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A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Hebrews has often been the Cinderella of the New Testament—overlooked and marginalized. Yet, it is one of the most interesting and theologically significant books in the New Testament. A Cloud of Witness examines the theology of the book in the light of its ancient historical context. There are chapters devoted to the structure of Hebrews, the person of Jesus Christ, Hebrews within...

and exhortation,4 but 10:25 completes the exposition and from that point the homily turns to an extended run of exhortations.5 Within these exhortations a last important break can be noted following the climactic appeal of 12:25–29. While chapter 13 remains integral to the book as a whole, it has a looser formal attachment than the preceding sections do. The dominant Christological category of 1:5–4:13 is Sonship, while that of 4:14–10:25 is High Priest. With this shift corresponds another: cosmos
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