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| Editor's Preface | |
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| Author's Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Authorship and Canonicity | |
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| Paul | |
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| An Associate of Paul | |
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| Barnabas | |
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| Apollos | |
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| An Unknown Author | |
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| The Situation of the Recipients | |
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| Destination | |
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| Date | |
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| Hostile Actions against the Community | |
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| The Destruction of the Temple | |
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| The Development of Early Christianity | |
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| Genre | |
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| Structure | |
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| Conceptual (or Thematic) Analysis | |
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| Rhetorical Analysis | |
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| Literary Analysis | |
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| Discourse Analysis | |
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| Cynthia Long Westfall | |
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| Our Structure | |
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| Exposition, Exhortation, and Purpose | |
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| Hebrews in Its First-Century World | |
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| Philo, Alexandria, and Platonism | |
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| Gnosticism | |
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| Palestinian Jewish Writings | |
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| Christian Origins | |
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| Pauline Christianity | |
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| Jewish Christianity | |
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| Commentary on Hebrews | |
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| Introduction: God's Final Word to us in His Son, 1:1-4 | |
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| The Position of the Son in Relation to That of Angels, 1:5–2:18 | |
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| The Son Superior to Angels, 1:5-14 | |
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| Warning: Do Not Reject the Word Spoken through God's Son, 2:1-4 | |
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| The Son for a Time Lower than the Angels, 2:5-9 | |
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| The Son Became Lower in order to Suffer for the Sons, 2:10-18 | |
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| Fix Your Attention on Jesus — A Warning against Unbelief — A Promise of Entering God's Rest, 3:1–4:13 | |
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| Jesus, the Supreme Example of the Faithful Son, 3:1-6 | |
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| Warning: Avoid Israel's Example of Unbelief, 3:7-19 | |
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| The Promise of Rest for Those Who Persevere in Faith, 4:1-13 | |
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| Let Us Make Every Effort to Enter God's Rest, 4:1-11 | |
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| Consider the Power of God's Word, 4:12-13 | |
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| Since We Have a Great High Priest, Let Us Hold Fast and Draw Near, 4:14-16 | |
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| The Son's Appointment as Unique High Priest, 5:1–7:28 | |
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| Introduction: The Son, Taken from among Men and Appointed in the Order of Melchizedek, 5:1-10 | |
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| Qualifications for High Priesthood, 5:1-4 | |
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| Christ's Qualifications for High Priesthood, 5:5-10 | |
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| Warning and Encouragement: The Peril of Apostasy, 5:11–6:12 | |
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| The Problem with the Community—Spiritual Immaturity, 5:11-14 | |
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| Let Us Move On to Maturity, 6:1-3 | |
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| A Stern Warning about the Dangers of Apostasy, 6:4-8 | |
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| An Encouragement to Persevere, 6:9-12 | |
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| God's Promise Our Basis of Hope, 6:13-20 | |
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| The Superiority of Melchizedek, 7:1-10 | |
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| The Superiority of Jesus, the High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek, 7:11-28 | |
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| The Order of Melchizedek Replaces the Order of Aaron, 7:11-19 | |
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| The Superiority of the New Priesthood: The Divine Oath, Its Permanence, and the Character of Jesus, 7:20-28 | |
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| The Superior Offering of the Appointed High Priest, 8:1–10:18 | |
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| The More Excellent Ministry of the Heavenly High Priest, 8:1-6 | |
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| The Superiority of the New Covenant, 8:7-13 | |
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| The Superiority of the New Covenant Offering, 9:1-10:18 | |
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| The Sanctuary under the Old Covenant, 9:1-10 | |
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| Decisive Cleansing through the Blood of Christ, 9:11-28 | |
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| Christ's atoning death has secured an eternal redemption, 9:11-14 | |
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| Christ the mediator of the new covenant, 9:15-22 | |
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| Christ's perfect sacrifice, 9:23-28 | |
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| The Consummate Sacrifice, 10:1-18 | |
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| Shadow and reality, 10:1-4 | |
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| Sacrifice versus obedience, 10:5-10 | |
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| The finality of Christ's priesthood, 10:11-14 | |
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| The finality of Christ's sacrifice, 10:15-18 | |
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| Since We Have Access to God Through Christ's Sacrifice, Let Us Draw Near and Hold Fast, 10:19-25 | |
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| Let Us Draw Near to God, 10:19-22 | |
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| Let Us Hold Unswervingly to the Hope We Possess, 10:23 | |
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| Let Us Encourage One Another, 10:24-25 | |
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| A Call to Perseverance and Faith, 10:26–12:29 | |
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| A Warning against Apostasy and a Summons to Perseverance, 10:26-39 | |
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| A Stern Warning: The Danger of Rejecting God's Son, 10:26-31 | |
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| Remember the Past and Persevere, 10:32-39 | |
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| Positive Old Testament Examples of Faithful Endurance, 11:1-40 | |
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| Faith in the Unseen, 11:1-7 | |
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| The Faith of Abraham and His Descendants, 11:8-22 | |
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| The Faith of Moses, 11:23-31 | |
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| Further Examples—Those Who Endured through Faith, 11:32-40 | |
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| Let Us Run the Race with Endurance, Fixing Our Eyes on Jesus, 12:1-2 | |
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| Endure Discipline as Children, 12:3-17 | |
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| You Have Come to the Heavenly Zion, 12:18-24 | |
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| A Final Warning: Do Not Reject the One Who Speaks from Heaven, 12:25-29 | |
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| Concluding Exhortations, Final Prayers, and Greetings, 13:1-25 | |
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| True Service to God Involves Serving His People, 13:1-16 | |
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| Instructions for the Congregation, 13:7-19 | |
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| Prayer and Doxology, 13:20-21 | |
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| Personal Notes, Greetings, and Benediction, 13:22-25 | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Subjects | |
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| Authors | |
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| Scripture References | |
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| Extrabiblical Literature | |