Abstract
CCORDING to 13 22, the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews understands his work as a X67os rrjs rapaKXvjaEcs,' directing it most likely to a group of Jewish Christians who, having an imperfect understanding of the Christian mystery, has only partially broken with the old order. Faced with the constant threat of apostasy,2 the author argues that his audience must move outside the camp of Israel, with all its sacred associations, and find God in the person of Jesus who has inaugurated a new order of incomparable superiority.3 At the center of his argument is the priesthood of Jesus, since the respective value of the two covenants ultimately stands on the effectiveness of their priests. Thus, ch. 7 stands out as the high point of the author's effort.4
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