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May 5, 2023 · In short, this book belongs in the Bible. Therefore, its human author is unimportant. What is important is to treat the book as inspired Scripture as defined in 2 Timothy 3:16-17. The Holy Spirit was the divine author of Hebrews and of all Scripture, even though we don’t know who put the physical pen to the physical paper and traced the words.
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Jun 17, 2024 · The Book of Hebrews is one of the disputed books of the Bible when it comes to authorship. Some believe Paul to be the author, who wrote at least thirteen books in the New Testament and others attribute the book to Priscilla, a friend of Paul’s who accompanied him during part of his ministry. Let's take a look at the context and some clues to determine who wrote the book fo Hebrews.
- Did Paul write Hebrews? It is possible Paul wrote the book of Hebrews. There are a couple reasons why this might be the case. First, in the earliest manuscript editions of the New Testament books, Hebrews is included after Romans among the books written by the apostle Paul.
- The King James Version assumes Pauline authorship. The nuanced position on the authorship question by the Alexandrian fathers was obscured by later church tradition that mistook Pauline association for Pauline authorship.
- Parallels between Hebrews and Paul’s writings. It’s certainly reasonable to conclude Paul wrote the book of Hebrews. Many of the thoughts of Hebrews are similar to those found in Paul’s writings
- Reasons Paul did not write Hebrews. In spite of all this evidence for Pauline authorship, few New Testament scholars today believe Paul wrote it. Both John Calvin and Martin Luther shared this judgment as far as the sixteenth century.
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The book of HebrewsHebrews is a New Testament epistle written to Jewish Christians who were enduring persecution and were tempted to revert back to their former Jewish faith.
Hebrews was almost certainly written before AD 70 when the Romans sacked Jerusalem and destroyed the Jewish temple. The author of Hebrews describes activities at the temple as taking place as usual (e.g., Hebrews 10:11), which indicates a date before AD 70. In addition, because the author suggests that none of the recipients of the letter had been ...
Hebrews is an unusual letter in that it doesn’t reflect the customary format of the time of identifying the author and recipients, and doesn’t begin with a greeting (the elements we see in Paul’s letters, for example). Instead, it reads like an extended sermon—the author both teaches doctrine and challenges his listeners to take action. Although he...
The earliest Greek manuscripts of Hebrews begin with the title “To the Hebrews.” The title was added by the early church, most likely for ease of reference, and seems to reflect their belief that it was addressed to Jewish Christians.
The book of Hebrews doesn’t specify its author, but whoever penned it had a thorough knowledge of the Old Testament and was eloquent in his use of Greek. Some in the early church ascribed the book to Paul, but most scholars today believe the writing style of Hebrews is so different from Paul’s other letters that this is unlikely. The early church f...
As noted above, the original recipients of Hebrews were Jewish Christians. The author writes that in the past God had spoken to “our ancestors” through the prophets (Hebrews 1:1). They likely resided in Rome because the author mentions that other Italians who were with him sent their greetings (Hebrews 13:24)—that is, to paraphrase, “The other Ital...
Apr 3, 2024 · The Book of Hebrews isn't a letter nor written to the Hebrews. It’s a sermon, or what the author calls a “word of exhortation” (13:22). That’s enough to cast another layer of doubt on the traditional attribution. Paul’s letters, in contrast, are more clearly structured as epistolary communications addressing specific community issues ...
The Epistle to the Hebrews of the Christian Bible is one of the New Testament books whose canonicity was disputed. Traditionally, Paul the Apostle was thought to be the author. However, since the third century this has been questioned, and the consensus among most modern scholars is that the author is unknown.
So, regarding the author of Hebrews, we’ve seen that he was (1) a man, (2) a second-generation believer (probably not Paul), (3) who may have chosen to remain anonymous to echo the mysterious nature of one of the main characters in his book, Melchizedek. In the first few centuries, the book was grouped together with Paul’s 13 NT letters.