(Biblical Interpretation Series ) Gabriella Gelardini-Hebrews_ Contemporary Methods - New Insights (Biblical Interpretation)-Brill Academic Pub (2005).pdf

Hebrews
Biblical Interpretation Series
Editors
R. Alan Culpepper, Ellen van Wolde
Associate Editors
David E. Orton, Rolf Rendtorff
Editorial Advisory Board
Janice Capel Anderson – Mieke Bal – Phyllis A.
Bird – Erhard Blum – Werner H. Kelber
Ekkehard W. Stegemann – Vincent L. Wimbush
Jean Zumstein
VOLUME 75
Hebrews
Contemporary Methods – New Insights
Edited by
Gabriella Gelardini
BRILL
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2005
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hebrews : contemporary methods, new insights / edited by Gabriella Gelardini.
p. cm. —(Biblical interpretation series, ISSN 0928-0731 ; v. 75)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 90-04-14490-0 (alk. paper)
1. Bible, . Hebrews—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Gelardini, Gabriella.
II. Series.
2005
227’8706—dc22
2005046967
ISSN 0928-0731
ISBN 90 04 14490 0
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CONTENTS
Foreword .................................................................................... vii
Harold W. Attridge
Introduction ................................................................................ 1
Gabriella Gelardini
PART ONE
CULTIC LANGUAGE, CONCEPTS,
AND PRACTICE IN H