Modification in the understanding of the sacred space in the Epistle to the Hebrews

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия

Sergey Davidoglu¹ 

[1] Russian state university for the Humanities;

关键词: сакральное пространство;    Послание к Евреям;    святилище;    структура святилища;    небесный храм;    небесное святилище;    жертвенник курения;    первосвященство Христа;    культура иудаизма I в.;    христианство I в.;    христология;   

DOI  :  http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturI201982.77-93

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This article examines the structure of the heavenly sanctuary presented in the Epistle to the Hebrews and its diff erence from the structure of the Old Testament temple. It also shows how this picture of the sanctuary demonstrates the change in the idea of the author of the Epistle about the sacred space compared with ideas that were typical of the culture of Judaism of the 1st century. It also gives a characterisation of the sacred space as a cultural phenomenon, of Old Testament ideas about the sacred space as well as how these ideas refl ected in the temple structure. The sacred space in Judaist culture is understood in its connection with the presence of God and has gradations as to the degree of distance from God. The article also looks at the terminology of the sanctuary in the Epistle to the Hebrews and its distinctive features seen in the text. Among the main features are the following: typological connection of sancta sanctorum of the earthly temple with the entire heavenly sanctuary; transfer of the altar of incense to the sancta sactorum, which was theologically interpreted in the framework of this typology; monolithic character of the heavenly sanctuary; its spiritual nature; the refl ection of the whole ministry of Jesus Christ in the idea of the heavenly sanctuary, with the opportunity of access for all the faithful. This shows the transformation of the idea of the author of the Epistle about the sacred space compared with those generally accepted in Judaism of the 1st century, this transformation being infl uenced by Jesus. Because of the concept of the heavenly sanctuary, the idea of the sacred space is being transferred to a diff erent level, moving the emphasis from observing the rite to man’s faith, which infl uenced all the subsequent development of Christian theology and culture.

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