Endurance in Suffering: Hebrews 12:1-13 in Its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context

by N. Clayton Croy

Book Overview

Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of training unites the passage, which presents Jesus as the supreme athlete. It also supports a nonpunitive understanding of discipline, in which God's children undergo a positive process of education. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521018919
• ISBN13: 9780521018913
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"