overabundance’ (Attridge, p. 16). Several different approaches to the issue have been taken, including literary analysis and discourse analysis.4 We will first consider literary indicators of the structure, such as are found in other ancient documents. Announcements of theme appear at significant turning points in the argument to indicate in advance the focus of the next section. For example, 1:4 announces that the author is about to compare Christ and the angels; 2:17 indicates that the