Legitimation in the Letter to the Hebrews : the Construction and Maintenance of a Symbolic Universe.
This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the theology, symbolism and argument of Hebrews. Employing sociological models, the book examines Hebrews in the context of the early Christians' construction and maintenance of a social world. In that respect, the book elaborates...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
2002.
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| Series: | Library of New Testament studies.
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| Summary: | This book adopts an inter-disciplinary approach to the study of the theology, symbolism and argument of Hebrews. Employing sociological models, the book examines Hebrews in the context of the early Christians' construction and maintenance of a social world. In that respect, the book elaborates the thesis that Hebrews was designed to serve a legitimating function in the realm of social interaction, that its theology, symbolism and argument were designed to construct and maintain the symbolic universe of the community of the readers. It is argued that we cannot properly understand the theology. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (457 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780567495365 0567495361 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |