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Hebrews (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Hebrews (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Readings - A New Biblical Commentary S.
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This commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews envisages the
recipients of the letter as a community that has embraced the
Christian message but is beginning to question its adequacy to meet
their spiritual needs. They have given up the richness of Jewish
ritual and cultic tradition for a way of life that lacks the
venerable symbols and institutions they had previously valued.
Gordon highlights the arguments and rhetorical strategies the
author uses to counter this feeling of 'cultic deficit' as he draws
attention to what they actually possess in consequence of their
Christian commitment. The Letter to the Hebrews has particular
contemporary relevance today because, in warning the community
against 'going back', the author implies that Christianity has
superseded their ancestral Jewish faith. That may seem a slight on
the religion 'superseded', but Gordon points out that Judaism
itself, as well as Christianity, represents a significant break
with the religion of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
Jewish-Christian dialogue would profit from being conducted in that
light. For this Second Edition, the author has written an
additional Introduction, and the pagination of this edition differs
from that of the first.
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