Table of Contents

Abbreviations xi

Foreword N. T. Wright xv

1 Rethinking the Atonement: An Introduction 1

2 Modeled on Moses: Jesus's Death, Passover, and the Defeat of the Devil in the Epistle to the Hebrews 9

3 Wilderness Identity and Pentateuchal Narrative: Distinguishing between Jesus's Inauguration and Maintenance of the New Covenant in Hebrews 29

4 Isaiah 53, Hebrews, and Covenant Renewal 47

5 "If Another Priest Arises": Jesus's Resurrection and the High-Priestly Christology of Hebrews 73

6 Blood, Life, and Atonement: Reassessing Hebrews' Christological Appropriation of Yom Kippur 87

7 Weak and Useless? Purity, the Mosaic Law, and Perfection in Hebrews 101

8 Serving in the Tabernacle in Heaven: Sacred Space, Jesus's High-Priestly Sacrifice, and Hebrews' Analogical Theology 117

9 It Is Not Finished: Jesus's Perpetual Atoning Work as the Heavenly High Priest in Hebrews 135

10 Observations on Directional Features of the Incarnation and Jesus's Sacrifice in Hebrews 159

11 Jesus's Heavenly Sacrifice in Early Christian Reception of Hebrews: A Survey 181

12 Righteous Bloodshed, Matthew's Passion Narrative, and the Temple's Destruction: Lamentations as a Matthean Intertext 205

13 The Sign of Jonah and the Prophet Motif in the Gospel of Matthew: Moving toward the Gentile Mission 229

14 Atonement at the Right Hand: The Sacrificial Significance of Jesus's Exaltation in Acts 241

15 Affirming the "Creed": The Extent of Paul's Citation of an Early Christian Formula in 1 Corinthians 15:3b-7 261

Author Index 289

Scripture and Ancient Writings Index 293