imprint of God’s very being’ alongside the emphasis on his incarnation was important for later developments in the early church. In addition no other book gives such close attention to Christ’s intercessory activity as a priest or the nature of his sacrificial offering. These distinctive aspects of Hebrews’ Christology generate conversation with other New Testament texts and the ideas of the first-century world. Ardel Caneday examines the relationship between the οἰκουμένη of Heb. 1:6 and the enthronement