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A neglected area of study of the letter to the Hebrews is the function of the Old Testament in the letter’s logic. Compton addresses this neglect by looking at two other ideas that have themselves received too little attention, namely (1) the unique and fundamental semantic contribution of Hebrews’ exposition (vis-à-vis its exhortation) and (2) the prominence of Ps 110 in the author’s exposition....

not explicitly tied to this argument here (similarly, 7:22), will, nevertheless, prove essential in subsequent expositions (especially 9:1–28).32 What we see at once, however, in the present exposition is the continuing and, now, fundamental influence of Ps. 110:1 and 4 on the author’s argument. The author’s main point in the exposition, along with the implication he draws from it, turns on the connection he has already established between Jesus and Ps. 110:1 and 4. Only because Jesus is the exalted
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