Hebrews: A Social Identity Commentary (T&T Clark Social Identity Commentaries on the New Testament)

Marohl, Matthew J.

ISBN 10: 0567696030 / ISBN 13: 9780567696038

Published by T&T Clark, 2025

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hebrews: A Social Identity Commentary (T&T Clark Social Identity Commentaries on the New Testament)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567696030
• ISBN 13: 9780567696038
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

In this volume, Matthew J. Marohl introduces a culturally sensitive reading of Hebrews employing a social identity approach. This allows readers to encounter a unique and powerful depiction of the faithful Jesus and a dynamic group of Christ-followers called upon to maintain their faithfulness. In the end, this social identity approach reveals a work with two strands thoroughly intertwined. Through the lens of conceptual blending theory, Marohl examines the way in which the author combines the multiple identities of the addressees, shedding light on the community dynamics of early Christ followers. Marohl explores how the author describes ingroup boundaries, how faithfulness is held up as the ultimate ingroup norm, and how the promised rest is grounded in the language of the anticipated future. Ultimately, Marohl argues that Hebrews is a prime example of literature created out of crisis.

About the Authors

Matthew J. Marohl is Senior Pastor at St. Olaf College, USA.

Kathy Ehrensperger is Research Professor New Testament in Jewish Perspective, Abraham GeigerCollege, at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Philip Esler is Portland Chair in New Testament Studies at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.

Aaron Kuecker is Provost and Professor of New Testament at Trinity Christian College, USA, and is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America, USA.

J. Brian Tucker is Professor of New Testament at Moody Theological Seminary, USA, and an external affiliate at The Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary's University, UK.