Jesus' Death and Heavenly Offering in Hebrews (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, Series Number 172)

"This book addresses two crucial, related questions in current research on the Epistle to the Hebrews: when and where did Jesus offer himself? And what role does Jesus' death play both in Hebrews' soteriology as a whole, and specifically in Jesus' high-priestly self-offering? The work argues that the cross is not when and where Jesus offers himself, but it is what he offers. After his resurrection, appointment to high priesthood, and ascent to heaven, Jesus offers himself to God in the inner sanctum of the heavenly tabernacle, and what he offers to God is the soteriological achievement enacted in his death. Hebrews figures blood, in both the Levitical cult and the Christ-event, as a medium of exchange, a life given for life owed. Represented as blood, Christ's death is both means of access and material offered: what he achieved in his death is what he offered to God in heaven."--Résumé de l'éditeur "This book addresses two crucial, related questions in current research on the Epistle to the Hebrews: when and where did Jesus offer himself? And what role does Jesus' death play both in Hebrews' soteriology as a whole, and specifically in Jesus' high-priestly self-offering? The work argues that the cross is not when and where Jesus offers himself, but it is what he offers. After his resurrection, appointment to high priesthood, and ascent to heaven, Jesus offers himself to God in the inner sanctum of the heavenly tabernacle, and what he offers to God is the soteriological achievement enacted in his death. Hebrews figures blood, in both the Levitical cult and the Christ-event, as a medium of exchange, a life given for life owed. Represented as blood, Christ's death is both means of access and material offered: what he achieved in his death is what he offered to God in heaven."--Résumé de l'éditeur Cover 10.0000@www.cambridge.org@A7AA153D3C0DBF2E5BDD535F8B56A2FD CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE ON STYLE AND SOURCES 10.1017@9781108565448.001 10.1017@9781108565448.002 10.1017@9781108565448.003 10.1017@9781108565448.004 10.1017@9781108565448.005 10.1017@9781108565448.006 10.1017@9781108565448.007 10.1017@9781108565448.008 10.1017@9781108565448.009 10.1017@9781108565448.010 10.1017@9781108565448.011