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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789662803321

Autore

Scholer John M.

Titolo

Proleptic priests : priesthood in the Epistle to the Hebrews / / John M. Scholer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield : , : JSOT Press, , [1991]

©1991

ISBN

1-283-20031-7

9786613200310

0-567-52438-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament studies

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 49

Disciplina

222

Soggetti

Priesthood - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1; THE PRIESTHOOD IN THE EXTRA-NEW TESTAMENT LITERATURE; Chapter 2; THE HIGH PRIEST CHRISTOLOGY IN HEBREWS; Chapter 3; IIPOXEPXEI0AI AND HEBREWS; Chapter 4; (EIZEPXEI0AI) AND HEBREWS; Chapter 5; TEAEIOYN AND HEBREWS; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

In no other New Testament writing does the interest in the cult and its practice figure more prominently than in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Whereas scholarly research has preoccupied itself with the high priesthood of Christ, comparatively little consideration has previously been given to the implied priesthood of the readers. Scholer begins with an examination of the role and function of the priesthood found in the Old Testament, Pseudepigrapha, Qumran, rabbinic, Philo and mystery traditions. His second goal is to discover why the readers of Hebrews may be described as priests, and how the h