Legitimation in the Letter to the Hebrews: the construction and maintenance of a symbolic universe
This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the theology, symbolism and argument of Hebrews. Employing sociological models, the book examines Hebrews in the context of the early Christians' construction and maintenance of a social world. In that respect, the book elaborates...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London [u.a.]
Sheffield Academic Press
2002
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Journal for the study of the New Testament / Supplement series (219)
Year: 2002 |
| Reviews: | , in: RBLit (2003)* (2003)* (Gray, C. Patrick; Johnson, Richard W.) , in: JBL 122 (2003) 384-387 (Gray, C. Patrick) , in: JThS 54 (2003) 722-724 (Browne, Arnold S.) , in: BiblInterp 13 (2005) 217-219 (Young, Norman) |
| Series/Journal: | Journal for the study of the New Testament / Supplement series
219 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hebrews
/ Socio-historical exegesis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrews
B Socio-historical exegesis B Primitive Christianity B Bible. Hebrews Criticism, interpretation, etc B Repentance |
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| Summary: | This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the theology, symbolism and argument of Hebrews. Employing sociological models, the book examines Hebrews in the context of the early Christians' construction and maintenance of a social world. In that respect, the book elaborates the thesis that Hebrews was designed to serve a legitimating function in the realm of social interaction, that its theology, symbolism and argument were designed to construct and maintain the symbolic universe of the community of the readers. It is argued that we cannot properly understand the theology, symbolism and argument of Hebrews apart from its first-century context. |
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| Item Description: | Bibliography |
| ISBN: | 1841272612 |