Featured Hebrews... An ancient sermon?

I have looked at Pink's commentary. I do not see Paul as writer.
It could, perhaps, be Paul who gave the sermon, but the greek used and the fact that the writer always quotes from the LXX points away from Paul.
In Hebrews 2:3-4 we read:

It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

This indicates the person speaking is not an eyewitness to Jesus and not an Apostle. Instead it indicates that the author is a peer with Timothy. A Hellenist Jew, such as perhaps Apollos. The structure of the writing is very much like a sermon structure.

 

Yes, all guesses at authorship of Hebrews is speculation, including those who speculate it is Paul.
The internal evidence points to a next generation, after the Apostles, writer.

 

You wrote:
I suggest that you check the OT quotes in Romans and Galatians and compare them with Hebrews and then share your conclusions

I suggest you compare the two for us and show how Paul always quoted from the Septuagint as the person in Hebrews does.
Second, would you honestly argue that only Paul can quote from the OT?
Third, would a disciple of Paul not be influenced by Paul in quoting scripture?
Now, look at Hebrews 2:3-4 and show me that only Paul can be the writer. Moreso, show me how this cannot have been a sermon to the early Jewish church.

 

Well, the entire book of Hebrews is from the LXX. It seems you may be rejecting the book of Hebrews as a New Testament book since it destroys your assertion.

Moreso, I find your unwillingness to consider the book of Hebrews as a sermon very interesting. I wonder if your argument comes from study or moreso from a bias you will not let go, no matter the internal evidence of the text.

 

De Moor conceded that “the citations of the Old Testament in the New Testament quite frequently agree with the Septuagint, even in passages where the Greek Version appears to turn from the Hebrew verity.” Yet he assures us that this is not consistently the case, since the Apostles “sometimes recede somewhat both from the Hebrew text and from the Septuagint Version: often also, with the Septuagint abandoned, they adhere closely to the Hebrew text.”

Did the Apostles Favor the Septuagint?

The writers of the NT quoted from the LXX. Apparently all scholars think this, except you.

 

When Jesus quoted the LXX did it violate inspiration rules you have made up? When Paul quotes a Cretan poet, does it make that poem inspired? If I quote in English does it make God's word less inspired?

 

The scriptures had been translated to greek and the author of Hebrews seems to have been a Hellenist Jew. Perhaps Titus or Apollos or even Luke. The internal evidence points to someone who had heard and been taught by the Apostles and knew Timothy. It also points to being before the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem.

 

Indeed, what I find intriguing is that Hebrews may be a recorded sermon that was passed around by the early church rather than a letter to a specific church.

 

It was preached to a Jewish church, but it is just as relevant to any church, telling congregants not to drift or go back to sins in which they once lived. It is a great admonishment to us to persevere and remain diligent in the faith.