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In this addition to the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture, respected New Testament scholar Mary Healy unpacks the Letter to the Hebrews, making its difficult and puzzling passages accessible to pastoral ministers, lay readers, and students. Her commentary shows how Hebrews reveals the meaning of Christ’s death in light of the Old Testament figures, rites, and sacrifices that foreshadowed...

see sidebar, “The Day of Atonement,” p. 168). How Jesus fulfills this rite will be explained in chapter 9. Fig. 3. Stone carving of the ark of the covenant from the fourth- or fifth-century AD synagogue in Capernaum © Baker Publishing Group In describing how Christ became a priest, Hebrews has a strikingly different emphasis from the Old Testament. The law of Moses underscores the need for a priest to be set apart from the people so he can approach the holy God (Lev 8–10). But for Christ to become
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