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Who Wrote Book of Hebrews

37818

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To be fair, our difficulty is that Hebrews does not identify it's writer at all so all we can do - if we find it important - is create an educated guess.
The four gospels are not signed by their attributed authors either.
 

JonC

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The four gospels are not signed by their attributed authors either.
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.
 

Piper

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The four gospels are not signed by their attributed authors either.
True, but there are indications.

Spurgeon thinks Paul wrote Hebrews. That seals it for some people. I studied it in Seminary for a semester and my answer was maybe Barnabas, maybe Paul, but in the end we do not know.
 

37818

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Unique to Paul. The earliest citing of Psalms 2:7 for Christ's bodily resurrection, and until Hebrews and Revelation, the sole use of the term "firstborn" to refer to Christ's bodily resurrection.
 

JonC

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Unique to Paul. The earliest citing of Psalms 2:7 for Christ's bodily resurrection, and until Hebrews and Revelation, the sole use of the term "firstborn" to refer to Christ's bodily resurrection.
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).
 
Dear readers,

I was reading an article before, that talked about this issue, in one of his epistles, he told us how he penned each one and all his epistles ends with Grace be with you all. Amen.

Anyways, there is a lot of critics, some even claim the first five books were not written by Moses, we can go on...
 
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.

Its said Irreanus said Matthew/Mark/Luke/John.
 

JesusFan

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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).
2 main contenders would be Apollos and Barnabus
 

Scarlett O.

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God had not told us who wrote the book of Hebrews. How can we claim to know what God has not revealed? That's impossible and in my own personal opinion, arrogant.

It's irrelevant. People are dying and going to hell. Giving credit to someone erroneously serves no purpose to God, to the lost, to the Bible student, nor will it affect eternity.
 

Conan

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Yes. He was the first. He also lived long after the Apostles had died. I take that Matthew, Mark, and John were written by those people. But this doesn't change the fact that they were written anonymously
Don't all of the manuscripts have "according to Matthew " or "according to Mark" and so forth? I doubt there is one manuscript that does not have "according to....".
 

JonC

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Don't all of the manuscripts have "according to Matthew " or "according to Mark" and so forth? I doubt there is one manuscript that does not have "according to....".
Yes. And they put all the important words in italics .

Sometimes I think that the authors may have written anonymously intentionally. Luke, however, was written assuming the recipient knew his identity. So maybe not.
 

Scarlett O.

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Some say its not Ephesus. How do we know its Moses?
Not Ephesus???

~~~Ephesians 1:1 = "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:"

How do we know it's Moses?

~~~Mark 12:26 says that Moses wrote Exodus. In fact, Exodus 34 says that God told Moses to write it. Deuteronomy 31 says that Moses wrote Deuteronomy. Jesus says in his parable in Luke 16 that the Old Testament is "Moses and the Prophets". Paul says in Romans 10 that Moses wrote the Law. Numbers 33 tells of God commanding Moses to write things down.
 
Not Ephesus???

~~~Ephesians 1:1 = "Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,To God’s holy people in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:"

How do we know it's Moses?

~~~Mark 12:26 says that Moses wrote Exodus. In fact, Exodus 34 says that God told Moses to write it. Deuteronomy 31 says that Moses wrote Deuteronomy. Jesus says in his parable in Luke 16 that the Old Testament is "Moses and the Prophets". Paul says in Romans 10 that Moses wrote the Law. Numbers 33 tells of God commanding Moses to write things down.
Good evening,

There is a footnote in this "Good News Version" and many other versions on Biblegateway say "Ephesus" may have been added by corrupters.

Yes, I believe Moses wrote those books, I recently got this book, and it talked about Moses couldn't have wrote those books. Also, they mention how in Hebrew, its the telegram of JAH but then it says he wasn't known by this name, and then he revealed it to Moses.

Also, do you all believe in the Psalm supcriptions?
 
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