Who Needs a New Covenant?: Rhetorical Function of the Covenant Motif in the Argument of Hebrews - Couverture rigide

Morrison, Michael Duane

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1498251056 ISBN 13 : 9781498251051

Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Although covenant is a major theme in Hebrews, Morrison contends all mention of covenant can be deleted without damaging the coherence of the epistle or its christological conclusions. What role, then, does the covenant motif have in the epistle? The arguments in Hebrews are aimed at a Jewish audience--they ignore the needs and religious options relevant to Gentiles. For the readers, the Sinai covenant was the only relevant conceptual competitor to Christ. First-century Jews looked to the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants as the basis of their obligations to God and God's promises toward them. Although most Jewish writers merged these covenants as if they were one, the author of Hebrews does not--he retains the Abrahamic promises while arguing that the Mosaic covenant is obsolete. The covenant concept supports the exhortations of Hebrews in two ways: 1) it provides the link between priesthood, worship rituals, and other laws, and 2) it enables the author to argue for allegiance to the community as allegiance to Christ.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Michael D. Morrison is an adjunct instructor in New Testament at the Haggard Graduate School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University, and Grace Communion Seminary. He is the author of Sabbath, Circumcision, and Tithing: Which Old Testament Laws Apply To Christians? (2002)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1498251056
• ISBN 13: 9781498251051
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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