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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...

(9:13; 10:4). What was in the prophetic texts an attempt to safeguard the integrity of the sacrificial system becomes in Hebrews a declaration of the inefficacy of the system itself. While the author of Hebrews has many contemporary allies in his critique of animal sacrifices,49 he relies on exegesis of Scripture rather than popular sentiment to demonstrate his point. In 10:5–10, he introduces an interpretation of Psalm 39:7–9 (LXX; MT 40:6–8), a text that provides the perfect solution for his needs
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