TY - BOOK AU - Bruce,F.F. TI - The Epistle to the Hebrews /by F.F. Bruce T2 - The New international commentary on the New Testament SN - 9780802825148 AV - BS2775.B886.E657 1990 PY - 1990/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - W.B. Eerdmans KW - Bible KW - Hebrews KW - Commentaries KW - BIB4655-01 N1 - 1 and indexes; Introduction -- The people addressed -- Destination -- Authorship -- Date -- Canonicity -- Hebrews and the Old Testament -- Hebrews and the gospel -- Select bibliography -- Text, exposition, and notes -- The finality of Christianity (1:1-2:18) -- The true home of the people of God (3:1-4:13) -- The high priesthood of Christ (4:14-6:20) -- The order of Melchizedek (7:1-28) -- Covenant, Sanctuary, and sacrifice (8:1-10:18) -- Call to worship, faith, and perseverance (10:19-12:29) -- Concluding exhortation and prayer (13:1-21) -- Postscript (13:22-25); 2 N2 - Hebrews is the book which establishes the finality of the gospel by asserting the supremacy of Christ -- his supremacy as God's perfect word to man and man's perfect representative with God. More than any other New Testament book it deals with the ministry which our Lord is accomplishing on his people's behalf now. In a day of shaking foundations it speaks of the kingdom which cannot be shaken. - Preface to the first edition ER -