Nicholas J. Moore – författare

How can impure, earthbound humans gain access to God, who is holy and in heaven? In ancient Israel and much of the ancient world, the answer was obvious: by means of a temple. The temple gives access to God because it images the cosmos.This book explores how the concept of a heavenly temple emerged as an important theological concept for early Christians. They developed their understanding of Christ and his work in part through their understanding of heaven as a temple. Nicholas Moore examines the heavenly temple concept in the New Testament within its Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the ministry of Jesus gives believers access to the dwelling place of God himself. Moore explores conceptions of the heavenly temple in the ancient world, Second Temple Judaism, the book of Revelation, Hebrews, the Gospels, Acts, and other early Christian literature.One important contribution of the book is to provide a corrective to the way many people understand the Jerusalem temple in early Christian thought. It is the first comprehensive study of the heavenly temple in the New Testament. Professors, students, and scholars of the New Testament will benefit from this work.

How can impure, earthbound humans gain access to God, who is holy and in heaven? In ancient Israel and much of the ancient world, the answer was obvious: by means of a temple. The temple gives access to God because it images the cosmos.This book explores how the concept of a heavenly temple emerged as an important theological concept for early Christians. They developed their understanding of Christ and his work in part through their understanding of heaven as a temple. Nicholas Moore examines the heavenly temple concept in the New Testament within its Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts, demonstrating that the ministry of Jesus gives believers access to the dwelling place of God himself. Moore explores conceptions of the heavenly temple in the ancient world, Second Temple Judaism, the book of Revelation, Hebrews, the Gospels, Acts, and other early Christian literature.One important contribution of the book is to provide a corrective to the way many people understand the Jerusalem temple in early Christian thought. It is the first comprehensive study of the heavenly temple in the New Testament. Professors, students, and scholars of the New Testament will benefit from this work.

Wiederholung hat in der Geschichte des Christentums eine kontroverse und oftmals negative Rezeption erfahren, vor allem in Verbindung mit Ritualen und Liturgie, und der Hebräerbrief liegt diesem strittigen Verständnis zugrunde. Nicholas Moore zeigt, dass die Wiederholungen im Brief an die Hebräer nicht im einheitlichen Kontrast zum einmaligen Tode Jesu für die Menschheit stehen, sondern eher auf verschiedene Art und Weisen fungieren, viele davon konstruktiv. Die Einzigartigkeit des Christusereignisses wird mit Bezug auf den jährlich stattfindenden Versöhnungstag erläutert, um die alles übertreffende theologische Erfüllung auszudrücken, wobei Wiederholungen mit diesem einzigartigen Ereignis kontrastieren oder koexistieren können. Moore zeigt im Einzelnen auf, dass die täglichen levitischen Opfer den fortwährenden christlichen Zugang zu und die Anbetung von Gott andeuten. Diese Neubewertung des Phänomens der Wiederholung im Hebräerbrief bildet die Basis einer erneuerten Wertschätzung ihrer Bedeutung für den theologischen Diskurs und das religiöse Leben.