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Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews without Presupposing Supersessionism

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Author

  • Jesper Svartvik

Editor

  • Philip C. Cunningham
  • Joseph Sievers
  • Mary C. Boys
  • Hans Hermann Henrix
  • Jesper Svartvik

Summary, in English

The Epistle to the Hebrews has been an exceptionally significant text in Christian-Jewish relations. In particular, certain passages have been interpreted in ways that assume that Christianity supersedes Judaism. In this article it is argued that reading the epistle without presupposing supersessionism, Heb. will be acknowledged as one of those subject matters which, in the words of Nostra Aetate, “human beings have in common and which tend to bring them together” (… quae hominibus sunt communia et ad mutuum consortium ducunt).

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

77-91

Publication/Series

Christ Jesus and the Jewish People Today: New Explorations of Theological Interrelationships

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Topic

  • Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Keywords

  • supersessionism
  • Hebrews
  • replacement theology
  • Judaism
  • Jewish-Christian relations
  • Christianity
  • Nostra Aetate
  • eschatology
  • Tabernacle
  • Temple
  • metaphors
  • New Testament
  • Epistle to the Hebrews

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780802866240