The Structure of Hebrews

by Guthrie, George H.

• ISBN13: 9789004098664
• ISBN10: 9004098666
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

Understanding the overall structure or framework of a book is essential to determining a text's meaning. However, no scholarly consensus has yet developed regarding the structure of the Book of Hebrews. In this study, Guthrie offers a compelling new proposal for organizing this "word of exhortation" utilizing insights from the field of text linguistics. Originally published by E.J. Brill, this North American edition is part of Baker's Biblical Studies Library.181 pp. November '98 publication date.

Author Biography

George H. Guthrie is Assistant Professor of Religion at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Past Proposals on the Structure of Hebrews
History of Investigation	p. 3
Earliest Attempts	p. 3
Medieval and Reformation Periods	p. 4
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	p. 5
The Twentieth Century	p. 8
The Current State of Research	p. 19
Categorization and Evaluation of Approaches to the Structure of Hebrews	p. 21
Approaches to the Structure of Hebrews	p. 23
Text-Linguistic Analysis of the Structure of Hebrews
Method of Analysis	p. 45
Text Linguistics	p. 46
Identification of Unit Boundaries	p. 49
Demonstrating the Interrelatedness of Units in the Discourse	p. 55
How Discourse Units May Be Connected	p. 55
Making Sense of the Macro-discourse	p. 57
Cohesion Shift Analysis	p. 59
"High-level" Cohesion Shifts in Hebrews	p. 61
"Median-level" Cohesion Shifts in Hebrews	p. 74
The Author's Uses of Inclusio in Hebrews	p. 76
Heb. 1:5 and 1:13	p. 77
Heb. 2:10 and 2:17-18	p. 77
Heb. 3:1 and 4:14	p. 78
Heb. 3:12 and 3:19	p. 78
Heb. 4:3 and 4:11	p. 79
Heb. 4:14-16 and 10:19-31	p. 79
Heb. 5:1-3 and 7:27-28	p. 82
Heb. 5:1 and 5:10	p. 82
Heb. 5:11 and 6:12	p. 83
Heb. 7:1 and 7:9-10	p. 84
Heb. 7:11 and 7:28	p. 84
Heb. 8:3 and 10:18	p. 84
Heb. 8:8-12 and 10:15-17	p. 85
Heb. 8:7 and 8:13	p. 85
Heb. 9:1 and 9:10	p. 86
Heb. 9:11-12 and 9:28	p. 86
Heb. 10:1 and 10:14	p. 87
Heb. 11:1-2 and 11:39-40	p. 87
Summary Concerning Inclusions in Hebrews	p. 88
Lexical Cohesion between Two or More Discourse Units in Hebrews	p. 90
Lexical and Pronominal Cohesion in Hebrews	p. 90
Transitions in Hebrews	p. 94
The Structure of Hebrews	p. 112
Why Expositional and Hortatory Units Must, Initially, be Considered Separately	p. 112
Arrangement of Expositional Units in Hebrews	p. 116
An Analysis of the Hortatory Units in Hebrews	p. 127
How the Two Genres Work Together in the Structure of Hebrews	p. 139
How Should Hebrews be Outlined?	p. 145
Bibliography	p. 148
Indices	p. 157
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