Suffering and death are two topics that are frequently referred to in the Epistle to the Hebrews, but have rarely been examined within scholarship on this important New Testament text. Dyer redresses the balance in this study of these topics, conducting a thorough investigation using semantic domain analysis. He incorporates recent advancements in modern linguistics, in particular the 'context of situation', and then connects these topics to the social situation addressed in Hebrews. In so doing he is able to reveal how the author is responding to the reality of suffering in the lives of his audience. With this awareness, it becomes clear how the author also responds to his audience's pain by creating models of endurance in suffering and death. These serve to motivate his audience toward similar endurance within their own social context.
Dyer shows that it is possible to make significant determinations about the social setting of Hebrews based upon an examination and analysis of the language used therein.
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Suffering in the Face of Death
The Epistle to the Hebrews and Its Context of Situation
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Suffering
in
the
Face
of Death
20
interpreting
the
epistle.
ere
remains
a
need
for
a
thorough
examination
of
the
topics
of
suffering
and
death
in
Hebrews
with
attention
to
their
relationship
to
the
social
situation
being
addressed
by
the
epistle.
is
study
will
show
that
the
author
of
Hebrews
wrote
to
an
audience
presently
facing
some
form
of
suffering
and
felt
a
substantial
fear
that
death
was
likely
on
the
horizon.
is
is
reflected
in
the
abundance
of
suffering
and
death
language
in
Hebrews
and
the
rhetorical
and
theological
response
of
the
author.
Independent
of
this
hypothesis
regarding
the
social
situation
of
Hebrews,
this
study
will
firmly
establish
these
two
topics
as
not
just
present
in
the
epistle
but
essential
to
its
interpretation.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Previous Studies on the Topics of Suffering and Death in Hebrews
- Chapter 2 History of Research on the Situation Addressed in Hebrews
- Chapter 3 Methodology: Moving From a Text to its Context
- Chapter 4 Suffering and Death Language in Hebrews
- Chapter 5 Clues of a Social Context From the Suffering and Death Language in Hebrews
- Chapter 6 The Use of Exempla in Responding To a Context of Suffering and Death in Hebrews
- Chapter 7 Conclusion and Further Research
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Sources Index
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