Structured Translation Epistle Hebrews

by Albert Vanhoye, J Swetnam (Editor)

The present work unites two previously published studies by Albert Vanhoye on the Epistle to the Hebrews: Le message de l'Epitre aux Hebreux (Paris 1977) and A structured Translation of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Rome, 1964). The former was an example of haute vulgarisation: a presentation in non-technical language of the literary genre of Hebrews, of questions concerning its author, and of the problem of the priesthood in the Old Testament cult and how Hebrews respond to this problem with his own message about the priesthood of Christ. This message is seen to emerge from a detailed analysis of the structure of the epistle. The structure is then presented in the form of a literal translation of the entire epistle with careful indication of the elements which delimit and characterize its several parts.

40 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1964

Reviews

[Michael Vidrine · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent commentary on Hebrews, with a particular focus on the sophisticated structure of the homily and the way that the different structural elements contribute to the points being made by the author. And by going through every line of the text of Hebrews, the author very elegantly uncovers much of the incredibly impressive dogmatic richness of the text.