TY - BOOK AU - Gray,Patrick AU - Peeler,Amy L.B. TI - Hebrews: an introduction and study guide T2 - T&T Clark's Study Guides to the New Testament SN - 9780567674753 AV - BS2775.P374.H437 2020 PY - 2020/// CY - London, England PB - T&T Clark KW - Bible KW - Hebrews KW - Introductions KW - Study guides KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - The Argument of Hebrews: God Speaks --; The Argument of Hebrews: Priesthood and Covenant --; The Holy Spirit in Hebrews --; The Reception History of Hebrews; 2 N2 - This volume offers a compact introduction to one of the most daunting texts in the New Testament. The Letter to the Hebrews has inspired many readers with its encomium to faith, troubled others with its hard sayings on the impossibility of a second repentance, and perplexed still others with its exegetical assumptions and operations drawn from a cultural matrix that is largely alien to modern sensibilities. Long thought to be Paul, the anonymous author of Hebrews exhibits points of continuity with the apostle and other New Testament writers in the letter's (or sermon's) vision of life in the light of the crucified Messiah, but one also finds distinctive perspectives in such areas as Christology, eschatology, and atonement ER -