THE STRUCTURE OF HEBREWS

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Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction

PART I PAST PROPOSALS ON THE STRUCTURE OF HEBREWS

1. History of Investigation

Earliest Attempts

Medieval and Reformation Periods

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Twentieth Century

Büchsel, Gyllenberg, and Genre Differentiation

The Vaganay-Vanhoye School

The Tripartite Scheme of Wolfgang Nauck

The Current State of Research

2. Categorization and Evaluation of Approaches to the Structure of Hebrews

Introduction

Approaches to the Structure of Hebrews

Structural Agnosticism

Conceptual (or Thematic) Analysis

Rhetorical Criticism

Literary (or Rhetorical) Analysis

Linguistic Analysis

Summary and Conclusion

PART II TEXT-LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURE OF HEBREWS

3. Method of Analysis

Introduction

Text Linguistics

Identification of Unit Boundaries

Tracking Cohesion Shifts in the Discourse

Identification of Inclusions

Demonstrating the Interrelatedness of Units in the Discourse

How Discourse Units May Be Connected

Making Sense of the Macro-discourse

4. Cohesion Shift Analysis

"High-level" Cohesion Shifts in Hebrews

"Median-level" Cohesion Shifts in Hebrews

Summary

5. The Author's Uses of Inclusio in Hebrews

Heb. 1:5 and 1:13

Heb. 2:10 and 2:17-18

Heb. 3:1 and 4:14

Heb. 3:12 and 3:19

Heb. 4:3 and 4:11

Heb. 4:14-16 and 10:19-31

Heb. 5:1-3 and 7:27-28

Heb. 5:1 and 5:10

Heb. 5:11 and 6:12

Heb. 7:1 and 7:9-10

Heb. 7:11 and 7:28

Heb. 8:3 and 10:18

Heb. 8:8-12 and 10:15-17

Heb. 8:7 and 8:13

Heb. 9:1 and 9:10

Heb. 9:11-12 and 9:28

Heb. 10:1 and 10:14

Heb. 11:1-2 and 11:39-40

Summary Concerning Inclusions in Hebrews

6. Lexical Cohesion between Two or More Discourse Units in Hebrews

Lexical and Pronominal Cohesion in Hebrews

Elements Found throughout the Discourse

Additional Elements Providing Lexical Cohesion in Sub-sections of Hebrews

Conclusion

Transitions in Hebrews

Constituent Transitions

Hook Words

Distant Hook Words

Hooked Key Words

Overlapping Constituents

Parallel Introductions

Intermediary Transitions

The Direct Intermediary Transition

The Woven Intermediary Transition

The Ingressive Intermediary Transition

Summary of Transition Techniques in Hebrews

7. The Structure of Hebrews

Introduction

Why Expositional and Hortatory Units Must, Initially, be Considered Separately

Arrangement of Expositional Units in Hebrews

An Analysis of the Hortatory Units in Hebrews

How the Two Genres Work Together in the Structure of Hebrews

How Should Hebrews be Outlined?

Conclusions

Bibliography

Indices