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3.34 Thomas R. Schreiner, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “An Introduction to the Book of Hebrews”
Episode 117
64 Min
July 24, 2024
ABOUT THE EPISODE
In this podcast interview, Dr. Thomas Schreiner joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to introduce us to the book of Hebrews and its major themes.
Timestamps
00:49 – Intro
02:28 – Why a Month on Hebrews?
04:25 – How Dr. Schreiner’s Commentary Came to Be
06:34 – How Hebrews Shaped or Clarified Things for Dr. Schreiner
08:29 – Who’s the Audience, What’s the Aim, and Who’s the Author?
12:04 – Tension found Between Practice of Paul and the Claims of Hebrews?
16:14 – Temptations for Judaizing Christians in a Roman World
17:52 – How Does Hebrews Inform Dr. Wellum’s Christology?
20:41 – Reading the Old Testament Eschatologically, Typologically, and Spatially
22:14 – Prophet, Priest, King and… Son?
27:39 – Jesus as a Melchizedekian Priest
33:36 – The Warning Passages in Hebrews
38:23 – “Christians” Who Apostatize and Lose Salvation?
43:56 – Understanding the Sabbath
46:47 – Joshua Giving Rest and Reading Redemptive Historically
50:43 – How Does Understanding Hebrews’ View of Rest Impact our Worship on the Lord’s Day?
58:56 – Helpful Resources On Hebrews
1:02:39 – Outro
Resources to Click
“
An Introduction to the Book of Hebrews
” – Thomas R. Schreiner
“Typology of Types: Typology in Dialogue
” – Benajmin J. Ribbens
Theme of the Month: Getting Into the Book of Hebrews
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Books to Read
Hebrews: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary
–
Thomas R. Schreiner
The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance
– Thomas R. Schreiner & Ardel Caneday
“Goodbye and Hello: The Sabbath Command for New Covenant Believers” by Thomas R. Schreiner in
Progressive Covenantalism
– eds. Brent Parker & Stephen J. Wellum
A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (ECBC)
– Philip Hughes
The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT)
– Gareth Lee Cockerill
Hebrews (NIVAC)
– George H. Guthrie
Hebrews 1-8, Vol. 47A (WBC)
– William Lane
Hebrews 9-13, Vol. 47B (WBC
)
– William Lane
Hebrews: A Call to Commitment
– William Lane
The Epistle to the Hebrews (ECBC)
– F.F. Bruce
The Letter to the Hebrews (PNTC)
– Sigurd Grindheim
Bound For the Promised Land (NSBT)
– Oren Martin
Cosmology and Eschatology in Hebrews: The Settings of the Sacrifice (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
– Kenneth L. Schenck
Allegory Transformed: The Appropriation of Philonic Hermeneutics in the Letters to the Hebrews
– Stefan N. Svendsen
Joshua Typology in the New Testament
– Richard Ounsworth
Hermeneutical Foundations of Hebrews: A Study in the Validity of the Epistle’s Interpretation of Some Core Citations from the Psalms
– Dale F. Leschert
Deuteronomy and Exhortation in Hebrews: A Study in Narrative Re-presentation
– David M. Allen
“The Eschatology of Hebrews: As Understood Within a Cultic Setting,”
by Gert J. Steyn in
Eschatology of the New Testament and Some Related Documents
– Jan G. Van Der Watt
The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology
– eds. Richard Bauckham, Daniel R. Driver, et al.
Cosmology and New Testament Theology
– eds. Jonathan T. Pennington & Sean M. McDonough
A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts
– eds. Richard Bauckham, Daniel Driver, Trevor Hart, & Nathan MacDonald
ON THIS EPISODE
Thomas R. Schreiner
Thomas R. Schreiner
,
David Schrock
,
Stephen Wellum
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