Faith at the Interface of Cultures in Hebrews

Brill has come out with a festschrift for William Loader, who has made some contributions to Hebrews studies.

Edwin K. Broadhead, Paul Foster, and Wolfgang Kraus, eds. Faith at the Interface of Cultures: Law and Gospel, Johannine Communities, and Hebrews. Biblische Zeitschrift Supplements 14. Brill, 2024.

"This Festschrift reflects the enduring efforts of William Loader to connect Christian faith to cultural dynamics, both ancient and modern. A wide variety of scholars seek to further this conversation through critical engagement with Loader’s publications. The contributions focus on three distinct areas: faith and culture at the interface of Law and Gospel; faith and culture in the context of the Johannine communities; and faith and culture in the context of the letter to the Hebrews. Specific texts are examined, various questions are raised anew in light of recent evidence and methodologies, and new connections are explored. Various contributors link their analysis not only to ancient texts, but also to enduring questions and challenges. The necessity, and even the form, of future discussion is suggested in these works. Thus, this volume honours William Loader by carrying forward the conversations that dominate his career."

The collection contains five essays on Hebrews:

 

 

PART THREE
Faith and Culture in the Context of the Letter to the Hebrews

16. The Ancient Transmission of the Epistle to the Hebrews . . . . . . . . 301
Martin Karrer
 

17. Zur Rezeption von Psalm 8 im Hebräerbrief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Wolfgang Kraus
 

18. He Had to Become Like His Brothers and Sisters: Redefining the Priesthood in Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
James W. Thompson
 

19. High Priesthood Christology and Atonement in Hebrews: A Conversation with Bill Loader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Christian A. Eberhart
 

20. The Use of Melchizedek Tradition and the Fluidity of “Sacred Margins” in the Letter to the Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Mothy Varkey

 

HT: Cliff Kvidahl

Review of Grindheim, The Letter to the Hebrews

Loveday Alexander reviews Sigurd Grindheim's commentary on The Letter to the Hebrews in RBL.

The Theme of Promise in Hebrews

New book just published:

Daniel Stevens. The Theme of Promise in the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Promise Remains. Library of New Testament Studies. Bloomsbury T&T Clark.

Description:
"Daniel Stevens analyses the use of the language of divine commitment in the Epistle to the Hebrews, arguing that the author distinguishes promise from the cultic language of covenant to sketch a unique mixture of continuity and discontinuity among the people of God across time.

Stevens stresses through an exegesis of relevant passages that rest is not the primary content of promise, nor is it the primary lens through which the other instances of promise language should be understood; suggesting instead that the promise is most closely associated with the benefits promised to Abraham, and then mediated through the various subsequent covenants. He further explores how the divine promise relates to both the Old and New Covenants, arguing that Hebrews develops a view of salvation history in which covenants are founded upon promises and then bring those promises to fruition. By demonstrating the ways in which this understanding of promise sheds light on the author's hermeneutic and on his method of achieving his hortatory purposes for the epistle, Stevens concludes in a reassertion of the consistency of the author's thought regarding promise."