Who Wrote Book of Hebrews

I know. There are books of the Bible we really do not know who wrote.

We do not know who wrote Mark (it is generally accepted by theologians that it was probably not written by John Mark, but tradition holds otherwise).

Matthew was written anonymously but attributed to Matthew in the 2nd Century.

With Luke, again we don't know for certain. But unlike Hebrews the Gospel of Luke was considered to have been written by Luke in the Early Church. No other writers are offered.

Like the three Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John was also written anonymously. All we know of the writer is that he was well educated.

 

Not necessarily. It is unique to Paul ONLY if nobody learned from Paul. And like you point out, John also used the wording (as did the Psalmist....so it would be familiar to those who read the Psalms).

Apollos, for example, is a good contender for writing Hebrews because from biblical accounts it would be the type of language expected of him. And being a contemporary of Paul he would have certainly been familiar with Paul's words as Paul was of his (Paul commented on his eloquence of speech).

In fact, Paul noted that he planted the seed and Apollos watered it. Hebrews was obviously written after the seed had been planted (the warning about turning back).