The present volume contains a foreword and a collection of fourteen essays applying latest and neglected methods and offering new and innovative insight to the interpretation of the New Testament Book of Hebrews. The contributions are arranged in three parts.

Gabriella Gelardini received her Dr. theol. in New Testament studies from the University of Basel (Switzerland), where she currently teaches and serves as Wissenschaftliche Oberassistentin am Lehrstuhl für Neues Testament. She wrote a dissertation on Hebrews, entitled "Verhärtet eure Herzen nicht" Der Hebräer, eine Synagogenhomilie zu Tischa be-Aw (Basel, 2004), co-edited the volume Theoriebildung im christlich-jüdischen Dialog: Kulturwissenschaftliche Reflexionen zur Deutung, Verhältnisbestimmung und Diskursfähigkeit von Religionen (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2004), and is currently working on her Habilitationsschrift. Dr. Gelardini is also chair and co-chair of the Hebrews Seminar (International Meeting) and the Hebrews Consultation (Annual Meeting) within the Society of Biblical Literature.