Hebrews' presentation of Jesus as High Priest
Jesus as 'pioneer' or 'forerunner'
Jesus as 'Son' and 'Son of God'
Jesus as 'priest' and 'high priest'
Hebrews 1:1-14
Hebrews 2:5-18
Hebrews 4:14-5:10
Hebrews 7
Hebrews 8-10
Previous theories of the background of the motif
Largely original to the author of Hebrews
Dependent on early Christian theology and exegesis
Dependent on gnostic mythology
Dependent on the thought of Philo of Alexandria
Messianic priest traditions in Second Temple Judaism
Messianic expectations at qumran
Identification of 'messianic' figures at Qumran
Evolutionary development of messianic conceptions at Qumran
The messianic priest in the qumran texts
Rule of the community and Damascus document
Rule of the congregation
Rule of the blessings
War scroll
Forilegium (4Q174) and Catenaa (4Q177)
Testimonia (4Q175)
Other possible references to a messianic priest
Antecedents to the Qumran expectations of a messianic priest
Aramaic Levi document
Jubilees
Ttestament of Levi
Significance of the Levi priestly tradition
Angelomorphic christology Melchizedek traditions in Second Temple Judaism
Melchizedek in the Hebrew Scriptures and the Septuagint
Genesis 14:18-20
Psalm 110:4
Melchizedek in nonbiblical Second Temple Jewish literature
Genesis apocryphon
Jubilees
Pseudo-eupolemus
Philo of Alexandria
Melchizedek in the texts of the Qumran community
Songs of the Sabbath sacrifice
Visions of Amram
Melchizedek
The priestly christology of Hebrews and Qumran traditions
A narrative theology of Hebrews
Comparison with Qumran traditions
Hebrews and the priestly messianism of Qumran
Hebrews and the Melchizedek traditions of Qumran.