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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 47A: Hebrews 1–8 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Winner of Christianity Today’s 1993 Critic’s Choice Award, this commentary provides an interpretation of the book of Hebrews in conversation with the rapidly growing body of scholarly literature. Acknowledging that many issues such as authorship and provenance remain open, William Lane examines the evidence available and makes a compelling case for his reading of the book and its historical...

service at the altar (Exod 24:4–8), associate him with distinctly priestly functions (cf. C. Hauret, “Moïse était-il prêtre?” Bib 40 [1959] 509–21). Philo does not hesitate to describe Moses as a high priest (e.g., The Life of Moses 2.66–186; Who is the Heir? 182; On Rewards and Punishments 53, 56). In the hellenistic-Jewish tradition, Moses is the supreme exemplar of perfection in the sense of immediacy and access to God. If such views were the common property of men and women who had been nourished
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