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Hebrews covers diverse topics—from Christ’s priesthood to the faith of prominent biblical figures. In this volume on Hebrews, Guthrie brings the diversity of themes in Hebrews together, and shows how Hebrews is not only theologically significant, but also has something to say to the church today.

hero common in the ancient Greek world. For example, Hercules was called “champion” (archegos) and “savior” (soter). If this is the author’s intention, it is comparable to a modern preacher saying Jesus is “the real superman,” as crass as that might sound. It was simply a way of expressing a meaningful analogy that Jesus has come to our rescue. In what sense has he been made “perfect” through his suffering of death? As in 5:9, the author does not mean that Christ had been “imperfect,” in the sense
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