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In this episode, we welcome Dr. Daniel Stevens to discuss his book Songs of the Son: Reading the Psalms with the Author of Hebrews. Starting with the issue of how truly interconnected are the Old and New Testaments, we ask about how the Psalms should help us to see the Bible, in its diversity, as a unified whole. Is Christ Jesus objectively in the Psalms or is the New Testament often a collection of subjective reader-responses (with privilege)? What is the teaching of Hebrews on the matter, how does the author view the Psalms - and why does this matter when it comes to the claims of Christ? Listen in as we ask Dr. Stevens about “prosopological exegesis”, and how we can see that the one God who speaks in the Epistle includes and involves the personal voices of Father, Son and Holy Spirit – with even glimpses into the Father and the Son speaking to each other, and God the Holy Spirit speaking to the congregation. Why is the “divine conversation” between God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit key to the entire argument of the Epistle to the Hebrews, as a whole? Moreover, we hear this play out in how the Psalms point to Christ Jesus, and how the author of Hebrews helps us see greater clarity and resolution in the Psalms given the life, death, resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. The God-man himself is the source and substance of any hope fallen and sinful man has in entering the true Promised Land and being reconciled with the unique and sovereign God who created all things and upholds them in His power. Moreover, perhaps the pattern Hebrews models directly impacted the early Church’s Creeds, both in terms of doctrine and grammar.
Book: Songs of the Son: Reading the Psalms with the Author of Hebrews
Other resources by Dr. Stevens:
- The Theme of Promise in the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Promise Remains
- “More Than Red Letters: Jesus’s Teaching Across the New Testament” (TGC)
- “Is It Valid? A Case for the Repunctuation in Hebrews 9:17” (JBL)
Other resources:
Divine Discourse in the Epistle to the Hebrews by Madison Pierce
The Paradox of Sonship: Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews by R.B. Jamieson
The Royal Priest: Psalm 110 in Biblical Theology by Matthew Emadi
God, Grace, and Righteousness in Wisdom of Solomon and Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Texts in Conversation by Jonathan Linebaugh
Uncovering the Theme of Revelation in Romans 1:16-3:26 by Marcus Mininger
“King Follett Discourse”; “The Sermon in the Grove” by President-Prophet Joseph Smith
- See also D&C 93, 132; JST John 1; Abraham 3, 4
“Be Ye Therefore Perfect” by LDS President-Prophet Spencer W. Kimball
Wrestling the Angel; The God Who Weeps by Terryl Givens
