Bible Question: Besides the fact that he didn't identify himself as such, what are other reasons why might Paul not have been the author of Hebrews? |
Bible Answer: Aside from the fact that Paul always identifies himself, the book of Hebrews is not an epistle, but more of an expository discourse and the syle of greek used in the original writtings suggest that perhaps Appollos or Barnabus or some other companion of Paul most likely a gentile.Calvin suggest perhaps Luke. The fact that it does not distinguish the temple from the tabernacle in the wilderness, supports the theory that it was not a Jewish aurthor and of course Paul was a Hebrew of Hebrews. The aurthor wrote about the readers as if he knew them personally. He described thier generosity 6:10, thier persecution10:32-34:12-4,thier imaturity5:11-6:12 and his hope of visiting them 13:19. He rebuked them for not meeting together enough 10:25 He was writting to a group of Jewish christians that had broken off from the body of Christ and were contemplating returning to Judaism,trying to bring them back to orthodox Christianity.The oratoracle style,for instance it concludes with a benediction is more evidence that this is not an epistle of Pauls. |