Is Hebrews a Liturgical Book...?

[St_Aloysius]

I heard Scott Hahn (I’m not a bigtime fan or anything but I loved Rome Sweet Home) say that he was amazed in finding as a Presbyterian minister that the Book of Hebrews was highly liturgical in nature.

I was just reading through chapter ten, and I must admit, it seems to have strong implicit Eucharistic undertones–and even outlines the basics of the Mass! I was blown away.

But is this just reading too much into it? Was it really like a mini-catechism for Jewish converts like some suggest?

Your thoughts?

 

[Lazerlike42]

I heard Scott Hahn (I’m not a bigtime fan or anything but I loved Rome Sweet Home) say that he was amazed in finding as a Presbyterian minister that the Book of Hebrews was highly liturgical in nature.

I was just reading through chapter ten, and I must admit, it seems to have strong implicit Eucharistic undertones–and even outlines the basics of the Mass! I was blown away.

But is this just reading too much into it? Was it really like a mini-catechism for Jewish converts like some suggest?

Your thoughts?

It’s both. It’s a mini-catechism for Jewish converts on the nature of the New Testament Sacrifice.

The situation was that many Jewish converts were beginning to, or thinking of, returning to their old faith. The author of Hebrews was trying to explain the importance of the New Testament Sacrifice by comparing it to the old.

If you’d like a (hopefully) good overview of the Liturgical nature of the book, check out this article which I wrote, or the audio file on the Mass here.

It happens to be my favorite Bible book for the various teachings I talk about in these pieces.