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Jesus as ‘The One who Entered his Rest’: The Christological Reading of Hebrews 4.10
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This article argues that in Heb. 4.10 the substantival aorist participle ὁ εἰσελθών should be translated ‘the one who entered’, and that its implied subject is Christ; it further suggests that, understood this way, this verse coheres with Hebrews’ strong emphasis on the completed nature of Christ’s salvific work, expressed in particular with the image of Christ’s enthronement or session using Ps. 110.1. The article thus challenges the view that the rest motif in Heb. 3–4 is purely a ‘sermon illustration’ with no connection to the strong Christology pervading the rest of the letter; additionally it underscores the creativity with which the author expresses the sufficiency of the Christ event, and strengthens the proximity of the motifs of entering rest and entering the heavenly sanctuary.
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“Moore argues that rest here is Christocentric, as Jesus is the foundation, center, and goal of the believer's rest.”
From The Centrality of Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews: Theological Themes and Their Importance for the Present Day Church (2023) · cites this paper as Moore, 2014, p. 397
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- Authors
- Moore, N. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Moore, Nicholas J.
- ORCID
- Moore, Nicholas J.
- Venue
- Journal for the Study of the New Testament
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-04-11
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 383-400
- ISSN
- 0142-064X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-5294
- OpenAlex
- W2086807404
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2020: 12 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Journal for the Study of the New Testament (publishedVersion)
- Durham Research Online (Durham University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Karl Barth and Christian Theology
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Classics › Byzantine Studies and History
- Keywords
- Christology, enthronement of Christ, Psalm 110, heavenly sanctuary
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