Appropriating Hebrews's Scriptural Hermeneutic for the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
Published on 27. November 2025
248 pages
978-1-9787-6653-2 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty-first-century readers cannot interpret Israel's Scriptures identically to how the author of Hebrews did. The contours of twenty-first century worldviews are too different. That said, Hebrews invites those who "read after" it (in time) also to "reading after" it (in approach). For those who accept this invitation, this volume's essays surface four clusters in the overall mosaic of Hebrews's approach to Israel's Scriptures. First, Hebrews explicitly, if briefly and partially, states its hermeneutic orientation to Israel's Scriptures. Second, Hebrews understands history through the proclamation that the author accepts and commends about Jesus. Third, this proclamation creates numerous other implications that Hebrews may or may not explicitly state but that nonetheless shape how the author interprets his Scriptures. And fourth, Hebrews's exhortation fosters faithfulness in its audience through both encouragements and warnings drawn from Israel's Scriptures. Attention to Israel's Scriptures in light of these clusters helps readers to understand these Scriptures not identically to Hebrews's author but in the same way as that author-namely, in the way marked out by Jesus for those who would "come after" him.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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3 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-6653-2 (9781978766532)
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Dana M. Harris is Professor of New Testament and Department Chair at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Bannockburn, Illinois.
J. David Stark is Professor of Biblical Studies and the Winnie and Cecil May Jr. Biblical Research Fellow at Faulkner University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge.
J. David Stark is Professor of Biblical Studies and the Winnie and Cecil May Jr. Biblical Research Fellow at Faulkner University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge.
Content
Introduction: "The Hermeneutic of Hebrews in the Twenty-First Century", Dana M. Harris and J. David Stark
Chapter One: "'As It Was in the Beginning': Deontic Origins and Creational Hermeneutics in Hebrews", Nick Brennan
Chapter Two: "Productive Prejudgments in Hebrews's Hermeneutic: A Method and Test Case", J. David Stark
Chapter Three: "History, Canon, and Community: Reading Hebrews after Gerhard von Rad and Paul Ricoeur", Rodrigo de Sousa
Chapter Four: "Hebrews and the Spirit of Hermeneutics", William Olhausen
Chapter Five: "The Significance of the OT's Silence in the Case of Melchizedek's Ancestry and Progeny in Genesis 14", Ardel B. Caneday
Chapter Six: "Sinai in Hebrews", Gareth Lee Cockerill
Chapter Seven: "Reenacting History: How Hebrews Situates Its Audience within the Story of Israel", Bryan R. Dyer
Chapter Eight: "Hebrews's Kaleidoscopic Reading of the Old Testament: Reflecting on Jesus in Light of the Absence and Anticipated Return of the High Priest, Moses, and Joshua", David M. Moffitt
Chapter Nine:"The Use of OT Narratives in Fear Appeals in Hebrews: Hermeneutical Assumptions and Implications", Alexander E. Stewart
Chapter Ten: "Hebrews as a Hermeneutical Lens for Israel's Scripture", Dana M. Harris
About the Contributors
Chapter One: "'As It Was in the Beginning': Deontic Origins and Creational Hermeneutics in Hebrews", Nick Brennan
Chapter Two: "Productive Prejudgments in Hebrews's Hermeneutic: A Method and Test Case", J. David Stark
Chapter Three: "History, Canon, and Community: Reading Hebrews after Gerhard von Rad and Paul Ricoeur", Rodrigo de Sousa
Chapter Four: "Hebrews and the Spirit of Hermeneutics", William Olhausen
Chapter Five: "The Significance of the OT's Silence in the Case of Melchizedek's Ancestry and Progeny in Genesis 14", Ardel B. Caneday
Chapter Six: "Sinai in Hebrews", Gareth Lee Cockerill
Chapter Seven: "Reenacting History: How Hebrews Situates Its Audience within the Story of Israel", Bryan R. Dyer
Chapter Eight: "Hebrews's Kaleidoscopic Reading of the Old Testament: Reflecting on Jesus in Light of the Absence and Anticipated Return of the High Priest, Moses, and Joshua", David M. Moffitt
Chapter Nine:"The Use of OT Narratives in Fear Appeals in Hebrews: Hermeneutical Assumptions and Implications", Alexander E. Stewart
Chapter Ten: "Hebrews as a Hermeneutical Lens for Israel's Scripture", Dana M. Harris
About the Contributors
