Christopher A. Richardson demonstrates that in Hebrews, Jesus is presented as the superlative example of faith and faithfulness. He argues that the author of Hebrews has integrated Jesus' example of faith throughout the epistle in such a way as to demonstrate that the former examples of faith throughout Israel's history anticipate or prefigure the person and work of Christ.

By providing a detailed exegetical examination of the references to Jesus' faith in Hebrews, Christopher A. Richardson demonstrates that this epistle makes a profound contribution to our understanding of the early church's christology. Rather than engaging with the pistis Christou debates in Paul, the author reveals that Jesus' own faith in God in terms of theology is most clearly articulated in Hebrews. He argues that the author of Hebrews has integrated Jesus' example of faith throughout the epistle, with Heb. 12.2 being the climactic illustration of his faith; consequently, the reader is compelled to compare Jesus' perfect example of steadfast confidence with the ancestors of faith in Hebrews 11. It is evident that these have been recapitulated in order to amplify the person and work of Christ, and thus to present the former exemplars as true yet imperfect anticipations of the one who perfectly embodied and expressed the virtue of faith.

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Born 1973; 2009 PhD, University of Aberdeen; currently the Assistant Rector at Christ Our King Anglican Church in New Braunfels, Texas.