July 24, 2024

3.34 Thomas R. Schreiner, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "An Introduction to the Book of Hebrews"

1 hour 4 minutes

In this podcast interview, Dr. Thomas Schreiner joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to introduce us to the book of Hebrews and its major themes.

Timestamps

00:49 – Intro

02:28 – Why a Month on Hebrews?

04:25 – How Dr. Schreiner’s Commentary Came to Be

06:34 – How Hebrews Shaped or Clarified Things for Dr. Schreiner

08:29 – Who’s the Audience, What’s the Aim, and Who’s the Author?

12:04 – Tension found Between Practice of Paul and the Claims of Hebrews?

16:14 – Temptations for Judaizing Christians in a Roman World

17:52 – How Does Hebrews Inform Dr. Wellum’s Christology?

20:41 – Reading the Old Testament Eschatologically, Typologically, and Spatially

22:14 – Prophet, Priest, King and… Son?

27:39 – Jesus as a Melchizedekian Priest

33:36 – The Warning Passages in Hebrews

38:23 – “Christians” Who Apostatize and Lose Salvation?

43:56 – Understanding the Sabbath

46:47 – Joshua Giving Rest and Reading Redemptive Historically

50:43 – How Does Understanding Hebrews’ View of Rest Impact our Worship on the Lord’s Day?

58:56 – Helpful Resources On Hebrews

1:02:39 - Outro

Resources to Click

“An Introduction to the Book of Hebrews” – Thomas R. Schreiner

“Typology of Types: Typology in Dialogue” – Benajmin J. Ribbens

Theme of the Month: Getting Into the Book of Hebrews

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Books to Read

Hebrews: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary – Thomas R. Schreiner

The Race Set Before Us: A Biblical Theology of Perseverance – Thomas R. Schreiner & Ardel Caneday

“Goodbye and Hello: The Sabbath Command for New Covenant Believers” by Thomas R. Schreiner in Progressive Covenantalism – eds. Brent Parker & Stephen J. Wellum

A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (ECBC) - Philip Hughes

The Epistle to the Hebrews (NICNT) – Gareth Lee Cockerill

Hebrews (NIVAC) – George H. Guthrie

Hebrews 1-8, Vol. 47A (WBC) – William Lane

Hebrews 9-13, Vol. 47B (WBC) – William Lane

Hebrews: A Call to Commitment – William Lane

The Epistle to the Hebrews (ECBC) – F.F. Bruce

The Letter to the Hebrews (PNTC) - Sigurd Grindheim

Bound For the Promised Land (NSBT) – Oren Martin

Cosmology and Eschatology in Hebrews: The Settings of the Sacrifice (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series) – Kenneth L. Schenck

Allegory Transformed: The Appropriation of Philonic Hermeneutics in the Letters to the Hebrews – Stefan N. Svendsen

Joshua Typology in the New Testament – Richard Ounsworth

Hermeneutical Foundations of Hebrews: A Study in the Validity of the Epistle’s Interpretation of Some Core Citations from the Psalms – Dale F. Leschert

Deuteronomy and Exhortation in Hebrews: A Study in Narrative Re-presentation – David M. Allen

“The Eschatology of Hebrews: As Understood Within a Cultic Setting,” by Gert J. Steyn in Eschatology of the New Testament and Some Related Documents – Jan G. Van Der Watt

The Epistle to the Hebrews and Christian Theology – eds. Richard Bauckham, Daniel R. Driver, et al.

Cosmology and New Testament Theology – eds. Jonathan T. Pennington & Sean M. McDonough

A Cloud of Witnesses: The Theology of Hebrews in its Ancient Contexts – eds. Richard Bauckham, Daniel Driver, Trevor Hart, & Nathan MacDonald

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