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Albert Vanhoye, who worked for many years studying the Epistle to the Hebrews, now brings one of the most authoritative contemporary commentaries to a wider audience, articulating the unique priesthood of Jesus Christ for the first Christian communities. In A Different Priest, a detailed analysis of the text of Hebrews enables us to conclude that this is the full text of a splendid Christian...

mention of the angels is another element of novelty which makes it possible to discern the announcement of the subject. Commentators have always recognized that, in the next verses (1:5–14), the author is effectively going on to a comparison between Christ and the angels. They conclude that the subject being dealt with is that of «Christ’s superiority over angels». Is that right? Strictly speaking, no. The comparison with the angels is not the main theme of what follows, but only a means used to
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