So Great a Salvation

This impressive collection of essays is notable not only for its all-star cast of contributors, but also for its robust engagement with a remarkable range of contexts and themes integral to study of the atonement in Hebrews. And the way it sets side by side historical analysis, exegetical inquiry, and theological reflection is as rare as it is welcome. * Joel B. Green, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA * The sermon to the Hebrews has been, and remains, both a challenge for interpreters and a seemingly inexhaustible source of theological wisdom. This important book brings theologians and biblical scholars together to explore ways in which good interpretation informs theology and theology helps guide interpretation. It contains a treasure trove of insights that offer a deeper understanding of the sermon's compelling vision of Christ and the salvation he provides. This is a book to which I shall return again and again. * Thomas H. McCall, Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology and Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA *

Jon C. Laansma is Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at Wheaton College, Illinois, USA. George H. Guthrie is Professor of New Testament at Regent College in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Cynthia Long Westfall is Associate Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Canada.

List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Preface and Acknowledgments Part One: Contexts Chapter 1: Atonement in Ancient Israel: The Whole Burnt Offering as Central to Israels Cult - L. Michael Morales, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA Chapter 2: Putting Words in His Mouth: The Son Speaks in Hebrews - Karen H. Jobes, Wheaton College and Graduate School, USA Chapter 3: The Origins of Hebrews High Priest Christology: A Conundrum Revisited - Nicholas Perrin, Wheaton College, USA Chapter 4: Jesuss Atoning Sacrifice in Hebrews and Atonement of Sin in the Greco-Roman World - Eckhard J. Schnabel, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA Chapter 5: The Epistle to the Hebrews in Patristic Trinitarian and Christological Doctrine - Khaled Anatolios, University of Notre Dame, USA Part Two: Themes Chapter 6: Mediator of a New Covenant: Atonement and Christology in Hebrews - Daniel J. Treier, Wheaton College Graduate School, USA Chapter 7: Blood, Death, and Sacrifice in the Epistle to the Hebrews According to Thomas Aquinas - Matthew Levering, Mundelein Seminary, USA Chapter 8: Living and Active: The Exalted Prophet in the Epistle to the Hebrews - Michael Allen, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, USA Chapter 9: It Is Not Finished: Jesuss Perpetual Atoning Work as the Heavenly High Priest in Hebrews - David M. Moffitt, University of St Andrews, UK Chapter 10: Plight and Solution: Hebrews and the Invitation to Rest - Mark S. Gignilliat, Beeson Divinity School, USA Chapter 11: Hebrews and the Jewish Law - Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, Canada Chapter 12: Promises to the Son: Covenant and Atonement in Hebrews - Amy Peeler, Wheaton College, USA Chapter 13: Time and Atonement in Hebrews - George H. Guthrie, Regent College, Canada Chapter 14: Space and Atonement in Hebrews - Cynthia L. Westfall, McMaster Divinity College, Canada Chapter 15: Faith in Hebrews and Its Relationship to Soteriology: An Interpretation in the Context of the Concept of Fides in Roman Culture - Gabriella Gelardini, Nord University, Norway Chapter 16: The Church and Atonement in Hebrews - Harold W. Attridge, Yale Divinity School, USA Bibliography Indexes