other literature -- As the bridge to God's 'rest' -- The Living (4:12-13) -- The context and function of 4:12-13 -- The meaning(s) of in 4:12 and 4:13 -- The link between 4:12-13 and 4;14-16 -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 5:11-6:12: GOD'S WORD, ITS FORMS AND EXPECTED EFFECT -- The referents of in these verses -- God's Word and maturity -- God's Word and salvation -- Conclusions

HEBREWS 6:13-7:28: THE SPOKEN AND EFFECTIVE OATH -- God's speech to Abraham and to the New Covenant community -- The use of in 6:17 -- The 'two unchangeable things' of 6:18 -- The distinction between 'promise' and 'oath' -- Jesus as in 7:22 -- The relationship between 'promise', 'oath' and 'hope' -- The 'word of the oath' (7:28) -- Conclusions

INTRODUCTION -- General introduction -- History of investigation -- Method and scope -- Contexts of Hebrews -- The genre and structure of Hebrews -- Genre of Hebrews -- Structure of Hebrews

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