TY - BOOK AU - Griffiths,Jonathan TI - Hebrews and divine speech T2 - Library of New Testament studies SN - 9780567655523 AV - BS2775.G855.H437 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - London, England PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Bible KW - Hebrews KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Speech acts (Linguistics) KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Word of God (Christian theology) N1 - 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; 2 ER -