Tag: Hebrews 12

Household: Reviewing the Big Picture (Part 2)

Sep 7, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, History, Series: Household of God, Sociology, Theology

Jesus and the New Testament leaders needed ways to express metaphorically the ethos of God's new community. Family and household became dominant metaphors. There were instances of the household image in the Old Testament but nothing like the rich imagery we see in the New Testament. Yet the Jesus movement was not the only one…
Household: Fictive Family in Hebrews

Aug 31, 2007

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by

mwkruse

in Culture, History, Series: Household of God, Sociology, Theology

The author of Hebrews is not known. We know the book existed before about 95 C.E. because that was the approximate year 1 Clement was written, and it uses Hebrews several times. It was likely written after 60 C.E., but it is unclear who the target audience was. The last half of Chapter 2 lays…