Pioneer and Priest

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Why Hebrews?
Summary
2 Hebrews Today
Summary
3 Pioneer and Priest in Hebrews
The Pioneer of Their Salvation
Made Perfect through Suffering (2:10)
A Merciful and Faithful High Priest
Summary
4 To the Heavenly Sanctuary
The Promise of Entering God's Rest (4:1)
Entering the Rest (4:11)
Apart from Us they should Not be Made Perfect (11:40)
Summary
5 A Priest like Melchizedek
When another Priest arises resembling Melchizedek (7:15)
A High Priest forever according to the Order of Melchizedek (6:20)
Summary
6 The True Sanctuary
The Sanctuary in Heaven (8:2)
A Sanctuary not Made with Hands (9:11)
Summary
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7 The Greater and More Perfect Tent
Through the Greater and More Perfect Tent (9:11)
It was Necessary for the Sketches of the Heavenly Things to be Purified (9:23)
He entered into Heaven itself (eis auton ton ouranon) (9:24)
Summary
8 He Lives to Make Intercession
He Always Lives to Make Intercession for Them (7:25)
Now to Appear in the Presence of God on our Behalf
We have a Great Priest over the House of God (epi ton oikon tou theou) (10:21)
New Covenant - Greater Tent
Summary
9 Confidence to Enter the Sanctuary
Let us Approach the throne of Grace with Boldness (4:16)
Pioneer and Perfecter of Faith (12:2)
Summary
10 You Have Come to Mount Zion
You have come to Mount Zion (12:22)
Jesus the Mediator of a New Covenant (12:24)
Summary
11 Outside the Camp
Summary
12 Conclusion
Appendix A
Words, Contexts, and Meanings
Summary
Appendix B
Pioneer in the Hebrew Bible and Extrabiblical Sources
Jewish Mysticism
Philo
Classical Sources
Gnostic Sources
Summary
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Table of Contents
Appendix C
High Priest in the Hebrew Bible and Extrabiblical Sources
The High Priest and the Day of Atonement
The Eschatological Priest
Angelic Priests
High Priest and Day of Atonement: A Necessary Medium of Communication
Summary
Appendix D
A Sanctuary Not Made with Hands
Summary
Bibliography
Ancient Document Index
Index of Authors
Subject Index