tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584492698366396071.post1244102929795757305..comments2023-11-02T09:01:30.794-05:00Comments on Polumeros kai Polutropos: New Commentary on Hebrews by David L. AllenBrian Smallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14209118115977821617noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584492698366396071.post-22141243932660455622010-08-29T22:14:16.782-05:002010-08-29T22:14:16.782-05:00Well, I will try to keep some of this in mind as I...Well, I will try to keep some of this in mind as I work my way through the commentaries. Hebrews does not directly quote any of the Songs of Ascent. To the best of my knowledge Hebrews does not allude to the psalms either.Brian Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14209118115977821617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584492698366396071.post-55004148086290043422010-08-29T02:05:46.860-05:002010-08-29T02:05:46.860-05:00It was a bit of a shot in the dark - perhaps there...It was a bit of a shot in the dark - perhaps there are indexes in the commentaries that you have that would tell you if others have made this suggestion. It feels like a suitable analogy - but the psalms lack the entry into the holy place at that point in the psalms. Psalm 15, 24 of course refer to this and Psalm 119 culminates the Torah poems that started with Psalm 1. I think the anointing in the psalms is pointing to a Hebrew way of understanding such things - probably not grasped by every religious any more than the NT Spirit is grasped since of course the wind blows where it wills. I think the psalmists - particularly the envelope of personal psalms of David that opens and closes the psalter - indicate a special knowledge that is pointing past the court of the Israelites. David anticipates this to Michal's horror in Psalm 132. Psalm 139 also is well placed to indicate a relationship closer than the distance implied in the cult.Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584492698366396071.post-3038536080412378132010-08-28T13:47:16.617-05:002010-08-28T13:47:16.617-05:00Hi Bob, this has not occurred to me. I don't ...Hi Bob, this has not occurred to me. I don't work in the Psalms in the depth that you do. Currently, I am only working with the psalms that Hebrews quotes or alludes to. Do you see any correlations?Brian Smallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14209118115977821617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7584492698366396071.post-81793387584949440252010-08-28T13:00:44.898-05:002010-08-28T13:00:44.898-05:00Brian - congratulations on your discipline. Tov. A...Brian - congratulations on your discipline. Tov. As for me, I am correcting my mistakes constantly. Do you think there is any correlation between the Psalms of approach (120-134) and the invitation to approach in the letter to the Hebrews?Bob MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335631079939764763noreply@blogger.com