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Paul the Apostle 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 a
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An unknown woman disciple who followed Paul
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God. ( drops mic )
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CAN ANYone in this group tell us ???
lo0ok what we got here Philip Williams a NEW opportunity to rise and shine this OP after all these years once again
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Nobody knows
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I’ve heard a convincing presentation that it was Apollos. But seriously I’m not too worried about who wrote it. I’m worried about living it out.
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God is the author if entire Bible
I believe Paul is the writter of Hebrews as it is written with the same style as Romans to Philemon -
Has any computer analysis been done to determine authorship? I heard that the Torah was analyzed and the results showed that all five books had the same single author.
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Most bible scholars think its Paul for many reasons. The obvious writing is similar to his others. Another is that his ministry was with the gentiles but his heart was for everyone including Jews in other ministries. He didn’t leave a signature so nobody would think he was intruding on someone elses assigned ministry, like how some poachers today, drawing people away from one church to grow their church or start churches.
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Only God knows but a theory I have like is Barnabas. The author has a lot of knowledge about Levitical law and when Barnabas is first introduced it is as “Joseph the Levite”.
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They don’t know exactly. Maybe Apollos.
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He was a Hebrew Priest or disciple who knew the laws of the Temple Sacrifices and got converted and became a true believer. Name – Unknown.
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Paul is not Hebrew he is a gentile, a serpent seed
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Starbucks
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Luke and Paul wrote it together.
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God
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Who are the AUTHORS would be proper.
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The consensus among most modern scholars is that the author is unknown. No one knows who wrote it.
https://bible.org/article/introduction-book-hebrews“The ancient testimony to the Pauline authorship of Hebrews is incomparably stronger than any other, and other names may thus be dealt with more briefly. A double tradition mentioning Clement and Luke as possible authors was, according to Eusebius, known already to Origen. It was taken up by, among others, Jerome, John of Damascus, and Ephraem and later by a number of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholars.
This tradition is, however, certainly incorrect. While Clement quotes or alludes to Hebrews, attributes OT quotations directly to the Holy Spirit in a way paralleled in the NT only by Hebrews, and derives some of his language from that more creative writing (not quoting Hebrews as scripture or attributing it to Paul), his thought runs fundamentally counter to that of Hebrews. Where Hebrews is concerned to show the supremacy of Christ and the uniqueness of his priesthood, Clement uses Heb. 7:14 as the point of departure for an argument about the many “kings and princes and rulers in line of descent from Judah” (32:2). Clement misunderstands the teaching in Hebrews about Christ’s high priesthood as if it justified the establishment of a Christian hierarchy modeled on the Jewish hierarchy and including a high priest, priests, levites, and laymen (40:5). Such a reversal is unthinkable in the mind of a single writer.”
Paul Ellingworth, The Epistle to the Hebrews, 1993, p.13; emphasis mine
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It was The Apostle Paul
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Don’t know
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It’s not known with a high degree of certainty
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Probably Paul.
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A popular theory is that it was a sermon of Paul written down by Luke
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Most theologen say that the author is Paul because of the pattern of writing.
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Pauline
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God.
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I doubt it was Paul. The writing style is very different.
‘Ghost written by “someone” Jewish with the Apostle Paul’?
Some of you are going to get that.?
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Only God knows.
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I believe that it may have been the Apostle John writer of the Gospel. The reason being is that in the Gospel of John the Apostle rights of people being given to Christ and there is a singular mention of that in the letter to the Hebrews as well otherwise it is not distinctive of John but I do believe that it is.
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It might be Paul
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Paul or Luke
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God!
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God… through a man… who believed the Gospel of Yeshua Messiah. Question: should we not be the same?
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Bob wrote it.
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When we say Paul, we’re guessing
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Id like to think it was Paul, but Apollos might be a great second choice. See Acts 18:24-28 “And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.”
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It is not actually known who the Holy Spirit used but there is a front runner which most say is none other than the apostle Paul.
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Brent Roberts who told you that? Do you even read Greek ?
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God
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Why is that important to you? Dies it matter?
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God
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Paul. Only someone trained in the Law of Moses and anointed to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ could have written with such understanding of the types and shadows of the Old Covenant and how they are fulfilled in the New. It’s just not possible for another person of the caliber required to have written such a work to have been unheard of and unknown. Definitely Paul.
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I believe the best candidate is Apollos, the best Hellenistic Jewish-Christian to write such an eloquent book, rich in OT history and theology, as Hebrews. We’ll ultimately find out in Heaven.
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Don’t have enough information.
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John Mark. Look up the you tube instruction “meet John Mark the author of Hebrews” by grace life Bible church. Bryan Ross is pastor. It is the most thorough and convincing study I’ve ever heard.
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I would say it was Luke.
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Most think paul. Doesn’t matter, it’s a great book
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I always thought that it was written by a friend of Paul’s directly based on sermons that Paul had given. This would explain the difference in style but the ideas were Paul’s. This would meet the first requirement of the canon “written by an apostle or at the direction of one.” Obviously I have no proof for this belief but neither does anybody else.
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Biblical Scholars can’t even agree on who wrote Hebrews except that it’s unknown. There is just not enough conclusive evidence.
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Book of Hebrews in the bible? Kindly tell us ?.
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I believe it is not know, but Paul is the number one suspect.
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The Holy Spirit
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It’s Paul
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God ? Apostle Paul
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Holy Spirit is the original auther but for the argument Appollos.
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It is unknown who wrote Hebrews.
But if we knew, would it make any difference to our Spiritual Lives? Will there be any drastic changes in your Spiritual Life if you find out the author?
Hebrews is an amazing book in the Bible… it carries a really rich source of Spiritual Nourishment… should focus on living life according to those words as much as possible rather than debating what is not known.
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I think Luke
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Could be Paul, Luke, Barnabas or Apollos
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It is not Paul or Barnabas or Luke or Apollos….Then who is the author? To give you a hint we will try to study well in Chapter 2:1-3 of the book Hebrew itself…particular verse 3..”.how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation (the gospel of Christ), which at first (the time of the gospel story when Christ was still here on earth) began to be spoken by the Lord (so the preaching of the message of salvation began with Christ in the narrative story of Matthew Luke Mark & John), and was confirmed to US (who are these US?-the present generation of believers during the period of the book of Hebrews) by THOSE (who are these THOSE? the generation of the people “who heard Him-referring to Christ..So these people who directly heard Christ talking to them…they were the disciples who were alive during the time of the gospel narrative story and those people in the books of Acts who heard Him talking before he ascended to heaven…well at least they heard His preaching for the last forty days of His life after His resurrection…SO WITH THESE LINE OF THINKING WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE AUTHOR?…..FOR ME I THINK HE OR SHE BELONGS TO THE GENERATION OF THE…US….who ever that person be…we do not know his/her name who belongs to the generation of “US” we could say is the one who authored the book of Hebrews….WHAT DO YOU THINK..
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F. F. Bruce. The question should be ohrased: Who preached the oral sermon that was reduced to writing?
Did Paul preach the sermon, or did he also reduce it to writing in manuscript form first, then preach it. See F. F. Bruce, Commentary on Hebrews his discussion in Chapter Thirteen -
The Holy Spirit
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No one really knows
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James Clist Justin Morrison Ryan Matus Steve M. Pace. ^^ Scott King
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Paul
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“Behind text” question, authorship, date, time. Text as a finished product is with me, inspired by the Spirit of God and authoritative as the word of God- “Text centred”. How to read and understand and live today is “in front of text” concern. An integrated approach, balanced, is to the text always welcomed, can contribute a lot to the study of the books, therefore all 3 are needed. If I prioritise, let the Text be guide and joy in the first place. If personally hold my view, Paul as the author having some convincing reasons of argument, I can hold my view. But, at the same time, there are number of reason to say Paul not the author. Considering all may help to have an over all understanding. I think we can have personal view, after considering all, with regard to all such matters. “tolle lege”- take up and read.
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It’s Apostle Paul no doubt about it.
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PaI Believe 100%Apostle Paul
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Paul because he was the master of the Law , the persecutor before converted to the Christian faith
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I have NOT YET SEEN ANY apologetic proof presented here SO far against PAULs authorship IF ANYone has any proof please speak NOW Philip Williams Patrick Boren Philip K. Eyrich
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Max Gooche Philip Williams, Patrick Boren Philip K. Eyrich Max Gooche, as I mentioned on another of your posts, while not yours, just you posting someone else’s material,it would be nice to see you think for yourself and put forth your own ideas. As for who wrote Hebrews, while we don’t know the human author, the internal evidence in the second chapter makes it clear it wasn’t Paul. The author of Hebrews says the message was passed on to him by those who heard Jesus and Paul is very clear he received his gospel directly from Jesus. 3 how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, Hebrews 2:3 (NKJV)
11 But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. 12 For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:11-12 (NKJV)
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God.
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Nobody knows for certain but probably Paul
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Unknown. Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Apollos, Luke, Philip, Priscilla, Aquila, and Clement of Rome have been suggested by different scholars, but the epistle’s vocabulary, style, and various literary characteristics do not clearly support any particular claim. By John MacArthur in an introduction to Hebrews, Author and Date. First section.
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oh WOW – no one can argue against Paul still ?
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I say it was Priscilla. Sh! Don’t tell anyone.
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We can’t say for sure who wrote the book of Hebrews. The most commonly claimed authors are Paul, Apollos or Barnabas.
The issue I see with the Pauline claim is that this would be the only text that Paul doesn’t introduce in a way that claims that he is the author of the text in question. He does it with literally every letter that we would confidently ascribe a Pauline authorship to.
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??? ??? ???? ??????!!! ❤
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Priscilla is a very likely runner up. Some scholars give this legit credence. And it would explain why the author’s memory was removed by the hierarchical patriarchy.
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JSUT for starters a FEW pro-Pauline authorship points from the internal evidence of the EPISTLE itself
The nuanced position on the authorship question by the Alexandrian fathers was obscured by later church tradition that mistook Pauline association for Pauline authorship. The enormously influential King James Bible took its cue from this tradition. In fact, in the KJV, you’ll find the title translated as it was found in some manuscripts: “The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews.” The tradition of Pauline authorship continued.
Hebrews 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s
Colossians 1:15 – 17 “The Son is the image of the invisible God.Hebrews 2:4 and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.”
1 Corinthians 12:11 Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”Hebrews 2:14( – 17) “Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity
Philippians 2:7 – 8 “Being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human being,Hebrews 8:6 “But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator
2 Corinthians 3:6 “He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant — not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”Hebrews 10:14 made perfect forever those who are being made holy.”
Romans 5:9; 12:1 as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God.” -
Don’t know
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Paul
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God
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Jo Kothenbeutel we’ve discussed this with Philip Williams before He may NOT agree but the internal evidence is overwhelming in defense of Paulline authorship …
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