About this episode

The episode explores the central arguments of the Book of Hebrews, discussing Jesus' priesthood and the concept of God's rest.

What is the central argument of Hebrews? Jesus isn't from Levi so why does Hebrews think he can be a priest at all? What is "God's rest"? Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Grab your free gift: the top 10 most misunderstood Biblical verses: https://info.bibspeak.com/10-verses-clarified Join the newsletter (I only send 2 emails a week): https://www.bibspeak.com/#newsletter Shop Dwell L'abel 15% off using the discount code BIBSPEAK15 https://go.dwell-label.com/bibspeak Download Logos Bible Software for your own personal study: http://logos.com/biblicallyspeaking Sign up for Riverside: https://www.riverside.fm/?utm_campaig… Use Manychat to automate a quick DM! It’s great for sending links fast. https://manychat.partnerlinks.io/nd14879vojab Stan.Store—way better than Linktree! It lets me share links, grow my email list, and host all my podcast stuff in one place. https://join.stan.store/biblicallyspeaking Support this show!! : https://www.bibspeak.com/#donate Rev. Dr. Madison N. Pierce is Lecturer in New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. She is the author of Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews (Cambridge…

People in this episode

Host: Cassian Bellino

Guest: Dr. Madison N. Pierce

Topics covered

• Hebrews
• New Testament
• Christianity
• Jesus as priest
• God's rest
• Biblical interpretation

Keywords

• Hebrews
• Jesus
• priesthood
• God's rest
• New Testament
• Biblical verses
• Christianity

Sponsors

Logos Bible Software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of St Andrews, Reformed Church in America, Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Manychat, Stan.Store

Books & works: Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews, Reading the Later New Testament as Christian Scripture

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