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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....

(Papyrus Bodmer XXIV).218 The substitution, however, did not greatly affect the meaning of the Psalm or, for that matter, the author’s argument,219 even though σῶμα more immediately suggests messiah’s incarnation and sacrifice (v. 10). The essential point remains the same: God had prepared the psalmist—whether by opening his ears (MT, LXXRahlfs)220 or preparing his body (B, S, A, et al.; Heb)—to do his will.221
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