Theology

Knut Backhaus

Der sprechende Gott

Gesammelte Studien zum Hebräerbrief

[The Speaking God. Collected Studies on the Epistle to the Hebrews.]

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The thirteen articles on the interpretation of Hebrews present the multifaceted image of a pioneer of theology who has often been underestimated by the church and by scholars.
This volume includes thirteen articles on the interpretation of Hebrews written between 1993 and 2009. They focus on the concept of God, Christology, the intertextual and figurative modes of generating and developing biblical theology, the relationship between Israel and the church, the history of Christian hope and anxiety and the ethical foundation of Christian sociality. The Epistle to the Hebrews shows the connection between these areas in the first sentence: God's self communication in Israel's history of promise, completed and guaranteed in the Christ drama. Thus the book presents the multifaceted image of a pioneer of theology who has often been underestimated by the church and by scholars. Biblically oriented, thoughtful, rhetorically skilled and (contrary to many a prejudice) practically competent, Hebrews explores the »speaking God« in order to define and deepen Christian identity in the crisis of its liminal period.
Authors/Editors

Knut Backhaus Geboren 1960; 1989 Promotion; 1994 Habilitation; 1994–2003 Ordinarius für Neues Testament an der Theologischen Fakultät Paderborn; seit 2003 Lehrstuhlinhaber für Neutestamentliche Exegese und biblische Hermeneutik an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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Reviews

The following reviews are known:

In: Theological Book Review — 2010, Heft 2, S. 31–32 (Jared M. Compton)
In: Revue d'histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses — 90 (2010), S. 435 (Ch. Grappe)
In: Religious Studies Review — 37 (2011), S. 134–135 (Alan C. Mitchell)
In: Theologische Revue — 106 (2010), S. 385–387 (Sebastian Fuhrmann)
In: Journal for the Study of the New Testament (JSNT) — 32.5 (2010), S. 115–116 (Anthony O'Leary)
In: New Testament Abstracts — 54 (2010), S. 169