Letters and homilies for Jewish Christians : a socio-rhetorical commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude / [print]
Ben Witherington III.
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic ; (c)2007. Nottingham, England : Apollos, (c)2007.
- 656 pages ; 24 cm.
Authorship, provenance, and date of Hebrews -- Intertextuality, Greek style, rhetoric and literary structure of Hebrews -- The heavenly high priest : christology in Hebrews -- Recognition and canonization of Hebrews -- Bibliography on Hebrews -- Exordium : the radiance of the son (Heb 1:1-4) -- Exposition and exhortation : the sevenfold witness and the greater salvation (Heb 1:5-2:4) -- Exposition and exhortation : lower than the angels, greater than Moses, gone through the heavens, entering his rest (Heb 2:5-3:19) -- The one greater than Moses requires a better response and provides a better result (Heb 3:1-19) -- The "rest" of the story (Heb 4:1-13) -- Exposition and exhortation : the well-tested high priest (Heb 4:14-5:10) -- Exhortation : avoid apostasy, imitate those persevering (Heb 5:11-6:12) -- Transitus : the forefather and the foreshadowed priest (Heb 6:13-20) -- Central exposition : Abraham, Melchizedek and Jesus (Heb 7:1-8:6) -- Central exposition : Christ, the sacrifice of the new covenant (Heb 8:7-10:18) -- Exhortation : holding on unswervingly as the day approaches (Heb 10:19-39) -- The rough ride to the Kingdom (Heb 11:1-12:17) -- Peroration : Theophanies behind and before them (Heb 12:18-29) -- Final exhortations and epistolary closing (Heb 13:1-25) -- Bridging the horizons -- The conquest of faith and the climax of history (Heb 12:1-4, 18-29) -- Text history and interpretation of James -- Language of James -- Voice and rhetorical character of James -- Jesus' sayings in James -- Authorship of James -- Social ethos of James's audience and home congregation -- Structure of James -- Bibliography on James -- Epistolary prescript (Jas 1:1) -- Exordium : of trials and temptations and standing the test (Jas 1:2-18) -- Proposito : quick listening, slowing speaking, insistent doing of the word (Jas 1:19-27) -- Elaboration of themes : rich and poor, word and deed (Jas 2:1-26) -- Elaboration of themes : teachers taming the tongue (Jas 3:1-18) -- Elaboration of themes : combating the desires and antiwisdom of the mercenary and military mentality (Jas 4:1-5:6) -- Peroration : wait, pray, rescue the wandering for the Lord is coming (Jas 5:7-20) -- James and the author of Hebrews : twin sons of different mothers? -- Bridging the horizons -- Jude : the man -- Galilee and the Hellenizing of the Holy Land -- Jude : the discourse : its rhetoric and relationships -- Jude's audience -- Greek text of Jude -- Bibliography on Jude -- Epistolary prescript and opening discourse elements : "necessity arose" (Jude 1-4) -- Probatio : proofs of the character and fate of the intruders (Jude 5-16) -- Peroration : "tearing down and building up" (Jude 17-23) -- Closing doxology : the divine guardian (Jude 24-25).