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

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