Ersättningsteologi och Hebreerbrevet: En receptionshistorisk studie om ersättningsteologiska resonemang i läsningar av Hebreerbrevet
(2021) BIVM72 20212Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Abstract
- The aim of this thesis is to investigate what possible replacement theological underpinnings look like in readings of the letter to the Hebrews. Hebrews is often considered the book in the New Testament that most clearly contains replacement theological underpinnings. However, there is an ambiguity in the letter as readers of Hebrews have drawn different conclusions regarding the possible replacement theological underpinnings, where some believe that the letter is replacement theological and some believe that it is not. My interest lies in what these readings and interpretations look like. It comes down to a question of hermeneutics, in how one understands a text and from what perspective one reads it.
In this thesis, I will examine four... (More) - The aim of this thesis is to investigate what possible replacement theological underpinnings look like in readings of the letter to the Hebrews. Hebrews is often considered the book in the New Testament that most clearly contains replacement theological underpinnings. However, there is an ambiguity in the letter as readers of Hebrews have drawn different conclusions regarding the possible replacement theological underpinnings, where some believe that the letter is replacement theological and some believe that it is not. My interest lies in what these readings and interpretations look like. It comes down to a question of hermeneutics, in how one understands a text and from what perspective one reads it.
In this thesis, I will examine four different receptions of Hebrews and investigate what their readings look like and how they have come to their conclusion. The overall research question is as follows: What does the possible replacement theological underpinnings look like in the reception of Hebrews by the four episodes John Chrysostom, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and Tom Wright.
By using a reception historical approach I have started with research in the biblical text and then carried on and researched the reception of the biblical text in each episode. Each text has been examined with the analytical questions what and how each reception has come to its conclusion. I have in this investigation found that all four receptions make a replacement theological reading of Hebrews and that all of the recipients’ texts contain replacement theological underpinnings. I, on the other hand, have in my interpretation of the text concluded that Hebrews does not contain replacement theological underpinnings but that it is rather the translations and or choice of manuscripts that contain replacement theological underpinnings.
In my analysis of the authors’ texts, I have found that all of the texts have an economical replacement theology with one exception for Chrysostom who has both an economical replacement theology and a punitive replacement theology. The main subject discussed in each of the texts has been the fulfillment of the law. The authors have argued for this in slightly different ways, however, they have reached the same conclusion: that Hebrews states that the law is fulfilled through Christ, hence Israel has served its place as God’s people and is replaced as God’s chosen people by the Church. (Less)
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- Nordström, Charlotta LU
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- organization
- course
- BIVM72 20212
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Letter to the Hebrews, replacement theology, reception history, John Chrysostom, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Tom Wright, NT Wright.
- language
- Swedish
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- 9074576
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abstract = {{The aim of this thesis is to investigate what possible replacement theological underpinnings look like in readings of the letter to the Hebrews. Hebrews is often considered the book in the New Testament that most clearly contains replacement theological underpinnings. However, there is an ambiguity in the letter as readers of Hebrews have drawn different conclusions regarding the possible replacement theological underpinnings, where some believe that the letter is replacement theological and some believe that it is not. My interest lies in what these readings and interpretations look like. It comes down to a question of hermeneutics, in how one understands a text and from what perspective one reads it.
In this thesis, I will examine four different receptions of Hebrews and investigate what their readings look like and how they have come to their conclusion. The overall research question is as follows: What does the possible replacement theological underpinnings look like in the reception of Hebrews by the four episodes John Chrysostom, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, and Tom Wright.
By using a reception historical approach I have started with research in the biblical text and then carried on and researched the reception of the biblical text in each episode. Each text has been examined with the analytical questions what and how each reception has come to its conclusion. I have in this investigation found that all four receptions make a replacement theological reading of Hebrews and that all of the recipients’ texts contain replacement theological underpinnings. I, on the other hand, have in my interpretation of the text concluded that Hebrews does not contain replacement theological underpinnings but that it is rather the translations and or choice of manuscripts that contain replacement theological underpinnings.
In my analysis of the authors’ texts, I have found that all of the texts have an economical replacement theology with one exception for Chrysostom who has both an economical replacement theology and a punitive replacement theology. The main subject discussed in each of the texts has been the fulfillment of the law. The authors have argued for this in slightly different ways, however, they have reached the same conclusion: that Hebrews states that the law is fulfilled through Christ, hence Israel has served its place as God’s people and is replaced as God’s chosen people by the Church.}},
author = {{Nordström, Charlotta}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Ersättningsteologi och Hebreerbrevet: En receptionshistorisk studie om ersättningsteologiska resonemang i läsningar av Hebreerbrevet}},
year = {{2021}},
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