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Bearing Christ's reproach : the challenge of Hebrews in an honor culture / by David A. deSilva. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: North Richland Hills, Texas : BIBAL Press, (c)1999.Description: x, 169 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780941037860
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS2775
  • BS2775.D457.B437 1999
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Contents:
The situation of the addressees. The setting and purpose of Hebrews in scholarly debate. The community's experience of dishonor. The community's responses to dishonor. The author's strategy for reshaping the response -- Despising shame : the negation of society's social control. Jesus, the "Perfecter of Faith." The witnesses of faith. The example of the community -- Honor, gratitude, and the divine patron. The honor of Christ. The son and God's favor. The danger of violating the bond of patronage -- The path to honor. The alternate court of reputation. The foundations of Christian honor. The reinterpretation of disgrace. The path to honor.
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Reading Hebrews within an honor culture. Hebrews and honor. Honor and classical rhetoric. Honor and the rhetoric of minority cultures -- The situation of the addressees. The setting and purpose of Hebrews in scholarly debate. The community's experience of dishonor. The community's responses to dishonor. The author's strategy for reshaping the response -- Despising shame : the negation of society's social control. Jesus, the "Perfecter of Faith." The witnesses of faith. The example of the community -- Honor, gratitude, and the divine patron. The honor of Christ. The son and God's favor. The danger of violating the bond of patronage -- The path to honor. The alternate court of reputation. The foundations of Christian honor. The reinterpretation of disgrace. The path to honor.

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