Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Excellent 4.8 out of 5

Trustpilot

You now have 0 of this item in your basket

Going Outside the Camp

The Sociological Function of the Levitical Critique in the Epistle to the Hebrews [Hardback]

by Richard Johnson

Author
Richard Johnson
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Continuum
Published
March 2002

Bible Studies and Commentaries

Read full description

Click to expand

Today's Price

£172.54

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Enter the product quantity

Going Outside the Camp

Today's Price £172.54

Frequently Bought Together

Going Outside the Camp

by Richard Johnson

Hardback

The Unseen Realm

by Michael S. Heiser

Paperback

Add both to basket for £191.35 and save £8.64

Product Description

Johnson's study of Hebrews is unusual in adopting a social-scientific analysis. By examining the implicit sociological data in the Epistle to the Hebrews, and locating the implied society within the context of the larger Graeco-Roman world, he concludes that the author of Hebrews advocates an ideal society that is both more open to outsiders and more willing to assimilate fully new members than was first-century ce hellenistic Judaism. According to the group/grid paradigm developed by Mary Douglas, the implied society can be categorized as +weak' group/'weak' grid, in contrast to +strong' group/'strong' grid Hellenistic Judaism. The critique of the levitical system in Hebrews can be seen as supporting the author's advocacy of that implied open society.