Moses as ΘΕΡΑΠΩΝ In HEB 3:5-6 : portrait of a cultic prophet-priest in Egypt?

dc.contributor.authorSteyn, Gert Jacobus
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T09:05:33Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T09:05:33Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe unknown author of Hebrews uses the hapax legomenon θεράπων in his reference to Moses as a “servant” when he contrasts Moses with Jesus in Heb 3:1-6. He states that Moses was faithful as a servant (θεράπων) in God’s house, whereas Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. Why did the author of Hebrews choose this particular term? Through a study of the use of θεράπων in the literature from antiquity – specifically the cultic and prophetic elements associated with the term – it might be concluded that the author of Hebrews deliberately employs this term for Moses in order to depict him as a religious or temple servant, as a priest in the service of Christ, the “Son”.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://academic.sun.ac.za/jnsl/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSteyn, GJ 2014, 'Moses as ΘΕΡΑΠΩΝ In HEB 3:5-6 : portrait of a cultic prophet-priest in Egypt?', Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 113-125.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-0131
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45322
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studiesen_ZA
dc.rightsStellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_ZA
dc.subjectHebrewsen_ZA
dc.subjectHapax legomenonen_ZA
dc.subjectMosesen_ZA
dc.subjectChristen_ZA
dc.subjectθεράπωνen_ZA
dc.subjectAncient Greek literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectJewish Hellenistic literatureen_ZA
dc.subjectHeliopolisen_ZA
dc.subjectEgyptian priesten_ZA
dc.titleMoses as ΘΕΡΑΠΩΝ In HEB 3:5-6 : portrait of a cultic prophet-priest in Egypt?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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