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Hebrews 5:7 as the cry of the Davidic sufferer

In die Skriflig

 
 
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Title Hebrews 5:7 as the cry of the Davidic sufferer
 
Creator Bertolet, Timothy
 
Subject New Testament Studies, Hebrews Hebrews; intertextuality; Messianism; suffering
Description This article proposes a better source for the Son’s cry in Hebrews 5:7. It begins by surveying sources previous scholars have identified, including Jesus’ cry in Gethsemane and Golgotha, several Psalms, and the Maccabean martyr literature. It is then argued that these background sources for the language are insufficient. Instead the author of Hebrews has an entire motif from the Psalter as his informing source: the Davidic figure that cries out in trust to be delivered from a death-like experience. Firstly, the motif of the Davidic righteous suffering in the LXX Psalms is demonstrated. Secondly, Hebrews’ use of the Messianic royal figure is demonstrated and thirdly, Hebrews 5:7 as a portrait of the Christ who cries out for deliverance is demonstrated. Thus, Hebrews 5:7 sees the Son as the Davidic king who is the true representative human exercising trust in YHWH, bringing to fulfilment the theme from various Psalms.
 
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Date 2017-10-20
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Historical-Critical
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Identifier 10.4102/ids.v51i1.2286
 
Source In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi; Vol 51, No 1 (2017); 10 pages 2305-0853 1018-6441
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage — Early Christianity —
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Timothy Bertolet https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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