Dana M. Harris and J. David Stark. Appropriating Hebrews's Scriptural Hermeneutic for the Twenty-First Century. T&T Clark.
Description:
Twenty-first-century readers
cannot interpret Israel's Scriptures identically to how the author of
Hebrews did. The contours of twenty-first century worldviews are too
different. That said, Hebrews invites those who “read after” it (in
time) also to “reading after” it (in approach). For those who accept
this invitation, this volume's essays surface four clusters in the
overall mosaic of Hebrews's approach to Israel's Scriptures. First,
Hebrews explicitly, if briefly and partially, states its hermeneutic
orientation to Israel's Scriptures. Second, Hebrews understands history
through the proclamation that the author accepts and commends about
Jesus. Third, this proclamation creates numerous other implications that
Hebrews may or may not explicitly state but that nonetheless shape how
the author interprets his Scriptures. And fourth, Hebrews's exhortation
fosters faithfulness in its audience through both encouragements and
warnings drawn from Israel's Scriptures. Attention to Israel's
Scriptures in light of these clusters helps readers to understand these
Scriptures not identically to Hebrews's author but in the same way as
that author-namely, in the way marked out by Jesus for those who would
“come after” him.
