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TitleCovenant and sacrifice in the letter to the Hebrews [electronic resource]
AuthorDunnill, John.
Call NoDTL 227.8706 DUN
CollectionEbook
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International Standard Book Number 9780511554926
Dewey Decimal Classification Number DTL 227.8706 DUN
Personal Name Dunnill, John.
Title Statement Covenant and sacrifice in the letter to the Hebrews [electronic resource]
Imprint Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Physical Description eBook
Series Statement - Title Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 75.
General Note Includes Index and Bibliographical References
Summary, Etc. "Among the problems which Hebrews poses for interpretation, its use of sacrificial terminology most causes it to seem remote and obscure. Although the recent work of social anthropologists on the nature of religious systems has been applied by Old Testament scholars to the laws and symbols of the Pentateuch (upon which Hebrews draws in propounding its doctrine of salvation), this is the first sustained study of Hebrews to take account of these theories." "Building on the work of such writers as Mary Douglas, Victor Turner and Claude Levi-Strauss, Dr. Dunnill approaches Hebrews as a 'structure of symbols', analogous to a liturgy or a religious system, in which the symbol-system of the Old Testament covenant is re-presented and transposed. Motifs explored by the author include sacred time and space; liminality; the sacrificial function of blood, death, oaths, and blessings; the narrative traditions of election and exclusion; and the pattern of 'Testing' found in the presentation of Jesus' humanity and death. Dr. Dunnill assesses Hebrews, not as an argument, but as an act of symbolic communication, expressing the possibility of direct communion with God; he thus aims to identify some of its underlying structures and reveal the source of its power."--Jacket
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term BIBLE.N.T. - HEBREWS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term COVENANTS - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term SACRIFICE - BIBLICAL TEACHING.
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