Dana M. Harris - Hebrews

Like other volumes in the EGGNT series, this work on Hebrews is both less than a commentary and more than a commentary. After years of close study of the Greek text of Hebrews, Dana Harris provides, in largely classical categories, a most detailed and informed grammatical analysis of this booka boon to students and pastors everywhere. This is an inescapably important tool for the next generation of those who teach and comment on Hebrews.

D. A. Carson, emeritus professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Harris is to be commended for the excellent way in which this volume on Hebrews fulfills the goals of the Exegetical Guide series. Her analysis of grammatical issues is appropriately thorough. She handles controversial questions with fair and balanced judgment. Furthermore, she writes in a clear and engaging style. Students of Hebrews are in her debt for the wealth of linguistic and syntactical information that this book puts at their fingertips.

Gareth Lee Cockerill, emeritus professor of New Testament and biblical theology, Wesley Biblical Seminary

Dana Harris offers a concise, elegant explanation of the Greek text of Hebrews as she elucidates complex exegetical decisions and explains the theological issues at play in the vocabulary, syntax, and grammar discussions. She provides readers with exegetical options before describing her position, helping the reader engage the text directly. Harris underlines connections between individual verses and the wider themes and literary style within the letter, so that readers see both the forest and the tree. The section Homiletical Suggestions following each passage provides an excellent bridge between detailed exegesis and sermon outlines that will preach. Scholars and preachers alike will benefit greatly from this wonderful resource.

Lynn H. Cohick, provost and dean, professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary

Dana Harris knows Hebrews research, and, having taught the fundamentals of Greek grammar for years, she excels at making the intricacies of Koine Greek accessible. These competencies are brought together admirably in the Hebrews volume of the EGGNT. The pulling together of insights from the best grammars and lexicons, combined with the Further Study bibliographies on each unit, makes this tool a gold mine of information on the book.

George H. Guthrie, professor of New Testament, Regent College

This substantial volume not only provides a careful and reliable guide to the structural and grammatical analyses of Hebrews, but also makes a strong and compelling case for the importance of a close study of the Greek text in the appropriation of its message and significance. Written by a Hebrews scholar who is a well-informed linguist and an experienced Greek teacher, this volume belongs on the shelf of every Greek student and conscientious pastor alike.

David W. Pao, Chair of the New Testament Department, professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

In an era lacking major commentaries on Hebrews, Dana Harris provides students and scholars of Hebrews with a commentary that takes seriously the complexities of this striking Greek composition. She offers important grammatical insights alongside perceptive theological commentary. This commentary by Harris attends to the complexity of the Greek text of Hebrews, offering significant insights on the grammar and syntax of the text. But she does not stop there. This volume also provides answers to pressing theological questions with Hebrews, making it an indispensable resource for students, scholars, and pastors alike.

Madison N. Pierce, assistant professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament

Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: Hebrews
Copyright 2019 by Dana M. Harris

Published by B&H Academic
Nashville, Tennessee
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4336-8428-9

Dewey Decimal Classification: 227.87
Subject Heading: BIBLE. N.T. HEBREWSSTUDY AND TEACHING / BIBLE. N.T.CRITICISM

Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible, Copyright 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible and CSB are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

The Greek text of Hebrews is from The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition, edited by Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger in cooperation with the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Munster/Westphalia, 2014 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.

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To my students who have experienced the richness and beauty of Hebrews and who have journeyed with me into the promised rest, and, especially, to our Pioneer, who has gone before us, intercedes for us, and awaits us in the heavenly Zion, to our Priest who offered himself up as the sacrifice that enables us to come before the throne with cleansed consciences and worshipful hearts, to Jesus, our Great Shepherd, be all glory and honoramen!

It has been a great joy and a privilege to study, teach, and preach through Hebrews for many years! I am thankful for eager students at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, whose enthusiasm and insightful questions have increased my love for and sharpened my understanding of this wonderful epistle. I am especially grateful for those students who have wrestled with the often complex Greek in Hebrews with joy and perseverance. I am also thankful for the opportunity to teach through Hebrews in several home fellowshipsto interact with the Word of God together with the people of God is a great honor.

I want to thank the many people who have supported me and prayed for me during the long season spent working on this bookthe beloved people of God at Church of the Redeemer in Highwood, Illinois, and at St. Barnabas in Cambridge, UK. In both places, I am very thankful for biweekly home fellowships and for dear brothers and sisters who did not get tired of hearing the same prayer request over and over. Several people deserve special mention for their continued prayer, including Sharon Sheehan, Ingrid Faro, Michele and Dan Becker, Helen Bass, and Rick and Judy Bayley. Their friendship and sense of humor have been great blessings to me. I am also grateful for the support of my family.

I also want to thank dear colleagues at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Tyndale House. I have appreciated their enthusiastic support of my love for Hebrews. Special thanks goes to several graduate assistants whose help was tremendously valuable: Madison Pierce, Julia Lindenlaub, Jennifer Guo, and Johanan Kumar. I especially appreciate the 2017 fall sabbatical granted to me by Dean Graham Cole and the Board of Regents of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, during which time I was able to make substantial progress on this book.