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Author:

Mason, Eric Farrel.

Title:

'You are a priest forever' : Second Temple Jewish messianism and the priestly christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews / by Eric F. Mason.

Publisher:

Brill,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiii, 229 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Jesus Christ--Priesthood
Jesus Christ--Messiahship.
Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Bible.--Hebrews--Hebrews--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Priesthood--Biblical teaching.
Messiah--History of doctrines.--History of doctrines.
Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-224) and index.

Contents:

Hebrews' presentation of Jesus as High Priest -- Jesus as 'pioneer' or 'forerunner' -- Jesus as 'Son' and 'Son of God' -- Jesus as 'priest' and 'high priest' -- Hebrews 1:1-14 -- Hebrews 2:5-18 -- Hebrews 4:14-5:10 -- Hebrews 7 -- Hebrews 8-10 -- Previous theories of the background of the motif -- Largely original to the author of Hebrews -- Dependent on early Christian theology and exegesis -- Dependent on gnostic mythology -- Dependent on the thought of Philo of Alexandria -- Messianic priest traditions in Second Temple Judaism -- Messianic expectations at qumran -- Identification of 'messianic' figures at Qumran -- Evolutionary development of messianic conceptions at Qumran -- The messianic priest in the qumran texts -- Rule of the community and Damascus document -- Rule of the congregation -- Rule of the blessings -- War scroll -- Forilegium (4Q174) and Catenaa (4Q177) -- Testimonia (4Q175) -- Other possible references to a messianic priest -- Antecedents to the Qumran expectations of a messianic priest -- Aramaic Levi document -- Jubilees -- Ttestament of Levi -- Significance of the Levi priestly tradition -- Angelomorphic christology Melchizedek traditions in Second Temple Judaism -- Melchizedek in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint -- Genesis 14:18-20 -- Psalm 110:4 -- Melchizedek in nonbiblical Second Temple Jewish literature -- Genesis apocryphon -- Jubilees -- Pseudo-eupolemus -- Philo of Alexandria -- Melchizedek in the texts of the Qumran community -- Songs of the Sabbath sacrifice -- Visions of Amram -- Melchizedek -- The priestly christology of Hebrews and Qumran traditions -- A narrative theology of Hebrews -- Comparison with Qumran traditions -- Hebrews and the priestly messianism of Qumran -- Hebrews and the Melchizedek traditions of Qumran.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 74

ISBN:

9004149872 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004149878 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)183162222

LCCN:

2007048464

Locations:

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)