Covenant and sacrifice in the letter to the Hebrews

"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... Full description

Main Author:	Dunnill, John.
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993
Series:	Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series,
Subjects:	BIBLE.N.T. - HEBREWS - CRITICISM, INTERPRETATION, ETC. COVENANTS - RELIGIOUS ASPECTS - CHRISTIANITY. SACRIFICE - BIBLICAL TEACHING.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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500			\|a Includes Index and Bibliographical References
520			\|a "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
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Covenant and sacrifice in the letter to the Hebrews

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