A Cloud of Witnesses The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts [Hardcover]

The book of Hebrews has often been the Cinderella of the New Testament, overlooked and marginalized; and yet it is one of the most interesting and theologically significant books in the New Testament.

A Cloud?of Witness examines the theology of the book in the light of its ancient historical context. There are chapters devoted to the structure of Hebrews, the person of Jesus Christ, Hebrews within the context of Second Temple Judaism and the Greco-Roman empire and the role of Hebrews in early Christian thought.

Part 1: The Structure of Hebrews
Paul David Landgraf, The Structure of Hebrews: A Word of Exhortation in Light of the Day of Atonement
Jon Laansma, Wheaton College, Hidden Stories in Hebrews: Cosmology and Theology

Part 2: Jesus Christ in Hebrews
Todd Still, Baylor University, Christos as Pistos: The Faithfulness of Jesus in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Christopher Richardson, University of Aberdeen, The Passion: Reconsidering Hebrews 5:7-8
David Moffitt, Duke University, If Another Priest Arises : Jesus' Resurrection and the High Priestly Christology of Hebrews
Ardel Caneday, Northwestern College, St Paul, The Eschatological World Already Subjected to the Son: The Oikoumene of Hebrews 1:6 and the Son's Enthronement
Bryan Whitfield, Mercer University, Pioneer and Perfecter: Joshua Tradition and the Christology of Hebrews

Part 3: Hebrews, the Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism
Craig Blomberg, Denver Seminary, But We See Jesus : The Relationship between the Son of Man in Hebrews 2:6 and 9 and the Implications for English Translations
Barry Joslin, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Hebrews 7:1-10:18 and the Mosaic Law
Petrus Gr?be, Regent University, The New Covenant and Christian Identity in Hebrews
Gareth Cockerill, Wesley Biblical Seminary, Melchizedek without Speculation: Hebrews 7 and Genesis 14
Philip Church, University of Otago, The True Tent wl#©