Hebrews

Mary Ann Beavis is professor emerita of religion and culture at St. Thomas More College (Saskatoon, Canada). She received MA degrees from the University of Manitoba and the University of Notre Dame; she holds a PhD from Cambridge University (UK). Her areas of interest and expertise include Christian origins, feminist biblical interpretation, Christianity and Goddess spirituality, and religion and popular culture. She is the author of several single-author and edited books as well as many peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and book reviews. HyeRan Kim-Cragg (ThD, University of Toronto) is Lydia Gruchy Professor of Pastoral Studies at St. Andrew’s College, Saskatoon, Canada. Her academic interests include postcolonial theory, feminist theology and liturgy, anti-racist education, and intercultural ministry. Her most recent book is The Authority and Interpretation of Scripture in The United Church of Canada and her most recent articles appear in Liturgy in Postcolonial Perspectives, and Church in the Age of Migration: A Moving Body.Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).

• Contents List of Abbreviations viiList of Contributors xiForeword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom” xiiiElisabeth Schüssler FiorenzaEditor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25) xviiBarbara E. Reid, OPAuthors’ Introduction: Searching for Sophia xxxviiHebrews 1–2 Discovering Wisdom 1Hebrews 3–4 Mediating Wisdom 29Hebrews 5–7 The Priesthood of Wisdom 49Hebrews 8:1–10:18 Wisdom and Covenant 77Hebrews 10:19–12:29 Following Wisdom 123Hebrews 13:1-25 Wisdom and Community 173Afterword 203Works Cited 205Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Sources 219Index of Subjects 233

"The reader will find in this accessible and challenging commentary a wonderfully wide range of sources and approaches to the text. Of special note are background materials from Judaism and parallel poetic renderings from Aboriginal Scriptures."The Rev. Bonnie B. Thurston, Ph.D. Author of Maverick Mark: The Untamed First Gospel