[B-Greek] Hebrews 1:8
Tony Costa
tmcos at rogers.com
Wed Jun 30 18:32:52 EDT 2004
Robert Newman
wrote > "There’s a possible example in Ps 45:6,7 which is here being
quoted. Though there are similar translation possibilities. Was the human
king here addressed as God?"
Tony: Yes, the human king was addressed here as God. The term "God" (Elohim;
Heb) was applied to the king as the vice-regent of Yahweh. It was also
applied to angels in the MT in Ps.8:6. The LXX of Ps.8:6 has the word
AGGELOUS. In Exod.22:28 (MT 27) "God" is applied to the judges.
>The context of both verses needs to be carefully looked at.
Tony: I agree. It seems that the author of Hebrews may be using midrash in
the interpretation of these OT passages in applying them to Christ.
>Interestingly some explain that the Hebrew text may have originally read
“Your throne will be to time indefinite” the verb “to be” being confused for
the divine name YHWH then changed to read “God”. Also “God, your God” in
verse 7 of the psalm may have originally read “Yehowah your God”
Tony: This however is speculative and not based on the text that we do have
before us.
>It’s true Paul’s name does not appear in the letter and it’s style is
different to other letters attributed to Paul. My writing reflects the
popular view, "
Tony: Actually the Pauline authorship of Hebrews is not "the popular view".
In Heb.2:3 the author distinguishes himself from Christ and the apostles and
thus makes no claim to apostolicity as Paul did (1 Cor.9:1).
Tony Costa
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