A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews (ICC)

by James Moffatt

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 1924

Overview

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Contents

Top Highlights

“‘enlightened’ in the sense of having their eyes opened (Eph 1:18) to the Christian God” (Page 78)

“When the writer declares that it is by faith we understand that the world was created, he does not mean that faith imparts reality to the creation; nor, when he says, e.g., the patriarchs lived in the expectation of a celestial Fatherland, that they thereby made this more real to themselves. No doubt this was true in a sense; but the author’s point is that just because these objects of hope were real, because, e.g., God had prepared for them a City, therefore they were justified in having faith. It is faith as the reflex of eternal realities or rewards promised by God which is fundamental in this chapter, the faith by which a good man lives.” (Page 159)

“The implication is that his readers are in danger of this sin, as indeed he has hinted already (in 3:7–4:14), and that one of the things that is weakening them is their religious inability to realize the supreme significance of Jesus. To remain as they are is fatal; it means the possibility of a relapse altogether. ‘Come on,’ the writer bids them, ‘for if you do not you will fall back, and to fall back is to be ruined.’” (Page 77)

“The third appeal (24, 25) turns on love (cp. 6:10), as the first on faith” (Page 146)

“ndeed it is not addressed to Jewish Christians at all.” (Page xvi)

Product Details

Product Details

• Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews
• Author: James J. Moffatt
• Editor: Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer and Charles Augustus Briggs
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 1924
• Pages: 264

About James Moffatt

James Moffatt (1870–1944) was educated at Glasgow University and went on to become a professor of Greek and New Testament Exegesis at Oxford in 1911. A short while later, Moffatt accepted the position of professor of church history at the United Free Church College. Moffatt’s utmost ambition was to provide an easily readable Bible. His contributions included paraphrased translations for coherent understanding. Moffatt is the author of International Critical Commentary (ICC) A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews.