Temporal Oppositions as Hermeneutical Categories in the Epistle to the Hebrews: 833 (Europaische Hochschulschriften/European University ... 23: Theology/Serie 23: Theologie) - Softcover

Portalatin, Antonio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3631554893 ISBN 13: 9783631554890

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 2006

Synopsis

This study develops the thesis that the Epistle to the Hebrews uses temporal oppositions as an important literary and theological device within its discourse. It provides a detailed analysis on the lexical field of time and the temporal lines of sense in the Epistle. In addition to the traditional historical-literary methods, the author applies elements from modern linguistics, reader-response theory, and hermeneutics. By using temporal contrasts, this Epistle obtains a clear delineation of the present eschatological status of the Christian community, and creates a forceful exhortation to live according to our stance in history.

About this title

About the Author

The Author: Antonio Portalatín, born in Puerto Rico in 1967, holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (Angelicum), and in theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ponce (Puerto Rico). He has devoted many years to biblical training at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome, with sojourning in Jerusalem. Between the time of his licentiate's degree in Sacred Scriptures and his doctoral studies he taught for five years in Puerto Rico. The author completed his dissertation at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome in 2005.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631554893
• ISBN 13: 9783631554890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 313