'You are a priest forever': second Temple Jewish messianism and the priestly christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews
Of the many proposals for the conceptual background of the priestly Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews, this book argues that the presentations of the messianic priest and Melchizedek in the Qumran texts provide the closest parallels to Hebrews' thought.
| Summary: | Of the many proposals for the conceptual background of the priestly Christology of the Epistle to the Hebrews, this book argues that the presentations of the messianic priest and Melchizedek in the Qumran texts provide the closest parallels to Hebrews' thought. Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One Hebrews' Presentation of Jesus as High Priest -- 1. Jesus as 'Pioneer' or 'Forerunner' -- 2. Jesus as 'Son' and 'Son of God' -- 3. Jesus as 'Priest' and 'High Priest' -- 3.1. Hebrews 1:1-14 -- 3.2. Hebrews 2:5-18 -- 3.3. Hebrews 4:14-5:10 -- 3.4. Hebrews 7 -- 3.5. Hebrews 8-10 -- 4. Summary -- Chapter Two Previous Theories of the Background of the Motif -- 1. Largely Original to the Author of Hebrews -- 2. Dependent on Early Christian Theology and Exegesis -- 3. Dependent on Gnostic Mythology -- 4. Dependent on the Thought of Philo of Alexandria -- Chapter Three Messianic Priest Traditions in Second Temple Judaism -- 1. Messianic Expectations at Qumran -- 1.1. Identification of 'Messianic' Figures at Qumran -- 1.2. Evolutionary Development of Messianic Conceptions at Qumran -- 2. The Messianic Priest in the Qumran Texts -- 2.1. Rule of the Community and Damascus Document -- 2.2. Rule of the Congregation -- 2.3. Rule of the Blessings -- 2.4. War Scroll -- 2.5. Florilegium (4Q174) and Catenaa (4Q177) -- 2.6. Testimonia (4Q175) -- 2.7. Other Possible References to a Messianic Priest -- 3. Antecedents to the Qumran Expectations of a Messianic Priest -- 3.1. Aramaic Levi Document -- 3.2. Jubilees -- 3.3. Testament of Levi -- 3.4. Significance of the Levi Priestly Tradition -- 4. Angelomorphic Christology -- Chapter Four Melchizedek Traditions in Second Temple Judaism -- 1. Melchizedek in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint -- 1.1. Genesis 14:18-20 -- 1.2. Psalm 110:4 -- 2. Melchizedek in Nonbiblical Second Temple Jewish Literature -- 2.1. Genesis Apocryphon -- 2.2. Jubilees -- 2.3. Pseudo-Eupolemus -- 2.4. Josephus -- 2.5. Philo of Alexandria -- 3. Melchizedek in the Texts of the Qumran Community -- 3.1. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice -- 3.2. Visions of Amram. |
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| ISBN: | 9047427637 |