The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology

Edited by

Richard Bauckham

Daniel R. Driver

Trevor A. Hart &

Nathan MacDonald

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian theology / edited by Richard Bauckham … [et al.].

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8028-2588-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Bible. N.T. Hebrews—Theology—Congresses.

I. Bauckham, Richard.

BS2775.55.E64 2009

227′.8706—dc22

2009010682

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Contents

Preface

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

Nathan MacDonald

the christology of hebrews

The Divinity of Jesus Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews

Richard Bauckham

“With Loud Cries and Tears”: The Humanity of the Son in the Epistle to the Hebrews

Bruce L. McCormack

One Who Is Son: Theological Reflections on the Exordium to the Epistle to the Hebrews

John Webster

God in Hebrews

Harold W. Attridge

the problem of hebrews’ cosmology

A Scientist Looks at the Epistle to the Hebrews

John Polkinghorne

The Cosmology of Hebrews

Edward Adams

The Seal of Approval: An Interpretation of the Son’s Sustaining Action in Hebrews 1:3

Terry J. Wright

the problem of hebrews’ supersessionism

“Here We Have No Lasting City”: New Covenantalism in Hebrews

Richard B. Hays

Does the Letter to the Hebrews Articulate a Supersessionist Theology? A Response to Richard Hays

Oskar Skarsaune

New or Renewed Covenantalism? A Response to Richard Hays

Mark D. Nanos

Christ, the “End” of the Cult

Morna D. Hooker

Leviticus and Hebrews … and Leviticus

Nehemia Polen

the soteriology of hebrews

Death in the Afternoon: Hebrews, Sacrifice, and Soteriology

Stephen R. Holmes

Soteriology in Hebrews

I. Howard Marshall

hebrews and the modern world

Melchizedek and Modernity

Douglas Farrow

The Sacrifice of Christ and Ganda Sacrifice: A Contextual Interpretation in Relation to the Eucharist

Edison M. Kalengyo

hebrews’ theology of scripture

God Has Spoken: Hebrews’ Theology of the Scriptures

Ken Schenck

Speech Acts, Hearing Hearts, and Other Senses: The Doctrine of Scripture Practiced in Hebrews

Daniel J. Treier

the call to faith in hebrews

Exemplars of Faith in Hebrews 11: Abel

R. Walter L. Moberly

Abraham’s Faith in Hebrews 11

Markus Bockmuehl

By Faith Moses

Nathan MacDonald

Rahab Outside the Camp

Carl Mosser

Prophets and Martyrs as Exemplars of Faith

Loveday Alexander

Reexamining Faith: A Study of Hebrews 10:19–12:14 and James 1–2

Mariam J. Kamell

The Conquest of Faith and the Climax of History (Hebrews 12:1–4, 18–29)

Ben Witherington III

Index of Names

Index of Scriptures and Other Ancient Writings

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About The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology

The second annual St. Andrews Conference on Scripture and Theology brought leading biblical scholars and systematic theologians together in conversation, seeking to bridge the growing gap between these disciplines. Reflecting the convergence of the Old Testament’s cultic theology, Hellenistic ideas, and early Christian thinking, the epistle to the Hebrews provides a perfect foundation for this fruitful dialogue.

The contributors examine a number of key theological themes in the letter to the Hebrews: the person and nature of the Son, his high-priestly work, cosmology, the epistle’s theology of Scripture, supersessionism, the call to faith, and more. Unlike many modern treatments, this substantial volume considers Hebrews in both its ancient context and against our modern backdrop.

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