The ‘cloud of witnesses’ as part of the public court of reputation in Hebrews
| dc.contributor.author | Cromhout, Markus | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-07-12T12:16:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-07-12T12:16:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-07-19 | |
| dc.description | This article was read as a paper at the Context Group Meeting, held at the University of Pretoria, 03−04 August 2010. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | By drawing parallels with the function of ancestors in African traditional religions, this article looks at the possibility that the Israelite ancestors mentioned in Hebrews played a far more dynamic role for the author and community he wrote for than most commentators appreciate. In addition to being examples of loyalty, it is argued that they also constitute an active presence, and similar to God, form part of the public court of reputation distributing honour to the Jesus followers. This also grounded and affirmed their Israelite identity. | en |
| dc.description.librarian | am2013 | en |
| dc.description.librarian | mn2013 | |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.hts.org.za | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Cromhout, M., 2012, ‘The “cloud of witnesses” as part of the public court of reputation in Hebrews’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 68(1), Art. #1151, 6 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0259-9422 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2072-8050 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 10.4102/hts.v68i101151 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/21926 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | AOSIS Open Journals | en |
| dc.rights | © 2012. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en |
| dc.subject | Hebrews | en |
| dc.subject | Israelite ancestors | en |
| dc.subject | Public court of reputation | en |
| dc.title | The ‘cloud of witnesses’ as part of the public court of reputation in Hebrews | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |