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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