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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814635103321

Autore

Whitfield Bryan J

Titolo

Joshua traditions and the argument of Hebrews 3 and 4 / / Bryan J. Whitfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

3-11-029781-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Collana

Beihefte zur zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche wissenschaft und die kunde der älteren kirche ; ; Band 194

Disciplina

227/.8706

Soggetti

Typology (Theology)

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 (pages 272-293) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Puzzle of Hebrews -- Chapter 2: A Wider Intertextuality : Excavating the Cave of Resonance with the History of Scriptural Interpretation -- Chapter 3: Reading Traditions for Num 13- 14 -- Chapter 4: Reading Traditions for Zech 3 -- Chapter 5: The Joshuas of the Epistle to the Hebrews -- Chapter 6: Implications and Directions for Future Research -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph examines the place of chapters 3 and 4 in the larger argument of Hebrews, particularly the relationship of the people of God in Heb 3:7-4:13 to the surrounding discussion of the high priest. The connection between the great high priest and the people of God proved a central question for twentieth-century scholars, including Ernst Käsemann. The first chapter of this work examines previous attempts to explain the flow of the argument and revisits the proposal of J. Rendel Harris, who thought attention to the two Joshuas of the Hebrew Bible was the key to connecting Heb 3:7-4:13 to its frame. The second chapter examines reading practices within Second Temple Judaism that shaped those of the author of Hebrews. Two subsequent chapters explore the history of Second Temple interpretation of the texts central to Harris's proposal: Numbers 13-14 and Zechariah 3. The Levi-priestly tradition receives particular attention. The following chapter provides a



careful study of the early chapters of Hebrews that explores allusions and echoes to Numbers and to Zechariah. The monograph concludes with a positive assessment of much of Harris's proposal.