Hebrews and Revelation
A Hypertextual Commentary
Published on 25. July 2025
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-3-631-93288-9 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph demonstrates that the Epistle to the Hebrews and the Book of Revelation are results of highly creative, hypertextual reworking of the Acts of the Apostles. In both cases, this detailed reworking consists of around 700 strictly sequentially organized conceptual and often also linguistic correspondences to Acts. The strictly sequential, hypertextual dependence on Acts explains numerous surprising features of both Hebrews and Revelation. Critical explanations of such features, which are offered in this monograph, ensure the reliability of the new solution to the problem of the identities of Hebrews and Revelation, as well as their relationships to the Lucan, post-Pauline school of literary-theological production.
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Person
Bartosz Adamczewski is Associate Professor of New Testament exegesis at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland). He published numerous books on the relationships between biblical writings themselves and between these writings and historical facts.
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments *
Contents *
Chapter 1. Sequential hypertextuality *
Chapter 2. The Epistle to the Hebrews as a reworking of the Acts of the Apostles *
2.1. Hebrews and Acts *
2.2. Heb 1:1-4 (cf. Acts 1:1-13) *
2.3. Heb 1:5-6 (cf. Acts 1:14-26) *
2.4. Heb 1:7-14 (cf. Acts 2:1-40) *
2.5. Heb 2 (cf. Acts 2:41-3:26) *
2.6. Heb 3:1-6 (cf. Acts 4:1-13b) *
2.7. Heb 3:7-19 (cf. Acts 4:13c-22) *
2.8. Heb 4:1-13 (cf. Acts 4:23-32) *
2.9. Heb 4:14-5:10 (cf. Acts 4:33-37) *
2.10. Heb 5:11-6:8 (cf. Acts 5:1-11) *
2.11. Heb 6:9-20 (cf. Acts 5:12-7:36) *
2.12. Heb 7 (cf. Acts 7:37-42) *
2.13. Heb 8 (cf. Acts 7:43-46) *
2.14. Heb 9 (cf. Acts 7:47-54) *
2.15. Heb 10:1-18 (cf. Acts 7:55-60) *
2.16. Heb 10:19-31 (cf. Acts 8:1-25) *
2.17. Heb 10:32-39 (cf. Acts 8:26-9:41) *
2.18. Heb 11:1-7 (cf. Acts 9:42-10:48) *
2.19. Heb 11:8-22 (cf. Acts 11) *
2.20. Heb 11:23-31 (cf. Acts 12:1-16) *
2.21. Heb 11:32-40 (cf. Acts 12:17-13:29) *
2.22. Heb 12:1-11 (cf. Acts 13:30-52) *
2.23. Heb 12:12-17 (cf. Acts 14:1-15:21) *
2.24. Heb 12:18-29 (cf. Acts 15:22-19:40) *
2.25. Heb 13:1-5 (cf. Acts 20-26) *
2.26. Heb 13:6-8 (cf. Acts 27:1-26) *
2.27. Heb 13:9-17 (cf. Acts 27:27-28:16) *
2.28. Heb 13:18-25 (cf. Acts 28:17-18) *
2.29. Conclusion *
Chapter 3. The Book of Revelation as a reworking of the Acts of the Apostles *
3.1. Revelation and the Pauline and Post-Pauline Writings *
3.2. Rev 1:1-5a (cf. Acts 1:1-8) *
3.3. Rev 1:5b-8 (cf. Acts 1:9-21) *
3.4. Rev 1:9-16 (cf. Acts 1:22-2:11) *
3.5. Rev 1:17-18 (cf. Acts 2:12-28) *
3.6. Rev 1:19-20 (cf. Acts 2:29-36) *
3.7. Rev 2-3 (cf. Acts 2:37-47) *
3.8. Rev 4 (cf. Acts 3:1-6d) *
3.9. Rev 5 (cf. Acts 3:6e-26) *
3.10. Rev 6 (cf. Acts 4:1-31) *
3.11. Rev 7 (cf. Acts 4:32-37) *
3.12. Rev 8-9 (cf. Acts 5) *
3.13. Rev 10 (cf. Acts 6:1-7:37) *
3.14. Rev 11:1-10 (cf. Acts 7:38-8:3) *
3.15. Rev 11:11-18 (cf. Acts 8:4-9:3d) *
3.16. Rev 11:19-12:18 (cf. Acts 9:3d-43) *
3.17. Rev 13 (cf. Acts 10:1-12:23) *
3.18. Rev 14 (cf. Acts 12:24-17:12) *
3.19. Rev 15:1-4 (cf. Acts 17:13-34) *
3.20. Rev 15:5-8 (cf. Acts 18:1-8) *
3.21. Rev 16 (cf. Acts 18:9-28) *
3.22. Rev 17 (cf. Acts 19:1-21c) *
3.23. Rev 18 (cf. Acts 19:21d-31) *
3.24. Rev 19:1-10 (cf. Acts 19:32-20:12) *
3.25. Rev 19:11-21 (cf. Acts 20:13-22:5) *
3.26. Rev 20 (cf. Acts 22:6-24:10) *
3.27. Rev 21:1-8 (cf. Acts 24:11-26:4a) *
3.28. Rev 21:9-27 (cf. Acts 26:4b-21) *
3.29. Rev 22:1-7 (cf. Acts 26:22-27:38) *
3.30. Rev 22:8-21 (cf. Acts 27:39-28:31) *
3.31. Conclusion *
Chapter 4. General conclusions *
Bibliography *
Primary sources *
Israelite-Jewish *
Graeco-Roman *
Early Christian: New Testament *
Secondary literature *
Acknowledgments *
Contents *
Chapter 1. Sequential hypertextuality *
Chapter 2. The Epistle to the Hebrews as a reworking of the Acts of the Apostles *
2.1. Hebrews and Acts *
2.2. Heb 1:1-4 (cf. Acts 1:1-13) *
2.3. Heb 1:5-6 (cf. Acts 1:14-26) *
2.4. Heb 1:7-14 (cf. Acts 2:1-40) *
2.5. Heb 2 (cf. Acts 2:41-3:26) *
2.6. Heb 3:1-6 (cf. Acts 4:1-13b) *
2.7. Heb 3:7-19 (cf. Acts 4:13c-22) *
2.8. Heb 4:1-13 (cf. Acts 4:23-32) *
2.9. Heb 4:14-5:10 (cf. Acts 4:33-37) *
2.10. Heb 5:11-6:8 (cf. Acts 5:1-11) *
2.11. Heb 6:9-20 (cf. Acts 5:12-7:36) *
2.12. Heb 7 (cf. Acts 7:37-42) *
2.13. Heb 8 (cf. Acts 7:43-46) *
2.14. Heb 9 (cf. Acts 7:47-54) *
2.15. Heb 10:1-18 (cf. Acts 7:55-60) *
2.16. Heb 10:19-31 (cf. Acts 8:1-25) *
2.17. Heb 10:32-39 (cf. Acts 8:26-9:41) *
2.18. Heb 11:1-7 (cf. Acts 9:42-10:48) *
2.19. Heb 11:8-22 (cf. Acts 11) *
2.20. Heb 11:23-31 (cf. Acts 12:1-16) *
2.21. Heb 11:32-40 (cf. Acts 12:17-13:29) *
2.22. Heb 12:1-11 (cf. Acts 13:30-52) *
2.23. Heb 12:12-17 (cf. Acts 14:1-15:21) *
2.24. Heb 12:18-29 (cf. Acts 15:22-19:40) *
2.25. Heb 13:1-5 (cf. Acts 20-26) *
2.26. Heb 13:6-8 (cf. Acts 27:1-26) *
2.27. Heb 13:9-17 (cf. Acts 27:27-28:16) *
2.28. Heb 13:18-25 (cf. Acts 28:17-18) *
2.29. Conclusion *
Chapter 3. The Book of Revelation as a reworking of the Acts of the Apostles *
3.1. Revelation and the Pauline and Post-Pauline Writings *
3.2. Rev 1:1-5a (cf. Acts 1:1-8) *
3.3. Rev 1:5b-8 (cf. Acts 1:9-21) *
3.4. Rev 1:9-16 (cf. Acts 1:22-2:11) *
3.5. Rev 1:17-18 (cf. Acts 2:12-28) *
3.6. Rev 1:19-20 (cf. Acts 2:29-36) *
3.7. Rev 2-3 (cf. Acts 2:37-47) *
3.8. Rev 4 (cf. Acts 3:1-6d) *
3.9. Rev 5 (cf. Acts 3:6e-26) *
3.10. Rev 6 (cf. Acts 4:1-31) *
3.11. Rev 7 (cf. Acts 4:32-37) *
3.12. Rev 8-9 (cf. Acts 5) *
3.13. Rev 10 (cf. Acts 6:1-7:37) *
3.14. Rev 11:1-10 (cf. Acts 7:38-8:3) *
3.15. Rev 11:11-18 (cf. Acts 8:4-9:3d) *
3.16. Rev 11:19-12:18 (cf. Acts 9:3d-43) *
3.17. Rev 13 (cf. Acts 10:1-12:23) *
3.18. Rev 14 (cf. Acts 12:24-17:12) *
3.19. Rev 15:1-4 (cf. Acts 17:13-34) *
3.20. Rev 15:5-8 (cf. Acts 18:1-8) *
3.21. Rev 16 (cf. Acts 18:9-28) *
3.22. Rev 17 (cf. Acts 19:1-21c) *
3.23. Rev 18 (cf. Acts 19:21d-31) *
3.24. Rev 19:1-10 (cf. Acts 19:32-20:12) *
3.25. Rev 19:11-21 (cf. Acts 20:13-22:5) *
3.26. Rev 20 (cf. Acts 22:6-24:10) *
3.27. Rev 21:1-8 (cf. Acts 24:11-26:4a) *
3.28. Rev 21:9-27 (cf. Acts 26:4b-21) *
3.29. Rev 22:1-7 (cf. Acts 26:22-27:38) *
3.30. Rev 22:8-21 (cf. Acts 27:39-28:31) *
3.31. Conclusion *
Chapter 4. General conclusions *
Bibliography *
Primary sources *
Israelite-Jewish *
Graeco-Roman *
Early Christian: New Testament *
Secondary literature *