Proleptic Priests: Priesthood in the Epistle to the Hebrews

A number of motifs found in ancient Jewish accounts of the heavenly throne room appear in the Epistle to the Hebrews. These elements include the throne of God, the temple veil, the glory of God, and participation in angelic worship. Though in ancient Jewish texts they are all depicted as presenting nearly insurmountable obstacles to the presence of God, the author of Hebrews transforms these conceptions, and instead depicts them as encouraging, facilitating, and even ensuring access to a welcoming God. This is especially apparent in the passages promoting the author's ultimate hortatory goal: the community's entry into the heavenly sanctuary (2.5–10; 4.14–16; 6.18–20; 10.19–23; 12.22–24).

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The Epistle to the Hebrews

Journal of the American Academy of Religion ◽

10.1093/jaarel/xxii.1.20 ◽

1954 ◽

Vol XXII (1) ◽

pp. 20-26

Author(s):

FLOYD V. FILSON

Keyword(s):

Epistle To The Hebrews

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Book Review: The Epistle to the Hebrews

Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture ◽

10.1177/0146107914552232f ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 220-221

Author(s):

Matthew W. Bates

Keyword(s):

Epistle To The Hebrews

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I Peter II. 1–10: its Formation and Literary Affinities

New Testament Studies ◽

10.1017/s0028688500003787 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 97-106

Author(s):

Klyne R. Snodgrass

Keyword(s):

Book Of Revelation ◽

Epistle To The Hebrews ◽

Conditional Sentence ◽

Relative Neglect

Despite the relative neglect shown the First Epistle of Peter, few NT books are more relevant for a study of the use of the OT in the NT. Like the Epistle to the Hebrews, I Peter quotes frequently from various sections of the OT, and like the Book of Revelation its thought is frequently framed with OT expressions. Especially because of the unique collection of stone testimonia and the use of other OT quotations, I Peter ii. 1–10 is one of the most intriguing passages in the NT. As is well known, I Peter provides a message of consolation and exhortation to Christians who were being or were about to be persecuted, and this message is conveyed by a series of imperatives based on indicatives. Particularly in i. 13 through ii. 10 the imperative is couched between a preceding assumption (expressed either by a conditional sentence as in i. 17 or a participle as in i. 22) and a following supporting indicative.

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