The Spatiotemporal Eschatology of Hebrews: Priestly Participation in the Heavenly Tabernacle

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PART I THE HEAVENLY TABERNACLE
	Chapter 1 Heavenly Tabernacle Eschatology
		1.1. Spatiotemporal Eschatology and the Heavenly Tabernacle
			1.1.1. Spatiotemporal Eschatological Language in Hebrews
			1.1.2. Reconciling Eschatological Space and Time in Hebrews
		1.2. Survey of Scholarship on the Heavenly Tabernacle
			1.2.1. Tabernacle as Dualistic Representations (The Platonic/Philonic and Cosmological Views)
			1.2.2. Tabernacle as Social and Community Participation
			1.2.3. Tabernacle as a Rhetorical, Literary Device
			1.2.4. Tabernacle Bifurcated into Future-Spatial and Present-Spiritual Realities
			1.2.5. Tabernacle as Spatially Realized
	Chapter 2 Approaching Tabernacle Space
		2.1. Methodology: Tripartite Critical Spatial Theory
			2.1.1. Reconciling Space
			2.1.2. Applying Edward Soja’s Thirdspace
		2.2. Thirdspace in Biblical Studies
			2.2.1. Against an Anthropocentric Critical Spatiality
		2.3. Thirdspace and the Heavenly Tabernacle
		2.4. Excursus: Cynthia Westfall’s “Space and Atonement in Hebrews”
	Chapter 3 The Background of the Tabernacle
		3.1. The Heavenly Tabernacle in the Context of Hebrews
			3.1.1. Historical Context
			3.1.2. Literary Context
			3.1.3. Structure
		3.2. Spatial and Temporal Limitations of the Earthly Tabernacle
			3.2.1. Mt. Sinai’s Limited Access
			3.2.2. Spatial Limitation
			3.2.3. Temporal Limitation
PART II. FIRSTSPACE AND SECONDSPACE
	Chapter 4 Heavenly Ascent: Hebrews 4:14 And 6:19–20
		4.1. Firstspace: Passing through the Created Heavens
			4.1.1. Passed through the Heavens
			4.1.2. Depicting the Heavenly Journey in the Earthly Tabernacle
		4.2. Secondspace: Clearing the Heavenly Path
	Chapter 5 The Archetypal Pattern: Hebrews 8:5 (Exodus 25:40)
		5.1. Firstspace: A Standing Structure in the Heavens
			5.1.1. The Context of Hebrews 8:5 and Exodus 25:40
			5.1.2. Exodus 25:9 and 40 in Early and Late Judaism
			5.1.3. The Interpretative Tradition of Exodus 25:40
		5.2. Secondspace: Showcasing the Heavenly Tabernacle
			5.2.1. Intensification of Tabernacle Revelation in History
			5.2.2. Centering on the Heavenly Home
	Chapter 6 The Greater and More Perfect Tent: Hebrews 9:1–14
		6.1. Firstspace: Entering Once and for All
			6.1.1. Through the Tabernacle or By Means of the Tabernacle?
			6.1.2. The Antithetical Schema of Hebrews 9:1–10 and 11–14
			6.1.3. On the Character of the Transcendent Heavens
		6.2. Secondspace: From the Cross to the Sanctuary
		6.3. Summary
PART III. THIRDSPACE
	Chapter 7 Believers’ Spatial Awareness
		7.1. Complete Access and Full Entry
		7.2. First-, Second-, and Thirdspace Interplay
			7.2.1. The Grounding of Firstspace
			7.2.2. Mutual Cooperation of Spatial Trialectics
		7.3. Upward- and Forward-Looking
	Chapter 8 Thirdspace Priestly Activity
		8.1. Thirdspace Cultic Language
			8.1.1. προσέρχομαι and εἰσέρχομαι
			8.1.2. λειτουργός and λατρεύω
		8.2. Confidence, Boldness, and Conscience
		8.3. Thirdspace Movement
			8.3.1. Vertical or Horizontal Priestly Service
			8.3.2. Vertical and Horizontal Priestly Service
	Chapter 9 Conclusion
		9.1. Part 1: The Heavenly Tabernacle
		9.2. Part 2: Firstspace and Secondspace
		9.3. Part 3: Thirdspace
		9.4. Contributions, Implications, and New Avenues of Research
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors