Hebrews


Verse-by-Verse Commentaries:

Paul Ellingworth, Hebrews (NIGTC), Eerdmans, 1993.
George H. Guthrie, Hebrews (NIV Application Commentary), Zondervan, 1998.
Craig R. Koester, Hebrews (Anchor), Doubleday, 2001. ****
William Lane
, Hebrews (Word--2 vols.), Word Books, 1992. ****

Monographs, Compilations, and Studies:

Floyd V. Filson, Yesterday (Studies in Biblical Theology II, 4), SCM, 1967. ***
Richard B. Gaffin Jr., The Theology of Hebrews, Westminster Media, tape series.
Robert P. Gordon, Hebrews (Readings), Sheffield, 2000.
George G. Guthrie, The Structure of Hebrews: A Text-Linguistic Analysis, Baker, 1998.****
Ernst Käsemann, The Wandering People of God, Fortress, 1984. ***
Harm Henry Meeter, The Heavenly High-Priesthood of Christ, Eerdmans, 1916. ****

Geerhardus Vos
, The Teaching of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Wipf & Stock, 1998. ****1/2

Articles and Essays:

Charles Kingsley Barrett, "The Eschatology of the Epistle to the Hebrews" in Background of the New Testament and its Eschatology,
____ Cambridge, 1954: 363-394.
Steven M. Baugh, "Hebrews: He Spoke to Us in His Son," from The Word of God and the God of the Word (Westminster Prospective
____ Student Conference, 1998), tape.
J. Daryl Charles, "The Angels, Sonship and Birthright in the Letter to the Hebrews," JETS 33 (1990): 171-178.
Charles G. Dennison
, "The New Heavens and the New Earth: Hebrews 12:26-29," Kerux 5.1 (May 1990).
Richard B. Gaffin Jr., "A Sabbath Rest Still Awaits the People of God" in Pressing Toward the Mark, Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 1985:
____ 33-51.
________ "Christ, Our High Priest in Heaven: Hebrews 4:14," Kerux 1.3 (Dec 1986).
Philip E. Hughes, "The Epistle to the Hebrews" in The New Testament and its Modern Interpreters (ed. E. J. Epp and G. W. MacRae),
____ Scholars Press, 1989: 351-370.
________ "Hebrews 6:4-6 and the Peril of Apostasy," WTJ 35 (1973): 137-155.
________ "The Christology of Hebrews," Southwestern Journal of Theology 28 (1985): 19-27.
________ " Doctrine of Creation in Hebrews 11:3," Biblical Theology Bulletin 2 (1972): 64-77.
Meredith G. Kline, “Hebrews” in The New Bible Dictionary (ed. J. D. Douglas). Inter-Varsity, 1962: 511-512.
Rob van Kooten, "Guarding the Entrance to the Place of Rest: Hebrews 4:12-13," Kerux 11 (Dec 1996): 29-33.
Merland Ray Miller, "What is the Literary Form of Hebrews 11?" JETS 29 (1986): 411-417.
Kenneth L. Schenck, "A Celebration of the Enthroned Son: The Catena of Hebrews 1," JBL 120 (2001): 469-485.
J. Julius Scott, Jr., "Archêgos in the Salvation History of the Epistle to the Hebrews," JETS 29 (1986): 47-54.
Moises Silva, "Perfection and Eschatology in Hebrews," WTJ 39 (1976): 60-71.
Geerhardus Vos, "Heavenly-Mindedness (Hebrews 11:9-10)" in Grace and Glory, Banner of Truth, 1994: 103-123.
________ "The Eternal Christ (
Hebrews 12:1-3)" in Grace and Glory, Banner of Truth, 1994: 197-208.


More Commentaries:

Harold Attridge, The Epistle to the Hebrews (Hermenia), Fortress, 1989.
Donald A. Hagner, Hebrews (NIBC), Hendrickson, 1990.
Philip E. Hughes, A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Eerdmans, 1977.

More Monographs:

Herbert W. Bateman, IV, Early Jewish Hermeneutics and Hebrews 1.5-13: The Impact of Early Jewish Exegesis on the Interpretation of a Significant
_____New Testament Passage (American University Studies, Series 7: Theology and Religion, 193), Peter Lang, 1997.
conservative evangelical perspective; comparative, exegetical, hermeneutical issues.
Michael R. Cosby, The Rhetorical Composition and Function of Hebrews 11, Mercer University Press, 1988.
Simon Kistemaker, The Psalm Citations in the Epistle to the Hebrews, Wed. G. Van Soest N.V., 1971.
David Gooding, An Unshakeable Kingdom: The Letter to the Hebrews for Today, Eerdmans, 1989.
James Kurianal, Jesus Our High Priest: Ps 110,4 As The Substructure Of Heb 5,1-7,28 (Europäische Hochschulschriften, Reihe 23: Theologie, 693),
_____Peter Lang, 2000.
Barnabas Lindars SSF, The Theology of the Letter to the Hebrews (New Testament Theology), Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Donald Medford Stine, The Finality of the Christian Faith: A Study of the Unfolding Argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapters 1-7,
____ Princeton Theological Seminary ThD dissertation, 1964.
Albert Vanhoye, Structure and Message of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Editrice Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1964.
the "classic" treatment; conservative Catholic perspective; structural, literary, exegetical value; somewhat dated; see George Guthrie (1998) above.

More Articles:

Harold Attridge, "The Uses of Antithesis in Hebrews 8-10," Harvard Theological Review 79 (1986): 1-9.
David Alan Black, "Hebrews 1:1-4: A Study in Discourse Analysis," WTJ 49 (1987) 175-194.
________ "Problem of the Literary Structure of Hebrews: An Evaluation and a Proposal," GTJ 7 (1986): 163-177.
Brenda B. Colijn, 'Let Us Approach': Soteriology In The Epistle To The Hebrews," JETS 39 (1996): 571-586.
David A. deSilva, "Hebrews 6:4-8: A Socio-Rhetorical Investigation," Tyndale Bulletin 50.1 (1999): 33-57.
J. C. Fenton, “The Argument in Hebrews," Studia Evangelica 7 (1982): 175-76.
Everett F. Harrison, "The Theology of the Epistle to the Hebrews," BSac 121 (1964): 333-340.
Philip Edgcumbe Hughes, "The Blood of Jesus and His Heavenly Priesthood in Hebrews," (four parts)
____ "Part I: The Significance of the Blood of Jesus," BSac 130 (1973): 99-109.
____ "Part II: The High-Priestly Sacrifice of Christ," BSac 130 (1973): 195-212.
____ "Part III: The Meaning of 'The True Tent' and 'The Greater and More Perfect Tent'," BSac 130 (1973): 305-314.
____ "Part IV: The Present Work of Christ in Heaven," BSac 131 (1974): 26-33.
Linda Lloyd Neeley, "A Discourse Analysis of Hebrews," Occasional Papers in Translation and Textlinguistics 3-4 (1987): 1-146.
David J. MacLeod, "The Literary Structure of the Book of Hebrews," BSac 146 ( 1989): 185-197.
John Meier, "Symmetry and Theology in the Old Testament Citations in Heb 1.5-14," Biblica 66 (1985): 504-533.
George E. Rice, "The Chiastic Structure of the Central Section of the Epistle to the Hebrews," Andrews University Seminary Studies 19 (1981),
____ 243-246.
M. J. Paul, "The Order of Melchizedek (Ps 110:4 and Heb 7:3)," WTJ 49 (1987) 195-211.
Victor (Sung Yul) Rhee, "Chiasm and the Concept of Faith in Hebrews 11," BSac 155 (1998): 327-345.
Kenneth L. Schenck, "Keeping His Appoitment: Creation and Enthronement in Hebrews," JSNT 66 (1997): 91-117.
James Swetnam, "Form and Content in Hebrews 1-6," Biblica 53 (1972): 368-385.
________ "Form and Content in Hebrews 7-13," Biblica 55 (1974): 333-348.


David R. Anderson, The King-Priest of Psalm 110 in Hebrews (Studies in Biblical Literature, 21), Peter Lang, 2001.
progressive dispensational perspective; exegetical, intertextual value.

George B. Caird, "The Exegetical Method of the Epistle to the Hebrews," Canadian Journal of Theology 5 (1959): 44-51.

Lincoln D. Hurst, "The Christology of Heb 1 and 2" in The Glory of Christ in the New Testament: Studies in Christology in Memory of
____ George Bradford Caird, (ed. L. D. Hurst, et al) Clarendon, 1987: 149-164.