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Title: Temporal Oppositions as Hermeneutical Categories in the Epistle to the Hebrews

Temporal Oppositions as Hermeneutical Categories in the Epistle to the Hebrews

by Antonio Portalatin (Author)
©2006 Thesis XVIII, 295 Pages
Theology & Philosophy
Series: Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes, Volume 833

Summary

This study develops the thesis that the Epistle to the Hebrews uses temporal oppositions as an important literary and theological device within its discourse. It provides a detailed analysis on the lexical field of time and the temporal lines of sense in the Epistle. In addition to the traditional historical-literary methods, the author applies elements from modern linguistics, reader-response theory, and hermeneutics. By using temporal contrasts, this Epistle obtains a clear delineation of the present eschatological status of the Christian community, and creates a forceful exhortation to live according to our stance in history.

Details

Pages
XVIII, 295
Year
2006
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631554890
Language
English
Keywords
Hebräerbrief Semantik Hermeneutik Eschatology Biblical Hermeneutic Biblical Linguistic Zeitbewusstsein Tempus
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2006. XVIII, 295 pp.

Biographical notes

Antonio Portalatin (Author)

The Author: Antonio Portalatín, born in Puerto Rico in 1967, holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome (Angelicum), and in theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ponce (Puerto Rico). He has devoted many years to biblical training at the Pontifical Biblical Institute of Rome, with sojourning in Jerusalem. Between the time of his licentiate’s degree in Sacred Scriptures and his doctoral studies he taught for five years in Puerto Rico. The author completed his dissertation at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome in 2005.

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