Who wrote Hebrews?

[mindlight]

The book of Hebrews does not have a named author. In the Judaisers versus a gentile church conflict it came down with the latter.

It was probably written in Rome back to a church in Israel and speaks of Jesus the High priest having fulfilled the law and temple requirement releasing the church from Jewish tradition and genealogies and from a geophysical anchor. It talks about the perseverance of the saints through persecution.

Do you think this book was written by a gentile?

Could it have been written by a woman?

Is there an association between Paul and the author?

Why is the book written anonymously?

 

[jacks]

I read somewhere it was Apollos a preacher from Alexandria. (He is mentioned in Acts 18:24) Not sure why it was credited to him. Perhaps no one really knows who wrote it.

 

[Anto9us]

Could it have been written by a woman?

I had hoped that for a long while -- maybe that it was Priscilla -- but another poster shot that down in some earlier thread.

A first-person pronoun is masculine in the Greek, where the author refers to himself.

 

[Anto9us]

If we truly do not know who wrote it -- then how are we positive Paul did NOT write it?

I don't think he did, but who knows.

Reference is made to Timothy being released from prison -- I know nowhere of an imprisonment by Timothy during Paul's lifetime.

Maybe Titus wrote it.

Maybe Silas wrote it.

But not Priscilla and not Phoebe the Deaconess, because of that one little pronoun.

 

[mindlight]

I read somewhere it was Apollos a preacher from Alexandria. (He is mentioned in Acts 18:24) Not sure why it was credited to him. Perhaps no one really knows who wrote it.

He was a heavy weight intellect from a university city ( Alexandria) comparable to Athens or Tarsus. But there is no record of him going to Rome which is the most probable location for where the letter was written

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Do you think this book was written by a gentile?

We know it was not.

Could it have been written by a woman?

We know it was not.

Is there an association between Paul and the author?

What do you think ? (there is no reason to think Paul was not the author, btw)

Why is the book written anonymously?

At the time, actually as all Scripture was, it was written how Yahweh directed/ breathed/ inspired. Also, at the time, it was not anonymous.

In recent years, the enemies of Christ have done multitudes of things to try to discourage people from following Jesus, including attacking God's Word. Do not trust God's Enemies.

Trust God, as He holds our lives in His Hands.

 

[mindlight]

I had hoped that for a long while -- maybe that it was Priscilla -- but another poster shot that down in some earlier thread.

A first-person pronoun is masculine in the Greek, where the author refers to himself.

Or the authoress was concealing her identity, or like mankind includes women was using a more formal and representative style. If it was a woman that would be a good reason for the desire for anonymity in an age that did not regard female teachers that highly

 

[Dave-W]

Do you think this book was written by a gentile?

Could it have been written by a woman?

Is there an association between Paul and the author?

Why is the book written anonymously?

No.

Yes - Priscilla comes to mind.

Most definitely.

Some say it was a transcript of a sermon delivered to a group of pre-70 ad believing Jews who were becoming disheartened and thinking about going back to traditional Judaism. If that is the case, the speaker rarely says who they are in the body of their message.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Or the authoress was concealing her identity, or like mankind includes women was using a more formal and representative style. If it was a woman that would be a good reason for the desire for anonymity in an age that did not regard female teachers that highly

It is well known that it could not have been a woman . That is a moot point.

 

[Anto9us]

The idea that maybe a Gentile wrote it is intriguing. Titus was a Gentile.
The "roll call of Faith" in chapter 11 includes Abel, Enoch, Noah - non-Jews...

And much is said of the priesthood of Melchisedec being superior to Aaronic priesthood. Hmmm...

It is odd that the TABERNACLE is spoken of so much, rather than TEMPLE.

I must Bereanize what the other poster said of the author's use of "I" being masculine, for so far I only see "I" in verbs, not an actual pronoun, so maybe the one little pronoun is a Red Herring, and maybe Mary Magdalene or Phoebe or Priscilla or some other woman did write it

 

[Dave-W]

It is well known that it could not have been a woman . That is a mute point.

On what basis is it “well known?” Do you have chapter and verse?

 

[Anto9us]

Heb 13:23

Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

 

[Anto9us]

Paul sometimes refers to Timothy as a "son" in the faith -- Titus would have been more a contemporary -- more likely to say "our brother Timothy". Paul at later stage of his life would not have been free to travel with the released Timothy.

You know, now I have to conclude that I don't have a clue -- not even sure that Paul did NOT write it -- not sure a woman couldn't have written it.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

On what basis is it “well known?” Do you have chapter and verse?

Every chapter. Every verse. All history of the followers of Jesus. All as written, as breathed, as inspired, as taught by God to Ekklesia. There is nothing at all in line with Scripture even permitting that a woman could be the author of any of the Scripture, and it is clearly not God's Plan, Purpose, nor His Way. All of His Word, Plan and Purpose, all of Scripture, is in perfect harmony - no such errors or doubting as you seem to suggest possible.

 

[mindlight]

We know it was not.

Why not a gentile?

We know it was not.

Ruth Hoppin "suggests that the masculine participle may have been altered by a scribe, or that the author was deliberately using a neutral participle "as a kind of abstraction"

What do you think ? (there is no reason to think Paul was not the author, btw)

At the time, actually as all Scripture was, it was written how Yahweh directed/ breathed/ inspired. Also, at the time, it was not anonymous.

In recent years, the enemies of Christ have done multitudes of things to try to discourage people from following Jesus, including attacking God's Word. Do not trust God's Enemies.

Trust God, as He holds our lives in His Hands.

Paul had no problem adding his own name to letters. My own theory was that a woman scribe wrote it with the approval and guidance of Paul and Luke. That her identity was concealed either to protect her or because she thought anonymity would not distract readers from the content of what she wrote. That because Paul promoted the letter for her he was associated with it.

 

[HTacianas]

The book of Hebrews does not have a named author. In the Judaisers versus a gentile church conflict it came down with the latter.

It was probably written in Rome back to a church in Israel and speaks of Jesus the High priest having fulfilled the law and temple requirement releasing the church from Jewish tradition and genealogies and from a geophysical anchor. It talks about the perseverance of the saints through persecution.

Do you think this book was written by a gentile?

Could it have been written by a woman?

Is there an association between Paul and the author?

Why is the book written anonymously?

No one is certain who wrote Hebrews but it discusses Jewish theology to an extent that the writer being a gentile can be ruled out.

Personally, I believe it was written by Paul, though through an unknown scribe. The wording appears to be the ideas of Paul but it is said to be written in more polished language than Paul normally uses. It is not hard to imagine a scribe with more sophisticated language skills assisting Paul in communicating his message.

 

[Anto9us]

Heb 13:10
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.

Another dig at Christ's Melchisedecan priesthood being superior to the Aaronic?

 

[mindlight]

Every chapter. Every verse. All history of the followers of Jesus. All as written, as breathed, as inspired, as taught by God to Ekklesia. There is nothing at all in line with Scripture even permitting that a woman could be the author of any of the Scripture, and it is clearly not God's Plan, Purpose, nor His Way. All of His Word, Plan and Purpose, all of Scripture, is in perfect harmony - no such errors or doubting as you seem to suggest possible.

Deborah or Marys song?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

My own theory

No such theory passes muster. i.e. No such theory is in harmony with Scripture,
rather like many such theories on the forum the last decade plus is an attempt to discredit Scripture and often 'succeeds' in doing so to the end result that people no longer believe Scripture because of the false teachers, and they don't even realize it sometimes that they have gone far astray in their beliefs and doctrines and teachings.
It is as if, as it certainly is, that most people have not even read the Bible nor gained understanding from Yahweh nor from Jesus concerning the truth of Scripture.

 

[Anto9us]

There is nothing at all in line with Scripture even permitting that a woman could be the author of any of the Scripture

What about SONG OF DEBORAH, yesh?
One of the earliest Hebrew poems.
And Declarations by Elizabeth and Mary, like Magnificat?



(mindlight beat me to that by seconds -- we must be on same wavelength, mindlight)