TY  - BOOK
AU  - Griffiths,Jonathan
TI  - Hebrews and divine speech
T2  - Library of New Testament studies
SN  - 0567655520
AV  - BS2775.52.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
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