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- Title
HEBREWS 9 AND HELLENISTIC CONCEPTS OF SACRIFICE.
- Authors
Thompson, James W.
- Abstract
The article discusses the thematic concept of sacrifice seen in the New Testament passage of Hebrews 9. Topics addressed include reports on the spiritualization or reinterpretation of the concept of sacrifice, the Hellenistic belief that true sacrifice demands neither the blood of animals nor a physical sanctuary, and the book's description of factors that influence the superiority of Christ's offering.
- Subjects
BIBLICAL teaching on sacrifice; BIBLE. Hebrews; NEW Testament criticism &; interpretation; ATONEMENT (Christianity); SACRIFICE; INTERPRETATION &; construction of Jewish law; ANCIENT (Literary period)
- Publication
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1979, Vol 98, Issue 4, p567
- ISSN
0021-9231
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.2307/3265669