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...

Zion in such contrasting imageries reveals that the different symbolic significances of Sinai and Zion in Hebrews 12:18–24 are introduced here to function as the conceptual principle of interpreting the two groups of OT citations. The terrible phenomenon of Sinai described in Hebrews 12:18–21 underlines the inferior nature of the OT figures and cultic institutions whereas the symbolism of the joyful and festive nature of the heavenly Zion (12:22–24) is the intellectual basis in depicting the superiority

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