Hebrews: An Introduction and Study Guide

✍ Scribed by Amy L. B. Peeler; Patrick Gray; Benny Liew

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 113
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

Gray and Peeler survey the salient historical, social, and rhetorical factors to be considered in the interpretation of this document, as well as its theological, liturgical, and cultural legacy. They invite readers to enter the world of one of the boldest Christian thinkers of the first century.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Author
Audience
Provenance and destination
Date
Occasion and purpose
Genre and structure
Outline
Chapter 1: The Argument of Hebrews: God Speaks
The example of Israel in the wilderness (3:1–4:13)
Jesus the great high priest (4:14–5:10)
Christian maturity: Warnings and encouragement (5:11–6:20)
Chapter 2: The Argument of Hebrews: Priesthood and Covenant
The new covenant: Sin and the sacrifice of Jesus (8:1–10:18)
By faith: Drawing near to God and to one another (10:19–11:40)
Training for the kingdom of God (12:1-29)
Concluding exhortations (13:1-25)
Chapter 3: The Holy Spirit in Hebrews
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit and divine speech
The Holy Spirit and human salvation
Chapter 4: The Reception History of Hebrews
Hebrews 1
Hebrews 2
Hebrews 3–4
Hebrews 5
Hebrews 6
Hebrews 7
Hebrews 8–10
Hebrews 11–12
Hebrews 13
For Further Study
Hebrews 1
Hebrews 2
Hebrews 3
Hebrews 4
Hebrews 5
Hebrews 6
Hebrews 7
Hebrews 8
Hebrews 9
Hebrews 10
Hebrews 11
Hebrews 12
Hebrews 13
Bibliography
Index