Why Does the Epistle to the Hebrews Evoke the Desires of the Patriarchs?

• Authors: Artur Malina

Abstracts

EN

The Pontifical Biblical Commission’s document The Jewish People and their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible, calls attention to a threefold connection between the two parts of the Christian Bible: continuity, discontinuity, and newness. The paper offers an analysis of a passage as an example of this relationship. The Epistle to the Hebrews (11:8–22) gives a particular emphasis to the desires of the patriarchs among other attitudes of the heroes of faith. They were looking for what was promised to them and desired by them: a city with the solid foundations planned and built by God. Now these desires can be fulfilled: the everlasting life with God is offered to all who believe in Jesus Christ.

Keywords

EN

Biblical theology; soteriology; Epistle to the Hebrews; patriarchs

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Collectanea Theologica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 90
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 463-476

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Artur Malina

• University of Silesia in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000228309902

References

• Artur Malina, “Dlaczego List do Hebrajczyków przypomina o pragnieniach patriarchów?,” Collectanea Theologica 88 (2018) no. 4, 125–138.

Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/ct.2020.90.5.19

Biblioteka Nauki

2037205