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Identity of God's People and the Paradox of Hebrews

by Ole Jakob Filtvedt, Jorg Frey

Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. epistlesBible, relation of n. t. to o. t.Identification (religion)Criticism, interpretationJews in the New TestamentRelation to the Old TestamentHistoryBible

Does the letter to the Hebrews display Jewish or Christian identity? Ole Jakob Filtvedt shows that it takes up a traditional Jewish category, namely membership in God's people, and proposes it for its audience as a collective identity but also significantly reshapes that category in light of belief in Jesus. (Publisher).

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