Reading Hebrews Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Hebrews
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Overview
Gaining New Insights from Hebrews
God’s interactions with Israel were a foreshadowing of the perfect reality in the person of Jesus: absolutely God and absolutely human. Jesus came to earth to establish his kingdom and all that God had initiated in the old covenant. There is a continuity of theological understanding as we move from the Old Testament to the letter sent to the Christians in Rome.
The discussion on the theology of mission in the New Testament usually focuses on Jesus and Paul, with minimal attention given to the General Epistles. However, Reading Hebrews Missiologically tries to fill that gap and focuses on the theology of mission in the book of Hebrews and fleshes out the unique contribution it has to the discussion of a New Testament theology of mission. The twelve contributors-from various theological, geographical, and missiological contexts-explore the missionary motive, the missionary message, and the missionary method of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
All Scripture can be read missiologically, and the letter to the Hebrews, with its emphasis on the supremacy of Christ, is no exception. We pray that this book will inspire fresh approaches to practical mission in the world today.
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- Focuses on the theology of mission in the book of Hebrews.
- Fleshes out the unique contribution it has to the discussion of a New Testament theology of mission.
- Explores the missionary motive, the missionary message, and the missionary method of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
- Part 1: The Missionary Motive of Hebrews
- Chapter 1 Hebrews and Missions: Renarrating the World in Christ
- Chapter 2 Missio Dei as the Grand Narrative in the Epistle to the Hebrews
- Chapter 3 Christ Outside the Gate: How Hebrews 13 and Galilee Locate Mission for Jesus and Relocate Mission for Us
- Chapter 4 The Incarnation and the Mission of God
- Part 2: The Missionary Message of Hebrews
- Chapter 5 Missional Hospitality in Hebrews: Welcoming God and Welcoming the Stranger
- Chapter 6 Hope as an Anchor: The Missional Message of the Pilgrim People of God
- Chapter 7 Mission Hope in a Storm-Tossed World
- Part 3: The Missionary Methods of Hebrews
- Chapter 8 Evangelism in the Epistle to the Hebrews
- Chapter 9 Superior Communication Skills: Modes of Divine Communication in Hebrews and the Implications for Christian Mission
- Chapter 10 African American Missiological Use of Hebrews: From the Antebellum Period to the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 11 From Milk to Meat: Implications in Hebrews for Missiological Developments in Discipleship Methods
- Part 4: Review and Response
- Chapter 12 Looking through Three Hermeneutical Lenses: A Review of Reading Hebrews Missiologically
Reading Hebrews Missiologically offers a collection of essays that model for us a new way of reading the Bible with our missional lenses on that is both communal and collaborative. Not only do the authors make a convincing argument that the book of Hebrews has to be understood as a missiological text, but they also uncover for us the beautiful fruit of engaging the Scriptures in community, with different hermeneutic perspectives speaking together and to one another. This book will help you appreciate both mission and Hebrews more. I could not recommend it more.
—Harvey Kwiyani, PhD, CEO, Global Connections, UK
Rich in intellectual engagement and scholarly diversity, Reading Hebrews Missiologically provides a needed resource to studies of the Epistle and a necessary and vital resource to equip further mission work in the church. Readers will encounter essays that draw from the best of Hebrews scholarship for a fresh missiological end. The volume even includes an essay offering critique and avenues for further development, beginning the “where do we go from here” conversation in the volume itself. I’m eager to use this in my own work on Hebrews and pass it on to my students.
—Rev. Amy Peeler, PhD, Associate Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College and Graduate School, author, “You Are My Son”: The Family of God in the Epistle to the Hebrews
Reading Hebrews Missiologically is a brilliant integration of missiology, theology, and biblical exegesis. Its contributors don’t settle for superficial proof texts or slogans. This book demonstrates a fruitful approach to missiological hermeneutics. Rather than give readers spiritual “milk,” they offer theological meat. Chew on each chapter slowly to savor its goodness.
—Brad Vaughn, PhD, author, Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes, The Cross in Context, and One Gospel for All Nations
- Title: Reading Hebrews Missiologically: The Missionary Motive, Message, and Methods of Hebrews
- Authors: Abeneazer G. Urga, Edward L. Smither, Linda P. Saunders
- Publisher: William Carey Library
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Pages: 216
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781645084556, 1645084558
- Resource ID: LLS:READHEBMISSIO
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-15T19:22:42Z