The Son's Entrance into the Heavenly World

The Soteriological Necessity of the Scriptural Catena in Hebrews 1.5-14

Bibliographic Data

ID19292835
AuthorsJoshua W Jipp (Emory University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume56
Issue4
Pages557-575
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Testament Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0028-6885 • E-ISSN: 1469-8145
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0028688510000123
OpenAlexW2038689290
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

Hebrews 1.5-14 has proved difficult to integrate within the author's larger literary project. More recent scholarship has emphasized rightly that the catena centers upon the Son of God's royal enthronement, but the question as to why the author should begin his argument this way has yet to be answered. In this essay I argue that the event which the catena describes, namely the Son's enthronement to the heavenly world, is critical for the entire logic of the author's argument regarding how humanity's salvation is accomplished. The likelihood of this conclusion is bolstered by the rarely recognized inclusio between 1.5-14 and 12.18-29. Finally, I briefly examine four texts which suggest that the author envisions the Son's narrative, particularly his entrance into God's heavenly realm as described in 1.5-14, as a soteriological necessity, and pattern, for humanity

Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Epistemology · Hebrews · Humanity · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Realm · Scholarship · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Development, Ethics, and Society · History · Law · Philosophy

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