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A look at the few descriptions of madness available to us in the past and how its aetiology differs from psychiatric descriptors. A brief look also at different approaches to religious manifestations such as trances.
1. Introduction, 2. Brothers and sisters â" adelphoi, 3. The believers, 4. The saints â" hoi hagioi, 5. The assembly â" hÄ" ekklÄ" sia, 6. Disciples â" mathÄ" tai, 7. The way â" hÄ" hodos,... more
Феномен священства в ізраїльському світогляді вважали «пластичним» (плем’я Левія, назореї, народ). Його варіативність визнає і наукова спільнота. Відомо, що паралельно до функціонування священничої структури «царства священників» (Вих... more
Gabriella Gelardini highlights Hebrews’ concept of salvation over against Rome’s imperial “salvation,” as this comes to light through an examination of Hebrews’ faith-concept. She develops the empire-critical undertones of Hebrews’ πίστις... more
TO READ THE PREVIEW SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE PREVIEW SCROLL DOWN A great American psychologist summarizes one of the most difficult of subjects--the nature of dreaming--after decades of lifting matters out of the morass of Freudianism.... more
My dissertation in New Testament accepted by the Evangelische Fakultät of the LMU in Munich, Germany.
The warnings of the book of Hebrews are among the most debated passages in regard to interpretation and application. The exact verses vary, depending on which interpreter one references, but are generally seen to be in this range: 2:1-4;... more
The concept of New Covenant, as Sussanne Lehne notes, is not only a major theme in Hebrews but a linchpin without which the structure of the author’s thinking would fall apart and lose its coherence. Consequent upon the establishment of... more
Excerpt from Caleb T. Friedeman, ed. Listen, Understand, Obey: Essays on Hebrews in Honor of Gareth Lee Cockerill (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2017). Used with permission of Wipf and Stock Publishers... more
Hebrews was written, possibly as a sermon, possibly as a circular, possibly as an epistle to one congregation that became a circular. The authorship and specifically intended audience(s) are unknown. What is known is that the group(s)... more
Reposted with some revisions--23/06/2017.
By Edward Fudge -- Edward Fudge, esteemed author of The Fire that Consumes, sets out in Our Man in Heaven to explore the nature of Jesus Christ and his relationship with all people as described in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Fudge... more
This article analyzes Heb 13, particularly vv. 7–19, applying the methods of spatial analysis. Of specific interest is the space described as “outside the camp” in Heb 13:11–13. As the term seems to allude to three different spaces in... more
By means of a literary and rhetoric strategy of upgrading-through-downgrading, the author of Hebrews called the attention of its original addressees to the fact that what they felt prone to go back to as God’s most dependable... more
This article proposes a better source for the Son’s cry in Hebrews 5:7. It begins by surveying sources previous scholars have identified, including Jesus’ cry in Gethsemane and Golgotha, several Psalms, and the Maccabean martyr... more
It is the majority position that Hebrews has little to add to NT pneumatology (see §1.1). However, that is far from the case. Indeed, on all seven occasions that the author of Hebrews refers to the Spirit, he does so using language and... more
This article examines the biblical interpretation of Thomas Aquinas, which has until recently been relatively neglected amongst the many works of this leading medieval theologian. Looking particularly at ‘by the grace of God Christ tasted... more
In “‘Behold! I Am with the Children God Has Given Me’: Ekphrasis and Epiphany in Hebrews 1–2,” Mackie considers ways in which Heb 1–2 encourages a mystical vision of the ascended Christ’s enthronement in the heavenly realms and sets the... more
The present volume contains a collection of fourteen essays applying the latest and neglected methods and offering new and innovative insights into the interpretation of the New Testament book To the Hebrews. The excitingly diverse... more
The article surveys evidence for Christians and Christian Jews observing festivals of autumn (New Year, Tabernacles and mostly the Day of Atonement): Paul, Hebrews, Luke-Acts, Hegesippus, Origen, Chrysostom and Abd Al-Jabbar as well as... more
What is a religion? What triggered the spontaneous development of distinct religions throughout the ancient world? How do religions evoke the ultimate realities they claim to address? Such questions are as evergreen as belief itself. The... more
Against many defenders of the LXX, such as Hilary of Poitiers and Augustine, Jerome tries to prove the superiority of the Hebrew text as a source text of translation. To do so, in his Preface to the Chronicles (iuxta Hebraeos), Jerome... more
In the collection entitled Deciphering the Worlds of Hebrews Gabriella Gelardini gathers fifteen essays written in the last fifteen years, twelve of which are in English and three in German. Arranged in three parts (the world of,... more
Though a "vision-centered " perspective is apparent in a variety of contexts in Greco-Roman life and literature, of particular interest to this essay are the visually oriented rhetorical techniques that Greco-Roman authors and orators... more