Saturday, December 31, 2011

Hebrews Carnival December 2011

Ken Schenck offers a Targum of Hebrews 13:9-16.  He also gives a meditation on Hebrews 11 for the second Sunday of Advent, and an excerpt on Hebrews and the Temple.  Ken also give a preview of an article he wrote in which he argues that "Christ's death was an atonement for all the sins of the Jews in the past who ever lived and were in right relationship with God."

Scott McKnight is doing a series on how he changed his mind about Calvinism based on the warning passages in Hebrews. Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.  Derek Ouellette provides a summary of McKnight's argument.

Rod Decker offers an interpretation of the temporal reference in Hebrews 2:5.

David M. Allen does a guest book review on Chris Tilling's blog on David Moffitt's new book, Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews.

Monday, December 12, 2011

New Articles in Tyndale Bulletin & Restoration Quarterly

The most recent issue of the Tyndale Bulletin has a new article on Hebrews:

Andrew J. Wilson
Hebrews 3:6b and 3:14 Revisited
Hebrews 3:6b and 3:14 have been central to Reformed interpretations of the warnings in Hebrews for several centuries. Today, however, there is something of an impasse in scholarship: on one side, there are those who see these verses as an interpretive key to the letter, and thus understand the warnings to refer to spurious or false believers; on the other, there are those who argue that since Hebrews warns real believers away from real apostasy, these two verses cannot mean what, at a grammatical level, they appear to mean. In this paper, I appraise the scholarly discussion so far, identify three key issues relating to grammar and context, and then propose a way through the impasse that has not been considered in modern scholarship.

I should also draw attention to the new article by James Thompson in the Restoration Quarterly (see previous post).

Saturday, December 10, 2011

2011 Articles on Hebrews

Here are the articles on Hebrews that have appeared in 2011:

Allen, David L. "The Authorship of Hebrews: Historical Survey of the Lukan Theory." Criswell Theological Review ns 8.2 (2011): 3-18.

Bénétreau, Samuel . "L'espérance chrétienne selon l'épître aux Hébreux : une spécificité?" Biblica 92 (2011): 97-111.

Beyer, Andrea, and Delia Klingler. "Ps 95 und die Ruhe in Hebr 3-4." Protokolle zur Bibel 20 (2011): 1-26.

Bott, Nicholas T. "'And by Faith, Because Abraham Considered Him Faithful Who Had Promised, Sarah Himself Received Power to Conceive': A Reconsideration of Heb 11:11.” Trinity Journal 32 NS (2011): 205–19.

Compton, Jared. "The Origin of sōma in Heb 10:5: Another Look at a Recent Proposal." Trinity Journal 32 (2011): 19-29.

Dewey, Joanna. "Sacrifice No More." Biblical Theology Bulletin 41 (2011): 68-75.

Dochhorn, Jan. "Eine Konjektur zu Hebr 3,16." Biblische Zeitschrift 55 (2011): 115-121.

Doré, Joseph. "Secundum ordinem Melchisedech : le sacerdoce du Christ en He 7,11-28." Revue des sciences religieuses 85 (2011): 1-26.

Ernst, Michael. "Eucharistie im Hebräerbrief?" Protokolle zur Bibel 20 (2011): 51-65. 

Esler, Philip F. “Judean Ethnic Identity and the Purpose of Hebrews.” Pages 469–89 in Method and Meaning: Essays on New Testament Interpretation in Honor of Harold W. Attridge. Edited by Andrew B. McGowan and Kent Harold Richards. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.

Gelardini, Gabriella. "Melchisedeks (Opfer-)Gabe: der Priesterkönig im Alten Testament, Frühjudentum und im Neuen Testament." Bibel und Kirche 66 (2011): 40-44.

Gelardini, Gabriella. “Rhetorical Criticism in Hebrews Scholarship: Avenues and Aporias.” Pages 213–36 in Method and Meaning: Essays on New Testament Interpretation in Honor of Harold W. Attridge. Edited by Andrew B. McGowan and Kent Harold Richards. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011.

Gruber, Christian J. "Neues zur Einordnung von Hebr 13,20-21 hinsichtlich der Gattung und der Funktion." Protokolle zur Bibel 20 (2011): 67-79.

Hall, Robert G. "Pre-existence, Naming, and Investiture in the 'Similitudes of Enoch' and in Hebrews." Religion and Theology 18 (2011): 311–33.

Holsteen, Nathaniel D. "The Trinity in the Book of Hebrews." Bibliotheca sacra 168 (2011): 334-346.

Hoppin, Ruth. "Priscilla and Plausibility: Responding to Questions about Priscilla as Author of Hebrews." Priscilla Papers 25.2 (Spring 2011): 26-28.

Houwelingen, Rob van. “Riddles around the Letter to the Hebrews.” Fides Reformata 16.2 (2011): 151–62.

Levin, Christoph. "Lebenszeugnis für Christus : Predigt über Hebräer 13,5b-15 am 18. Januar 2010 in der Erlöserkirche in München-Schwabing im Gedenkgottesdienst für Erzbischof Prof. D. Georg Kretschmar." Lutherische Kirche in der Welt 58 (2011): 69-73.

Mackie, Scott D. "Ancient Jewish Mystical Motifs in Hebrews' Theology of Access and Entry Exhortations." New Testament Studies 58 (2011): 88-104.

Mackie, Scott D. "Heavenly Sanctuary Mysticism in the Epistle to the Hebrews." Journal of Theological Studies 62 (2011): 77-117.

Martin, Michael W., and Jason A. Whitlark. "The Encomiastic Topics of Syncrisis as the Key to the Structure and Argument of Hebrews." New Testament Studies 57 (2011): 415-439.

Oropeza, B. J. "The Warning Passages in Hebrews: Revised Theologies and New Methods of Interpretation." Currents in Biblical Research 10 (2011): 81–100.

Pester, John, "The Exhortation to Participate in the Fulfillment of the Eternal Will of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews." Affirmation & Critique 16.1 (2011): 33–48.

Pester, John. "The Scope, Content, Judgment, and Goal of the Gospel in the Epistle to the Hebrews." Affirmation & Critique 16.2 (Fall 2011): 49–65.

Richir, David. "Le repos du Roi : l'épître aux Hébreux à la lumière du royaume." Théologie évangélique 10 (2011): 133-157.

Spellman, Ched E. "When Hope Screams: Learning How to Suffer as Sons from the Book of Hebrews." Southwestern Journal of theology 53 (2011): 112-134.

Steigerwald, Gerhard. "Das Mosaik 'Die Begegnung Melchisedeks mit Abraham' im Langhaus von S. Maria Maggiore in Rom und sein zeitgeschichtliches Umfeld." Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 15.3 (2011): 498–531.

Thompson, James W. "Insider Ethics for Outsiders: Ethics for Aliens in Hebrews." Restoration Quarterly 53 (2011): 207-19.

Thompson, James W. "The New Is Better: A Neglected Aspect of the Hermeneutics of Hebrews." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73 (2011): 547-561.

Ueberschaer, Frank. "Mit gutem Glauben und vorbildlicher Weisheit : zwei Ahnentafeln im Vergleich (Sir 44f. und Hebr 11)." Protokolle zur Bibel 20 (2011): 27-50.

Wilson, Andrew J. "Hebrews 3:6B and 3:14 Revisited." Tyndale Bulletin 62.2 (2011): 247-67.

This listing was compiled with the help of a online search engine that I have recently discovered: The Index Theologicus of the University of Tübingen.

Monday, December 5, 2011

New Mackie Article on Hebrews

Scott Mackie informed me that he has a new article out on Hebrews:

Mackie, Scott D. "Ancient Jewish Mystical Motifs in Hebrews' Theology of Access and Entry Exhortations." New Testament Studies 58 (2011): 88-104.