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• Title: Exchanging Favor for Wrath: Apostasy in Hebrews and Patron-Client Relationship.
• Author : Journal of Biblical Literature
• Release Date : January 22, 1996
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 246 KB

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The letter to the Hebrews has long troubled theologians and lay students with its severe statements about the impossibility of restoration after "falling away" (6:6) and "willful sin" (10:26). William Tyndale spent the greater part of his prologue to Hebrews explaining how these two passages concur with the rest of the scriptural witness; J. Hering softens the force of the passage by stressing that it is the "impossibility of repenting which is being affirmed, and it is not a question of knowing whether fresh forgiveness can be obtained if one does repent"; Harold W. Attridge allows the threat to stand in all its force, but then critiques the author for falling short of the gospel message in that he "unjustifiably limits the gracious mercy of God." (1) These severe passages, however, are part of a continuum of dangers facing the addressees which can be traced throughout the letter. In the author's interpretation of the situation, some are in danger of "drifting away" (2:1), of "falling short" (4:1; 12:15), of "shrinking back" (10:39), each of which leads to a situation as dangerous as the "falling away" or "willful persistence in sin" resulting in permanent exclusion. The purpose of this paper is not to solve the centuries-old theological problem but to probe the social and cultural background of the letter in order to arrive at a clearer understanding of what sort of behavior the author regards as, in effect, unforgivable, and what rationale stands behind his appraisal. The particular aspect of the first-century Mediterranean environment that provides an intriguing set of considerations in this regard is the system of patronage and clientage so prevalent in that world. I. Patronage in the Ancient Mediterranean World

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