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Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews, Among the problems which Hebrews poses for interpretation, its use of sacrificial terminology must cause 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, Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews

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Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews
Written by author John Dunnill
Published by Cambridge University Press, October 2005
Among the problems which Hebrews poses for interpretation, its use of sacrificial terminology must cause 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
This study focuses on the way the Letter to the Hebrews explains the Christian doctrine of salvation.

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Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction: Hebrews and historical criticism 1
Pt. I Sociology
1 The new covenant community 13
Sociology and New Testament interpretation 14
A sectarian perspective 18
The social setting 22
Exclusion and belonging 29
Symbols of identity 37
Pt. II Structuralism
2 Hebrews and structural analysis 43
Contexts and meanings 43
Structuralism and Biblical study 48
Structuralism and hermeneutics 58
3 Sacrifice and covenant in the Old Testament 64
Methodology in Old Testament interpretation 64
The form and function of sacrifice 69
Israel and the sacred 80
Sacrifice in Israel 90
Conclusion 109
Pt. III Renewing the covenant
4 A liturgy for the Day of Salvation 115
Religious language and the genre of Hebrews 115
The covenant relation 123
Sacred time and sacred place 134
5 The narratives of the covenant 149
Cultic traditions 149
Melchizedek 164
Moses, Joshua and the wilderness generation 168
Abraham, Isaac and the heroes of Israel 172
Conclusion 186
6 The testing of the Son of God 188
A pattern of mythology 188
The salvation of the seed of Abraham 203
Jesus among the children of God 209
7 The necessity of blood 227
The new and better covenant 229
The symbolism of blood 231
The place of encounter 234
8 Worship in the new covenant 239
Communion with God 239
Gift exchange 242
Sacred speech 245
The new priesthood 256
Conclusion 261
Bibliography 267
Index of passages quoted 277
Index of modern authors 291
Subject index 294

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I am not Jewish but I really enjoyed this book. I happened to be reading the Torah simultaneously, so it was even more interesting to me for that reason.

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	Preface
	List of abbreviations
	Introduction: Hebrews and historical criticism	1
Pt. I	Sociology
1	The new covenant community	13
	Sociology and New Testament interpretation	14
	A sectarian perspective	18
	The social setting	22
	Exclusion and belonging	29
	Symbols of identity	37
Pt. II	Structuralism
2	Hebrews and structural analysis	43
	Contexts and meanings	43
	Structuralism and Biblical study	48
	Structuralism and hermeneutics	58
3	Sacrifice and covenant in the Old Testament	64
	Methodology in Old Testament interpretation	64
	The form and function of sacrifice	69
	Israel and the sacred	80
	Sacrifice in Israel	90
	Conclusion	109
Pt. III	Renewing the covenant
4	A liturgy for the Day of Salvation	115
	Religious language and the genre of Hebrews	115
	The covenant relation	123
	Sacred time and sacred place	134
5	The narratives of the covenant	149
	Cultic traditions	149
	Melchizedek	164
	Moses, Joshua and the wilderness generation	168
	Abraham, Isaac and the heroes of Israel	172
	Conclusion	186
6	The testing of the Son of God	188
	A pattern of mythology	188
	The salvation of the seed of Abraham	203
	Jesus among the children of God	209
7	The necessity of blood	227
	The new and better covenant	229
	The symbolism of blood	231
	The place of encounter	234
8	Worship in the new covenant	239
	Communion with God	239
	Gift exchange	242
	Sacred speech	245
	The new priesthood	256
	Conclusion	261
	Bibliography	267
	Index of passages quoted	277
	Index of modern authors	291
	Subject index	294