عنوان

Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews /

(Number (ISBN

0511554923

(Number (ISBN

052102062X

(Number (ISBN

0521431581

(Number (ISBN

9780511554926

(Number (ISBN

9780521020626

(Number (ISBN

9780521431583

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b763065

Title Proper

Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

John Dunnill.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1993.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (312 pages)

Series Title

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series ;

Volume Designation

no. 75

Designation and extent of file

Electronic book.

Text of Note

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Birmingham, 1988.

Text of Note

Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011).

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes.

Text of Note

"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.

International Standard Book Number

9780521431583

Bible., Hebrews-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible., Hebrews.

Covenants-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.

Covenants-- Religious aspects.

Sacrifice-- Christianity.

Covenants-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.

Covenants-- Religious aspects.

Sacrifice-- Christianity.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Dunnill, John.

Date of Transaction

20201204223512.0

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[Book]

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