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HEBREWS AND HERMENEUTICS
Hebrews and Hermeneutics
The Epistle to the Hebrews as a New Testament
example of biblical interpretation
GRAHAM HUGHES
Lecturer in Biblical Studies
United Theological College, Sydney
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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First published 1979
First paperback edition 2004
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Hughes, Graham, 1937-
Hebrews and Hermeneutics.
(Monograph series - Society for New Testament Studies; 36)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Bible. N. T. Hebrews - Criticism, and interpretation, etc.
2. Bible - Hermeneutics. I. Title. II. Series: Studiorum Novi
Testamenti Societas.
Monograph series; 36.
227'.87'063 77-84806
ISBN 0 521 21858 6 hardback
ISBN 0 521 60937 2 paperback
For Agathe Thornton
CONTENTS
Preface page ix
Abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
The Son 5
1 The Son as the new form of God's 'Address' 5
2 The theological presuppositions of the 'Word in the
Son' formula 24
Excursus 1 'Perfection' in the epistle 32
History 35
1 History,