Christology, Hermeneutics, and Hebrews Profiles from the History of Interpretation

by Laansma, Jon C.; Treier, Daniel J.

• ISBN13: 9780567238597
• ISBN10: 0567238598
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-03
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

Christology and Hermeneutics discusses the history of the interpretation of the Letter to the Hebrews. Contributors assess the study and interpretation of Hebrews across the last two millennia. Beginning with the Patristic period, the book goes on to examine the responses of Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, as well as more recent figures such as Karl Barth and contemporary global interpreters. The premise behind the work is to move study of Hebrews away from the perennial arguments about its authorship and provenance and to instead engage with it from a theological perspective, focusing upon the text's reception history. Consequently the issue of the Christological message in Hebrews is at the forefront and is considered both in terms of the interpreter's context and historical setting. At the end of the book the investigations are summarised and responded to by leading scholar Harold Attridge, providing a fitting conclusion to a radical academic project.

Author Biography

Jon C. Laansma is Associate Professor of Ancient Languages and New Testament at Wheaton College, Illinois, USA. Daniel J. Treier is Associate Professor of Theology at Wheaton College, Illinois, USA.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Hebrews: Yesterday, Today and Future; An Illustrative Survey, Diagnosis, Prescription	p. 1
Christological Ideas in the Greek Commentaries on the Epistle to the Hebrews	p. 33
Irenaeus and Hebrews	p. 48
'Clothed with Spiritual Fire': John Chrysostom's Homilies on the Letter to Hebrews	p. 74
Thomas Aquinas and the Epistle to the Hebrews: 'The Excellence of Christ'	p. 84
Christology in Martin Luther's Lectures on Hebrews	p. 100
The Perfect Priest: Calvin on the Christ of Hebrews	p. 120
Typology, the Messiah, and John Owen's Theological Reading of Hebrews	p. 135
The Identity of the Son: Karl Barth's Exegesis of Hebrews 1.1-4(and Similar Passages)	p. 155
The Living Word versus the Proof Text? Hebrews in Modern Systematic Theology	p. 173
Hebrews and the History of Its Interpretation: A Biblical Scholar's Response	p. 202
Hebrews: A Book for Today-A Biblical Scholar's Response	p. 213
Hebrews: Yesterday, Today, and Future-A Theologian's Response	p. 225
Bibliography	p. 238
Index of References to Premodern Sources	p. 254
Index of Authors	p. 261
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