Lecture Notes for the Epistle to the Hebrews
Table of Contents
by Dr. J. Paul Tanner
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Session 1: Canonicity of
the Book of Hebrews 1.1
Session 2: Introductory
Matters (Date, Authorship) 2.1
Session 3: Introductory
Matters (Audience, Destination, Use of the OT) 3.1
Session 4: The Structure
of the Book 4.1
Possible Structural
Arrangement Suppl.
4.1
An Outline of the Book of
Hebrews
Suppl. 4.2
An
Overview Chart of the Book of
Hebrews Suppl. 4.3
Session 5: Overall Message
and The Warning Passages 5.1
Session 6: Theological
Presuppositions 6.1
Session 7: The Prologue to
the Book (1:1-4) 7.1
Session 8: The Son's
Superiority to the Angels (1:5-14) 8.1
Session 9: The First
Warning (2:1-4)
9:1
Session 10: The Blessings
from the Son's Humiliation (2:5-18) 10.1
Session 11: The Call to
Faithfulness (3:1-6) 11.1
Session 12: A Warning from
Psalm 95 (3:7-19) 12.1
An Outline of Psalm 95
Suppl. 12.1
Session 13: Our Goal: To
Enter in to God's "Rest" (4:1-13) 13.1
Session 14: God's
Solution: A Merciful High Priest (4:14--5:10)
14.1
Session 15: A Confrontation
of Their Need for Maturity (5:11--6:3)
15.1
Note: See further
Appendix A listed at the bottom of the page concerning
Hebrews 5:11–6:12
for an article I had published on this passage in 2001.
Also see my 2017
“Hebrews
6:4-6 and the Question of Christian Perseverance:
A Case for Christian Rebellion Met by Temporal Judgment and Loss of Reward."
In A Defense of Free Grace Theology with Respect to Saving
Faith, Perseverance,
and Assurance, ed. Fred Chay (Grace Theology Press, 2017), 239-79.
[This is a large file of over 8 MB].
Session 16: Christian
Departure from the Faith (6:4-12) 16.1
Session 17: Those Who
Inherit the Promises (6:13-20) 17.1
Session 18: Melchizedek . .
. To Whom Levi's Ancestor Paid Tithes (7:1-10) 18.1
Session 19: The Son's
Priestly Ministry Superior to the Levitical ... (7:11-28) 19.1
Session 20: Jesus . . . A
Priestly Minister of a Better Covenant (8:1-13) 20.1
Session 21: The Perfect
Sacrifice in the Greater Tabernacle (9:1-28) 21.1
The Balanced Development
of Heb 9:1-28
Suppl. 21.1
Session 22: The Finality of
Christ's Sacrifice (10:1-18) 22.1
Session 23: The Call to
Endurance in Faith (10:19-39) 23.1
Parallels Between Heb 6:4-12
and Heb 10:26-36 Suppl. 23.1
Session 24: The Faith We
Should Emulate (11:1-40) 24.1
Session 25: Seeing
Discipline as a Positive Benefit (12:1-13) 25.1
Session 26: A Final Warning
to be Faithful to the New Covenant (12:14-29) 26.1
OT Passages on the Covenant at Sinai
Suppl. 26.1
Session 27: Sacrifices of
the New Covenant Worshiper (13:1-17) 27.1
Session 28: The Epilogue to
the Book (13:18-25) 28.1
Appendix A: "But If It
Yields Thorns and Thistles":
An Exposition of Hebrews 5:11–6:12 App. A.1
Appendix B: A Severe
Warning Against Apostasy (Hebrews 10:26-31)
App. B.1