Zion Symbolism in Hebrews: Hebrews 12:18–24 as a Hermeneutical Key to the Epistle (Biblia.com)

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This book challenges the general tendency of understanding the Epistle to the Hebrews against a Hellenistic background and suggests that the Epistle should be understood in the light of the Jewish apocalyptic tradition. The author especially argues for the importance of the theological symbolism of Sinai and Zion (Heb. 12:18–24) as it provides the Epistle’s theological background as well as the...

more likely that the author of Hebrews shares the traditions of these writers rather than the Hellenistic traditions.56 The advantage of Hurst’s study is that he returned to the biblical tradition to provide the author’s background thought rather than staying in the popular trend of Hellenistic backgrounds. Nevertheless his overemphasis on the temporal element of Jewish eschatology obscures the otherwise clear meaning of the temple imagery in the central section of the epistle.57 The difficulty with

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