THE TESTAMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF διαθήκη IN HEBREWS 9:15-22
This article scrutinises the meaning of ???????? in Hebrews 9:15-22. By examining the pertinent lexical and translation factors and the nature of Hellenistic wills in the light of examples taken from the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, the writer applies these criteria to an understanding of the argument of He...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1992
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1992, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 149-156 |
| Further subjects: | B
Translations of the LXX
B Hellenistic usage B Covenant B Heredes legitimi B LexicograpbaI description B Old Testament policy B Hellenistic wills B Last will and testament B Unilateral agreement |
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| Summary: | This article scrutinises the meaning of ???????? in Hebrews 9:15-22. By examining the pertinent lexical and translation factors and the nature of Hellenistic wills in the light of examples taken from the Oxyrhynchus Papyrus, the writer applies these criteria to an understanding of the argument of Hebrews 9:15-22. He concludes that the word can there only mean 'testament' and not 'covenant'. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_969 |