Going Outside the Camp

by Richard W. Johnson

Johnson's study of Hebrews is unusual in adopting a social-scientific analysis. By examining the implicit sociological data in the Epistle to the Hebrews, and locating the implied society within the context of the larger Graeco-Roman world, he concludes that the author of Hebrews advocates an ideal society that is both more open to outsiders and more willing to assimilate fully new members than was first-century ce hellenistic Judaism. According...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841271861
• ISBN13: 9781841271866
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.7"