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BL
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1008695
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b763065
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Dunnill, John.
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| Title & Author
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Covenant and Sacrifice in the Letter to the Hebrews /\ John Dunnill.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge :: Cambridge University Press,, 1993.
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| Series Statement
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Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series ;; no. 75
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1 online resource (312 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511554923
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: 052102062X
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: 0521431581
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: 9780511554926
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: 9780521020626
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: 9780521431583
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| Notes
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Birmingham, 1988.
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Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes.
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| Abstract
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"Among the problems which Hebrews poses for interpretation, its use of sacrificial terminology most causes it to seem remote and obscure. Although the recent work of social anthropologists on the nature of religious systems has been applied by Old Testament scholars to the laws and symbols of the Pentateuch (upon which Hebrews draws in propounding its doctrine of salvation), this is the first sustained study of Hebrews to take account of these theories." "Building on the work of such writers as Mary Douglas, Victor Turner and Claude Levi-Strauss, Dr. Dunnill approaches Hebrews as a 'structure of symbols', analogous to a liturgy or a religious system, in which the symbol-system of the Old Testament covenant is re-presented and transposed. Motifs explored by the author include sacred time and space; liminality; the sacrificial function of blood, death, oaths, and blessings; the narrative traditions of election and exclusion; and the pattern of 'Testing' found in the presentation of Jesus' humanity and death. Dr. Dunnill assesses Hebrews, not as an argument, but as an act of symbolic communication, expressing the possibility of direct communion with God; he thus aims to identify some of its underlying structures and reveal the source of its power."--Jacket.
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Covenants-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.
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Covenants-- Religious aspects.
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Sacrifice-- Christianity.
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Covenants-- Religious aspects-- Judaism.
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Covenants-- Religious aspects.
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Sacrifice-- Christianity.
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Bible., Hebrews-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible., Hebrews.
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| Dewey Classification
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227/.8706
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BS2775.6.C63D86 1992eb
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