Endurance in Suffering. Hebrews 12.1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context.

CROY, N. Clayton.:

ISBN 10: 0521593050 / ISBN 13: 9780521593052

Published by Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998

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1st edition. Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 98. "Provides a thorough exploration of the theme of suffering in the Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions and surveys the different interpretations of this passage which have been offered by Christian writers over the centuries.The educative notion of paideia combines with images of athletic training to establish a call to faithful endurance rather than repentance." Pp.x/250. Blue boards, dustwrapper has sunning to spine. VG/Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Endurance in Suffering. Hebrews 12.1-13 in its Rhetorical, Religious, and Philosophical Context.
• Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521593050
• ISBN 13: 9780521593052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • PAUL::HEBREWS

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Synopsis

Hebrews 12:1-13 portrays the suffering of its readers with two images: an athletic contest, and God's fatherly discipline. N. Clayton Croy places this important passage in the context of Jewish and Greco-Roman traditions. He argues that the idea of "training" unites the passage, which presents Jesus as the supreme athlete. It also supports a nonpunitive understanding of discipline, in which God's children undergo a positive process of education. These ideas combine to support a call in Hebrews to faithful endurance rather than repentance.

Review

"...a careful and sound analysis...about the meaning and purpose of suffering. This work is a model dissertation in its formulation of the question, its critical interaction with the history of interpretation, its detailed examination of both the Greco-Roman and Jewish backgrounds informing a New Testament text, its methodological rigor, and its commitment to bring the fruits of exegetical work to bear on theological and pastoral applications of the text. It will become necessary reading for all future interpretations of Heb 12:1-13." Ashland Theological Journal