Theology of the High Priest Jesus Christ

I want to draw your attention to a little known monograph. It is written in Spanish and is published with a lesser known publisher:

 

Randy de Jesús Soto. Teología del Pontífice Jesucristo: Análisis retórico y semántico de Hebreos 4,15; 7:26 y 9,14. Estudios de Filología Neotestamentaria 8. Córdoba: Ediciones el Almendro, 2006.

Translation of the blurb:
"The Letter to the Hebrews is the only writing in the New Testament that attributes to Christ the title of Pontiff or High Priest. However, by calling him that way, he does not do so in the sense in which the pontificate of the Old Testament priesthood was understood, since the author knows perfectly well that, in order to be a priest according to the Mosaic Law, it was necessary to belong to the tribe of Levi. The novelty of this attribution lies in the fact that the priesthood of Jesus has qualities that make it eminently superior to the priesthood of the Old Testament."

 

The author recently passed away in December, 2022. An obituary can be found here.

Hebrews Highlights May 2018

David deSilva preaches about Our Great High Priest.

Simon Woodman preaches about The Sustaining Jesus based on Hebrews 1:1–4; 2:10; 3:1–4.

Hebrews Highlights April 2018

Henry Neufeld discusses Grace and the Book of Hebrews.

Gail Seidel explains the significance of the Jewish High Priest and Jesus.

Peter Leithart summarizes David Moffitt's book, Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection. 

Hebrews Highlights - May 2014

Ken Schenck has been doing a series on Hebrews, apparently in the process of writing a book:

Its Situation
Strange Sacrificial Teachings
Strange Teachings Today
Jesus, the Definitive Sacrifice 1
Definitive Priest
True Sanctuary with a Superior Sacrifice
So Keep Going
The Big Warning
The Faith Chapter

Jim West has some excerpts of Hebrews 10:25 Among the Exegetes.

Hebrews Highlights January 2014

The Hebrews Highlights for the month of January 2014:

Christian Brady proposes a comparison between 1 Maccabees 2 and Hebrews 11. He summarizes his argument when he argues that Hebrews 11 is a Midrash of 1 Macc. 2.

Phillip Long informs us about Frederic W. Farrar and his commentary on Hebrews. Logos is giving away free copies of this commentary in the month of January. He queries What Can We Know about the author of Hebrews? He also asks Why Not Paul? It appears that he is beginning a series on Hebrews:
Hebrews 1 - Jesus and the Angels
Hebrews 1 - Worship Jesus, the Firstborn
Hebrews 3 - Jesus is Superior to Moses
Hebrews 4:14 - A Great High Priest
Hebrews 4:16 - Boldly, Before the Throne of Grace

Mitch Chase comments On the Possible Inclusios in Hebrews 11and the Central Figure in the List of Names. He highlights commonalities of sacrifice in the Three Stories of Sacrifice in the Name-List of Hebrews 11. He also discusses The Strategy of Christology for Your Endurance.

Jared Compton also queries Did Paul Write Hebrews?
Some older posts by Jared:
     Galatians and Hebrews: A Key Similarity
     Hebrews: The Big Picture
     Hebrews: The Big Picture (imaginative)
     What Hebrews Tells Us about Preaching

Hebrews Carnival August 2010

For this month's carnival two themes have emerged. First, I will introduce two blogs of fellow Baylor colleagues who had brief posts on Hebrews:

Scott Rushing, a Ph.D. candidate in theology with a specialization in Patristics, has a lectionary reflection on Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16.

Keith Reich, with his newly-minted Ph.D. in New Testament, has a newly-minted blog on the Rhetoric and the NT. He identifies the rhetorical figures in Hebrews 1:1-4.

The other major theme that emerged this month is the issue of authorship of Hebrews:

Derek Ouellette has an Interview with Ruth Hoppin, Author of Priscilla's Letter. Ruth Hoppin also has a guest post on Hebrews 11:32, the controversial passage often used to dismiss the possibility of a female author for the book. You can read my critique of her argument and our subsequent exchange there.

Derek Ouellette also has a review of David L. Allen's book, Lukan Authorship of Hebrews.

Christianbook.com is doing a Read In for Allen's new book:
Part 1: the Lukan Authorship of Hebrews.
Part 2: Whose [sic] Your Author?.
Part 2 Supplemental.
Linguistics and the Lukan Authorship of Hebrews.
Part 2: Linguistics and the Lukan Authorship of Hebrews.
Stenography in Hebrews?
Allen's "Independent" Hypothesis and Lukan Methodology.
Some Reflections

General posts:

Michael Bird considers some Central Themes in Hebrews.

Steven Coxhead proposes that the Perfecting of Jesus as High Priest took place upon the cross.

Alan Knox has a brief post on the translation of Hebrews 10:24.

Dave Spotts has posted a couple of sermons on Hebrews 11:1-16 and Hebrews 13:1-17.

Hebrews Carnival July 2010

William Varner talks about his experience of seeing the oldest extant manuscript of the book of Hebrews, P46, in the Chester Beatty Papyrus collection. He notes that even in this oldest of manuscripts the title was "To the Hebrews." He gives a picture of it here.

Steven Coxhead has a discussion on The Eternal Nature of the Eternal Covenant in Hebrews.  He has a follow-up discussion on When Jesus Became Our Great High Priest after the Order of Melchizedek.

Zondervan has posted an excerpt of the complete chapter on Hebrews from Carson, Moo, and Naselli, Introducing the New Testament.

Arminian Today has a meditation on Hebrews 7:23-28 entitled, Jesus, My Faithful, Perfect High Priest.