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Endurance in Suffering: Hebrews 12:1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context: 98 (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, Series Number 98) - Hardcover

Book 29 of 154: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series

N. Clayton Croy

 
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Synopsis

This 1998 book is a thorough examination of a passage from Hebrews in illuminating philosophical and religious contexts.

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Review

"...a careful and sound analysis...about the meaning and purpose of suffering. This work is a model dissertation in its formulation of the question, its critical interaction with the history of interpretation, its detailed examination of both the Greco-Roman and Jewish backgrounds informing a New Testament text, its methodological rigor, and its commitment to bring the fruits of exegetical work to bear on theological and pastoral applications of the text. It will become necessary reading for all future interpretations of Heb 12:1-13." Ashland Theological Journal

Book Description

This 1998 study explores an important passage of Hebrews, which uses the image of an athletic contest and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy examines the idea of 'training' which unites the passage, and sets its conception of non-punitive discipline against the background of Jewish and Graeco-Roman traditions.

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