Hebrews’ Cosmogonic Presuppositions
Its First-Century Philosophical Context
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
This book answers the following question: what was the mindset about the creation of Hebrews' author? This book shows a summary of Hebrews' assertions on the origin of everything, i.e., on cosmogony. This book introduces a new methodology which allows the discovery of a document's position on topics other than its main topic, i.e., a methodology that could be termed a "text-linguistic exclusion" and which consists of four steps: 1) identification, 2) exclusion, 3) simplification, and 4) organization. Finally, this book shows that the relationship between Hebrews and its first-century philosophy is not antagonistic or confrontational, since Hebrews seems not to try to correct these other cosmogonies but only presents its particular and coherent point of view.
Endorsements (2)
Foreword
“Benjamin shows how Hebrews offers a new cosmogonic perspective that stands apart from first-century cosmogonic presuppositions. . . . Interestingly, and importantly, he insists on difference but avoids claims to exceptionalism by emphasizing that the relationship between Hebrews and first-century philosophies was anything but antagonistic. . . . Benjamin’s work advances the knowledge of cosmogeny on Hebrews, and at the same time provides a base and opens the door for further investigations.”
“Benjamin Rojas has made a great contribution to the study of cosmogony in the book of Hebrews. His approach offers a fresh methodology combined with a serious analysis of the presuppositions of the topic under research.”
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