Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: Hebrews

By Victor C. Pfitzner

Pfitzner interprets Hebrews as a passionate appeal directed by its author to a community that is in danger of surrendering the distinctiveness of its faith. Through an examination of its structure, rhetorical devices, and arguments, he shows Hebrews to be a splendid example of extended exhortation, with a recurring pattern of formal introduction, scriptural quotation, exposition, and application. By seeing the message of Hebrews as a "word exhortation" (13:22) to a community in crisis, Pfitzner is able to set its distinctive Christology firmly in its original social, historical, and cultural context.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687057248
• ISBN13: 9780687057245
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"