Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Hebrews
Published on 1. September 2011
152 pages
978-1-4267-5041-0 (ISBN)
Description
Pfitzner interprets Hebrews as a passionate appeal directed by its author to a community that is in danger of surrendering the distinctiveness of its faith. Through an examination of its structure, rhetorical devices, and arguments, he shows Hebrews to be a splendid example of extended exhortation, with a recurring pattern of formal introduction, scriptural quotation, exposition, and application. By seeing the message of Hebrews as a "word exhortation" (13:22) to a community in crisis, Pfitzner is able to set its distinctive Christology firmly in its original social, historical, and cultural context.
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Victor C. Pfitzner
Content
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Hebrews as Challenge
- Literary Genre, Rhetorical Devices, and Structure
- Literary Genre
- Rhetorical Devices
- Structure
- In Search of a Historical Context
- Hebrews in the Early Church
- The Search for an Author
- The Relationship Between Author and Audience
- The Situation of the Audience
- Destination and Date
- The Theology of Hebrews
- Hebrews' World of Thought
- The Greek Scriptures
- Philo and Hellenistic Judaism
- Qumran
- Gnosticism
- Early Christian Traditions
- Hebrews and Acts 7
- Other New Testament Writers
- Christology in Outline
- The "Confession"
- Hymn and Text
- The Saving Work of the High Priest
- Eschatology: Participating in Perfection
- Commentary
- God's Final Revelation in the Son (1:1-2:18)
- The Thematic Statement (1:1-4)
- The Son's Superiority over the Angels (1:5-14)
- First Warning: Do Not Ignore the Son's Message (2:1-4)
- The Temporary Abasement of the Son (2:5-9)
- The Son's Solidarity with Humanity (2:10-18)
- The Son, as Faithful High Priest, Calls to Faith (3:1-4:13)
- The Superior Faithfulness of the Son (3:1-6)
- The Faithlessness of Israel in the Wilderness (3:7-19)
- The Promise of Final Rest (4:1-11)
- Second Warning: Do Not Reject the Word of God (4:12-13)
- The Son as Merciful High Priest (4:14-7:28)
- Major Appeal: Hold Your Confession and Draw Near to God (4:14-16)
- Christ Qualified to Be Compassionate High Priest (5:1-10)
- A Call to Spiritual Maturity (5:11-6:12), Including Third Warning: Do Not Spurn the Heavenly Gifts (6:4-8)
- The Certainty of God's Promises (6:13-20)
- The Superiority of Melchizedek as High Priest (7:1-10)
- Christ as High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek (7:11-28)
- The Perfect Sacrifice of the Heavenly High Priest (8:1-10:31)
- Christ as Minister of a Heavenly Sanctuary (8:1-6).
- The Inauguration of a New Covenant (8:7-13)
- The Temporary Nature of the Earthly Sanctuary (9:1-10)
- The Perfect Efficacy of Christ's Blood (9:11-28)
- The Finality of Christ's Sacrifice (10:1-18)
- Second Major Appeal: Hold Your Confession and Draw Near to God (10:19-25)
- Fourth Warning: Do Not Spurn Christ's Sacrifice (10:26-31)
- A Call to Persevering Faith (10:32-12:17)
- Endurance Will Gain the Promised Reward (10:32-39)
- Follow the Examples of Persevering Faith (11:1-40)
- Run with Discipline the Course Set by Jesus (12:1-11)
- Remove All That Hinders Your Progress (12:12-17)
- The Call to Heavenly Worship (12:18-13:25)
- You Share in the New, Heavenly Worship (12:18-24)
- Final Warning: Do Not Reject God's Warnings (12:25-29)
- The Offering of Brotherly Love (13:1-6)
- Life Within the Worshiping Community (13:7-19)
- A Personal Conclusion (13:20-25)
- Select Bibliography
- Index
