Godly Fear: The Epistle to the Hebrews and Greco-Roman Critiques of Superstition

Gray (religious studies, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee) situates the Epistle to the Hebrews more firmly and precisely than earlier studies in its Hellenistic context as exemplified by the writings of Plutarch, particularly the contemporary attitudes about superstition and its widespread application to early Christianity. The study was his dissertation for which he cites neither date nor institution. The Society of Biblical Literature publishes the book and distributes the paperbound ed...