Suffering in the face of death : the epistle to the Hebrews and its context of situation / Bryan R. Dyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyer, Bryan R., author.

Series:

Library of New Testament studies ; 568.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of New Testament studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Hebrews--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Hebrews--Social scientific criticism.

Bible. Hebrews.

Suffering--Biblical teaching.

Suffering.

Social scientific criticism of sacred works.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

xiii, 209 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, 2017.

Summary:

Suffering and death are two topics that are frequently referred to in the Epistle to the Hebrews, but have rarely been examined within scholarship on this important New Testament text. Dyer redresses the balance in this study of these topics, conducting a thorough investigation using semantic domain analysis. He incorporates recent advancements in modern linguistics, in particular the 'context of situation', and then connects these topics to the social situation addressed in Hebrews. In so doing he is able to reveal how the author is responding to the reality of suffering in the lives of his audience. With this awareness, it becomes clear how the author also responds to his audience's pain by creating models of endurance in suffering and death. These serve to motivate his audience toward similar endurance within their own social context. Dyer shows that it is possible to make significant determinations about the social setting of Hebrews based upon an examination and analysis of the language used therein. - See more at: http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/suffering-in-the-face-of-death-9780567672353/#sthash.Z2jrA18b.dpuf

Contents:

Previous studies on the topics of suffering and death in Hebrews

History of research on the situation addressed in Hebrews

Methodology: moving from a text to its context

Suffering and death language in Hebrews

Clues of a social context from the suffering and death language in Hebrews

The use of exempla in responding to a context of suffering and death in Hebrews

Conclusion and further research.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--McMaster Divinity College, 2015 under title: Suffering in the face of death : the social context of the epistle to the Hebrews.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-196) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Dyer, Bryan R. Suffering in the face of death.

ISBN:

9780567672353

0567672352

OCLC:

961156763

Publisher Number:

40027125871