Gordon, Robert P.
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Product Description The commentary envisages the recipients of the letter as a community believing itself to be cultically deprived and fearing it mus
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t pay the ultimate penalty if it maintains its confession of Christian faith. The supersessionism of Hebrews is defended on the grounds that the author expresses himself with great sensitivity and that in any case Judaism as well as Christianity is supersessionist in relation to the religion of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Other features highlighted include the author's use of a 'contrastive typology' (which is not really a typology at all) and his presentation of Christianity in terms of the language and imagery of cult. About the Author Robert P. Gordon is Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
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BIBLE_COMMENTARIES_N. T. HEBREWS
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Humorous & Light
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Publisher
Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Month-Year
Apr, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9781841271132
ISBN-10: 1841271136
Language
English
No. of Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
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