Scholars acknowledge that most ancient people experienced the written text of Hebrews by hearing it read out loud. Several studies also recognize the book’s emphasis on divine speech. However, research has not examined how the occurrences of divine speech in Hebrews would have been spoken by the person reading the text once it arrived at its intended destination or how the speech would have been perceived by the communities that heard it recited. The oral cultural context from which Hebrews originated decisively shaped the form and delivery of the written divine speech and must be considered in any analysis. In this study I will address this gap by examining how the divine word from Psalm 95 cited in Hebrews 3:7–11 might have been vocalized in its original context and examine the kinds of rhetorical appeals the author made to the audience.

学者们承认，大多数古代人通过听到大声朗读来体验希伯来书的书面文本。几项研究也承认这本书对神圣话语的强调。然而，研究并没有研究在希伯来书中出现的神圣话语，一旦到达预定目的地，阅读文本的人会如何说出来，或者听到它被背诵的社区如何感知该演讲。希伯来书起源的口头文化背景决定性地塑造了书面神圣演讲的形式和交付，在任何分析中都必须加以考虑。在这项研究中，我将通过检查希伯来书 3：7-11 中引用的诗篇 95 中的神圣话语如何在其原始上下文中发声来解决这一差距，并检查作者向观众提出的修辞诉求。