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The second annual St. Andrews Conference on Scripture and Theology brought leading biblical scholars and systematic theologians together in conversation, seeking to bridge the growing gap between these disciplines. Reflecting the convergence of the Old Testament’s cultic theology, Hellenistic ideas, and early Christian thinking, the epistle to the Hebrews provides a perfect foundation for this...

seems obviously to be rejecting “Judaism.”11 If, however, we stay within the text’s own narrative world, such a claim may appear unwarranted, even puzzling. For that reason, it may be unhelpful to describe Hebrews’ teaching as a form of “Christianity” over against “Judaism”; rather, it is better described as a form of Jewish sectarian “New Covenantalism.” In the remainder of this essay, then, I shall not focus directly on the question whether the theology of Hebrews is supersessionist. Instead,
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