TY - BOOK AU - Mayjee Philip PY - 2011 CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783035301144 TI - Leviticus in Hebrews T2 - A Transtextual Analysis of the Tabernacle Theme in the Letter to the Hebrews DO - 10.3726/978-3-0353-0114-4 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1052048 N2 - Scholarly consensus on the relationship of the Letter to the Hebrews to the Old Testament is far from universal or uniform. This book aims to address this area in Hebrews scholarship, which is lacking a critical account of the dependence of Hebrews on the Old Testament, especially Leviticus, in constructing a meaningful text. The book examines how the author of Hebrews uses the textual levitical tabernacle theme to construct the central motif of the heavenly tabernacle in Hebrews. In analysing the ways in which Hebrews relates to the Old Testament, the author makes use of literary theorist Gérard Genette’s concepts of transtextuality and transformation. These concepts help set in relief the variegated textual relationships Hebrews has with the Old Testament in general, and Leviticus in particular, and the transformations that are central to constituting meaning in Hebrews. KW - Leviticus in Hebrews, Old Testament, Tabernacle Theme LA - English ER -