The greening of Hebrews? : ecological readings in the letter to the Hebrews / Jeffrey S. Lamp. [print]

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Lamp, Jeffrey S [Author]

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text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9781610976558

Subject(s):

Bible. Hebrews -- Criticism, interpretation, etc

LOC classification:

BS2775.L237.G744 2012
BS2775

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Contents:

Creational christology : recovering the christological voice of creation (Hebrews 1:2-3a) -- What's with cutting up all those animals? : reading the sacrifice of Christ in Hebrews from the perspective of the animals -- The promise of God's rest (Hebrews 4:1-11) : Joshua, Jesus, Sabbath, and the care of the land -- A whispered voice in the choir : toward an ecological pneumatology in Hebrews -- "He has prepared a city for them" (Hebrews 11:16) : escapist eschatology or ecological expedience? -- "We have an altar" (Hebrews 13:10 : the reclamation of the eucharist for ecological responsibility -- Creational christology redux : angels, Torah, son, and creation (Hebrews 2:1-4) -- Conclusion.

Review: "Appllying an ecological hermeneutic developed in the Consultation on Ecological Hermeneutics of the Society of Biblical Literature, and in conjunction with intertextual and theological hermeneutics, Jeffrey Lamp creatively reads the Letter to the Hebrews from the perspective of Earth. The author of Hebrews engages in an extended argument that reinterprets features of the old covenant in terms of the Son in order to demonstrate that the new covenant instituted by the Son is superior to the old. In such an argument, the voice of Earth is understandably absent. The author of the letter is frequently understood as denigrating the temporal order, of which the old covenant is a part, while praising the eternal order, of which the new covenant is a part. An ecological reading of Hebrews demonstrates that, despite the rhetorical concerns of the author, embedded in the argument are textual clues, derived primarily from the christological affirmations of the argumentation, connecting Hebrews with the larger biblical concern for the integrity and care of the created order."--Publisher's description.

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Previous	BS2775.2.H4 1995 The general letters : Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, Jude, 1-2-3 John /	BS2775.2.H47 1977 The ethics of the New Testament /Wolfgang Schrage ; translated by David E. Green.	BS2775.2.K3313 2002 The wandering people of God : an investigation of the Letter to the Hebrews /	BS2775.2.L237.G744 2012 The greening of Hebrews? : ecological readings in the letter to the Hebrews /	BS2775.2.L43 1990 The new covenant in Hebrews /Susanne Lehne.	BS2775.2.L47 1994 Hermeneutical foundations of Hebrews : a study in the validity of the Epistle's interpretation of some core citations from the Psalms /	BS2775.2.M121 1987 The power of faith /	Next

Introduction -- Creational christology : recovering the christological voice of creation (Hebrews 1:2-3a) -- What's with cutting up all those animals? : reading the sacrifice of Christ in Hebrews from the perspective of the animals -- The promise of God's rest (Hebrews 4:1-11) : Joshua, Jesus, Sabbath, and the care of the land -- A whispered voice in the choir : toward an ecological pneumatology in Hebrews -- "He has prepared a city for them" (Hebrews 11:16) : escapist eschatology or ecological expedience? -- "We have an altar" (Hebrews 13:10 : the reclamation of the eucharist for ecological responsibility -- Creational christology redux : angels, Torah, son, and creation (Hebrews 2:1-4) -- Conclusion.

"Appllying an ecological hermeneutic developed in the Consultation on Ecological Hermeneutics of the Society of Biblical Literature, and in conjunction with intertextual and theological hermeneutics, Jeffrey Lamp creatively reads the Letter to the Hebrews from the perspective of Earth. The author of Hebrews engages in an extended argument that reinterprets features of the old covenant in terms of the Son in order to demonstrate that the new covenant instituted by the Son is superior to the old. In such an argument, the voice of Earth is understandably absent. The author of the letter is frequently understood as denigrating the temporal order, of which the old covenant is a part, while praising the eternal order, of which the new covenant is a part. An ecological reading of Hebrews demonstrates that, despite the rhetorical concerns of the author, embedded in the argument are textual clues, derived primarily from the christological affirmations of the argumentation, connecting Hebrews with the larger biblical concern for the integrity and care of the created order."--Publisher's description.

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