%0 Journal Article
%T Mount Sinai and Mount Zion: Discontinuity and continuity in the book of Hebrews
%A Hulisani Ramantswana
%J In die Skriflig
%D 2013
%I AOSIS OpenJournals
%R 10.4102/ids.v47i1.90
%X The author of Hebrews draws significant contrasts between Mount Sinai and Mount Zion which both played a major role in the old covenant. For the author of Hebrews the former mountain, Mount Sinai, only had limited significance with respect to the new covenant, whereas the latter mountain, Mount Zion, continued to have significance in the new covenant. Mount Zion was viewed as a shadow of the heavenly reality, which is the true destination for the pilgrimage community. Mount Sinai as the locus of encounter or meeting between God and Israel only played a transitory role, whereas Mount Zion had perpetual significance as the destination, the dwelling place of God and his people. Berg Sinai en Berg Sion: Diskontinu teit en kontinu teit in die brief aan die Hebre rs. Die skrywer van Hebre rs wys op betekenisvolle teenstellings tussen Berg Sinai en Berg Sion, wat elkeen ¡¯n beduidende rol in die ou verbond gespeel het. Vir die Hebre rskrywer het Berg Sinai egter beperkte betekenis vir die nuwe verbond, terwyl Sion nog steeds betekenis het. Berg Sion word as skaduwee van die hemelse werklikheid beskou, wat die uiteindelike bestemming van die pelgrimsgemeenskap is. Berg Sinai, as die lokus van ontmoeting tussen God en Israel, speel slegs ¡®n oorgangsrol, terwyl Berg Sion steeds beduidende betekenis het as bestemming en woonplek van God en sy volk.
%K Sinai
%K Zion
%K Continuity
%K Discontinuity
%K Book of Hebrews
%U http://www.indieskriflig.org.za/index.php/skriflig/article/view/90