Hebrews and the Temple
Church, Philip, 1948-
Hebrews and the Temple attitudes to the Temple in Second Temple Judaism and in Hebrews / [electronic resource] : by Philip Church. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] - 1 online resource. - Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 171 0167-9732 ; . - Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 171. .
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Includes bibliographical references.
"In Hebrews and the Temple Philip Church argues that the silence of Hebrews concerning the Temple does not mean that the author is not interested in the Temple. He writes to encourage his readers to abandon their preoccupation with it and to follow Jesus to their eschatological goal. Following extensive discussions of attitudes to the Temple in the literature of Second Temple Judaism, Church turns to Hebrews and argues that the Temple is presented there as a symbolic foreshadowing of the eschatological dwelling of God with his people. Now that the eschatological moment has arrived with the exaltation of Christ to the right hand of God, preoccupation with the Temple and its rituals must cease"--
9789004339514
2016054489
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
Bible.--Hebrews--Criticism, interpreation, etc.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
BS2775.52
227/.8706
Hebrews and the Temple attitudes to the Temple in Second Temple Judaism and in Hebrews / [electronic resource] : by Philip Church. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] - 1 online resource. - Supplements to Novum Testamentum, v. 171 0167-9732 ; . - Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; v. 171. .
Online access provided by Brill.
Includes bibliographical references.
"In Hebrews and the Temple Philip Church argues that the silence of Hebrews concerning the Temple does not mean that the author is not interested in the Temple. He writes to encourage his readers to abandon their preoccupation with it and to follow Jesus to their eschatological goal. Following extensive discussions of attitudes to the Temple in the literature of Second Temple Judaism, Church turns to Hebrews and argues that the Temple is presented there as a symbolic foreshadowing of the eschatological dwelling of God with his people. Now that the eschatological moment has arrived with the exaltation of Christ to the right hand of God, preoccupation with the Temple and its rituals must cease"--
9789004339514
2016054489
Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)
Bible.--Hebrews--Criticism, interpreation, etc.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
BS2775.52
227/.8706