Deuteronomy’s concept of life in Hebrews

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Deuteronomy’s concept of life in Hebrews
 
Creator Coetsee, Albert J.
 
Subject — Deuteronomy; Hebrews; Life; Live; Living; Alive; Intertextual
Description This article endeavours to contribute to the study of the influence and effect of Deuteronomy in the book of Hebrews. It investigates the possible influence of one of Deuteronomy’s key concepts on Hebrews, namely, the concept of ‘life’. The article starts off by defining the multifaceted concept of ‘life’ in Deuteronomy. This is followed up by combing through the text of Hebrews to identify traces of this concept in the words and arguments that the writer employs. The possible traces found are then investigated intertextually in detail. This includes references to ‘the living God’ (Heb 3:12; 9:14; 10:31; 12:22), God’s ‘living and active’ word (Heb 4:12), ‘the new and living way’ Jesus opened through his death (Heb 10:20) and the command to ‘submit to the Father of spirits and live’ (Heb 12:9). The article concludes by synthesising the findings to discuss whether Hebrews deliberately employs Deuteronomy’s concept of life.
 
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Date 2019-09-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v75i3.5374
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 75, No 3 (2019); 9 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Albert J. Coetsee https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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