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Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle “to the Hebrews” is unavailable, but you can change that!

This commentary is the first to fully apply the resources of socio-rhetorical analysis to Hebrews. Insights into the cultural and social world of the audience are combined with analysis of the author’s rhetorical strategy and ideology to create a rich, three-dimensional reading that helps unravel key issues in the interpretation of the epistle. David deSilva’s reflections on application...

apostle’s word all the more carefully and reverently. Thus the author returns in 3:7–4:13 to the theme of “hearing” God’s voice and the urgency of responding appropriately (cf. 1:1–2; 2:1–4). The author wishes to demonstrate that distrust—hearing God’s promises and assurances, and then insulting God by not trusting them—is the essential danger to be avoided. Since Jesus was both faithful to God (hence a model for the believers’ own commitment) and reliable (hence worthy of the believers’ trust), they would
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