Who wrote Hebrews?

Anto9us · Apr 1, 2019

Apollos was indeed somewhat of a heavyweight - described as "mighty in the Scriptures" - and Priscilla was indeed gifted, as other women may have been.

Phoebe carried and delivered Romans to Rome -- is it too much one stretch more to say she could have further expressed Paul's thought and wrote Hebrews?

WE simply do not know for sure about authorship of Hebrews.

yeshuaslavejeff · Apr 1, 2019

JackRT said:
When you limit yourself so severely you run a very real risk of ignoring possible new truths and understandings. Wisdom is to consider all points of view.

No, that is not wisdom at all.

Take that up with God.

Online it appears that such posts / thoughts/ directions are being promoted by false teachers more frequently today than ever before (if ever before),
and
thus it is not worth continuing here. There can be no good from it.

Ecclesiastian · Apr 1, 2019

The fact of the matter is that noone knows, and asking for a certain answer is asking the impossible for fleshly minds. But regardless of who wrote it, it's clearly an exposition of Paul's teachings, whether or not Paul directly penned it. So seeing as we do not know who penned it, the credit goes to Paul as the intellectual father of it.

mark kennedy · Apr 1, 2019

mindlight said:
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?

Personally I always thought it was Barnabas, he was a Levite and it does reflect a priestly kind of teaching style. It could also go a long way toward explaining why he didn't sign his work and why it was so widely accepted by the first century church. Always attributed to Paul, I can definitely see how it could be seen as Pauline. But I still think Barnabas is the most likely author, opinions vary.

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Mark

Jonaitis · Apr 1, 2019

mindlight said:
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?

It believe it was someone with a Jewish background, incredible knowledge of the Old Testament, and very proficient in the Greek language. In light of that last, I don't believe it was Paul, but possibly Apollos. This is what we read about Apollos in Scripture:

"Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately." Acts 18:24-26

Apollos traveled through Achaia and eventually found his way to Corinth (Acts 19:1), where he “watered” where Paul had “sown” (1 Corinthians 3:6). He worked with Paul, as these and other passages seem to imply, meaning that he probably was well-acquainted with Timothy mentioned at the end of epistle to the Hebrews.

He is the only candidate I can think of, backed by Scripture. But I wouldn't attribute the book to him, because I am still uncertain.

mark kennedy · Apr 1, 2019

Jonaitis said:
It believe it was someone with a Jewish background, incredible knowledge of the Old Testament, and very proficient in the Greek language. In light of that last, I don't believe it was Paul, but possibly Apollos. This is what we read about Apollos in Scripture:

"Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately." Acts 18:24-26

Apollos traveled through Achaia and eventually found his way to Corinth (Acts 19:1), where he “watered” where Paul had “sown” (1 Corinthians 3:6). He worked with Paul, as these and other passages seem to imply, meaning that he probably was well-acquainted with Timothy mentioned at the end of epistle to the Hebrews.

He is the only candidate I can think of, backed by Scripture. But I wouldn't attribute the book to him, because I am still uncertain.

Apollos was from Alexandria as memory serves, wouldn't he be more Helenistic in his orientation?

Jonaitis · Apr 1, 2019

mark kennedy said:
Apollos was from Alexandria as memory serves, wouldn't he be more Helenistic in his orientation?

I thought about that too...

mark kennedy · Apr 1, 2019

Jonaitis said:
I thought about that too...

That's why I like Barnabas for it, he was a Levite, as was John Mark btw. Paul was fond of quoting the Septuagint, I assume this was common in the synagogues. There are other possibilities and dismissing Paul as the author without qualufication defies a lot of long standing church scholarship.

Ttalkkugjil · Apr 1, 2019

mindlight said:
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?

The Hebrews' author doesn't mention his or her name, nor does the letter itself give any definite clue as to his or her person.

Among the people that have been named as this letter's probable writers is Paul, this view being held by many commentators, because the epistle's close agrees with other Pauline writings, as well as because of the epistle's style and language.

Other suggestions include Apollos, Luke, Priscilla and others. From the language and presentation it's clear that the author was Paul's pupil and companion, who'd learned to express doctrine in Greek, in Paul's style at Paul's suggestion, under Paul's direction..

Ttalkkugjil · Apr 1, 2019

Anto9us said:
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.

And that would preclude Priscilla from having written it because...?

Anto9us · Apr 1, 2019

At the time the other poster posted that (in some other thread) about a masculine pronoun the author used of himself, Ttalk, I really didn't check it out thoroughly.
Also, as somebody in this thread mentioned, it could have been authoress wanting to appear as a male (like George Sand)
so I recanted that Priscilla is excluded

mindlight · Apr 1, 2019

Ecclesiastian said:
The fact of the matter is that noone knows, and asking for a certain answer is asking the impossible for fleshly minds. But regardless of who wrote it, it's clearly an exposition of Paul's teachings, whether or not Paul directly penned it. So seeing as we do not know who penned it, the credit goes to Paul as the intellectual father of it.

An anonymous Jew with a strong association with Paul and excellent Greek who could have been male or female is as close as we will probably get

Ttalkkugjil · Apr 1, 2019

mindlight said:
An anonymous Jew with a strong association with Paul and excellent Greek who could have been male or female is as close as we will probably get

I like to imagine that Priscilla wrote Hebrews, even as I acknowledge that it is an imagining.

Athanasius377 · Apr 2, 2019

I really don't know for certain who wrote Hebrews. I read somewhere that it was a sermon that Paul preached and Luke transcribed. I personally lean to this explanation though there are some really good points in this discussion too.

Mark51 · Apr 6, 2019

mindlight said:
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

Mark51 · Apr 6, 2019

The book of Hebrews does not give its writer’s name. Although its authorship has been debated; it, nevertheless, is widely credited to the apostle Paul.

This Bible book was accepted by early Christians as written by this apostle. The style is consistent with his other know writings. And, it was in Rome that Paul was first imprisoned. Timothy was with Paul. (Philippians 1:1; 2:19; Colossians 1:1, 2; Philemon 1) This circumstance fits the remark at Hebrews 13:23 about Timothy’s release from prison and of Paul’s desire to visit Jerusalem soon.

mindlight · Apr 7, 2019

Mark51 said:
The book of Hebrews does not give its writer’s name. Although its authorship has been debated; it, nevertheless, is widely credited to the apostle Paul.

This Bible book was accepted by early Christians as written by this apostle. The style is consistent with his other know writings. And, it was in Rome that Paul was first imprisoned. Timothy was with Paul. (Philippians 1:1; 2:19; Colossians 1:1, 2; Philemon 1) This circumstance fits the remark at Hebrews 13:23 about Timothy’s release from prison and of Paul’s desire to visit Jerusalem soon.

It is definitely in a Pauline style , but Paul tended to sign his letters and this one is not signed and the church tradition is also ambiguous. The Greek is gentler and more refined than Pauls usual style. So maybe someone close to Paul that Paul did not think would be taken seriously if they used their real name e.g. a woman.

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