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«Yesterday, Today and Forever»

The Narrative World of Ps 94 [Ps 95] as a Hermeneutical Key to Hebrews
By:Robert Rayburn
Publisher:Peter Lang
Print ISBN:9783631759271
eText ISBN:9783631783436
Edition:1
Copyright:2019
Format:Reflowable

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Hebrews is a book of riddles. Recent scholarship has arrived at an impasse over difficulties and apparent contradictions within the argument. A new look at Hebrews is needed. This book examines the use of Psalm 95 in Hebrews. The psalm recalls a narrative world and renews an exhortation that reoccurs throughout Israel’s history. Hebrews takes up this summons and the story behind it (Heb 3-4, 10-12) to urge its audience to be faithful. This exhortation unites God’s people past and present (Heb 1, 13). The results of this study are applied to the new covenant (Heb 8) and reveal that a reexamination of common assumptions about Hebrews are necessary. A review of the history of interpretation shows that while assumptions about Hebrews have an early beginning, they have not gone unchallenged.