Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Hebrews
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Bible & Bible Studies, New Testament, Commentaries
| Author: | Victor C. Pfitzner | ISBN: | 9781426750410 |
| Publisher: | Abingdon Press | Publication: | September 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Abingdon Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Victor C. Pfitzner |
| ISBN: | 9781426750410 |
| Publisher: | Abingdon Press |
| Publication: | September 1, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Abingdon Press |
| Language: | English |
Pfitzner interprets Hebrews as a passionate appeal directed by its author to a community that is in danger of surrendering the distinctiveness of its faith. Through an examination of its structure, rhetorical devices, and arguments, he shows Hebrews to be a splendid example of extended exhortation, with a recurring pattern of formal introduction, scriptural quotation, exposition, and application. By seeing the message of Hebrews as a "word exhortation" (13:22) to a community in crisis, Pfitzner is able to set its distinctive Christology firmly in its original social, historical, and cultural context.
Pfitzner interprets Hebrews as a passionate appeal directed by its author to a community that is in danger of surrendering the distinctiveness of its faith. Through an examination of its structure, rhetorical devices, and arguments, he shows Hebrews to be a splendid example of extended exhortation, with a recurring pattern of formal introduction, scriptural quotation, exposition, and application. By seeing the message of Hebrews as a "word exhortation" (13:22) to a community in crisis, Pfitzner is able to set its distinctive Christology firmly in its original social, historical, and cultural context.
