TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pfitzner,V.C.
TI  - Hebrews
SN  - 0687057248 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BS2775.3 .P355 1997
U1  - 227/.8707 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Nashville, TN
PB  - Abingdon Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Hebrews
KW  - Commentaries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-214) and index
N2  - Pfitzner interprets Hebrews as a passionate appeal directed by its author to a community that is in danger of surrendering the distinctiveness of its faith. Through an examination of its structure, rhetorical devices, and arguments, he shows Hebrews to be a splendid example of extended exhoration, with a recurring pattern of formal introduction, scriptural quotation, exposition, and appplication. By seeing the message of Hebrews as a "word exhortation" (13:22) to a community in crisis, Pfitzner is able to set its distinctive Christology firmly in its original social, historical, and cultural context
ER  -