I've heard Paul as well as other candidates. I'd like to hear some references too. Thanks.
2006-10-09 02:05:06 · 9 answers · asked by Rob 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The authorship of Hebrews is unknown. There are multiple theories of who may have written Hebrews, but none can be proven beyond doubt. Some of the theories support authorship by Paul, Barnabas, or even Apollos.
The eastern Roman Empire attributed Hebrews to Paul due to the theology covering many of the same topics that Paul had written of as well. However, the western Roman Empire refused to even consider the epistle of Hebrews within their cannon. Hebrews is also written in well-formed Greek that contrasts with Paul’s less learned style of writing. Heb. 2:3 states that the author heard of salvation from others that knew the Lord and not directly, unlike Paul who attested to his direct revelation in his other epistles.
Barnabas is suggested as an author due to his Levitical background and his association with Paul is reflected in the topics covered in Hebrews. However, Barnabas is from Jerusalem and would most likely have heard Jesus directly and not relied on confirmation from others.
Apollos is another possible author proposed by Martin Luther. Apollos knew and learned from Paul, Priscilla, and Aquila, which would account for the way the topics are handled. Apollos was also quite learned according to Acts 18:24 which would allow for the well-formed Greek. Finally, Apollos was from Alexandria and thus the Septuagint would be the most likely form of the Old Testament he would have had to study. The main detraction from the authorship of Apollos is that there is no early attestation to his authorship.
2006-10-09 02:12:03 · answer #1 · answered by bobm709 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its hard to say but most believe it was peter, being that peter was to minister to the hebrews, I have also heard paul but he was to minister to the gentiles...i will look into it further and post an edit
2006-10-09 02:09:39 · answer #2 · answered by Robert K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul. However, that was the one Biblical Studies class I didn't take, so I don't know if it's one of the disputed letters of Paul, or the undisputed.
2006-10-09 02:07:06 · answer #3 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"the hot testomony is lot extra sparkling with who the Authors are. :)" lots extra sparkling than...what? using fact it is not "sparkling" in any respect. there is sensible data to end a guy named "Paul" wrote countless NT books, yet not each and every of those "traditionally" ascribed to him. different than those few, there is not any data to assist any of the "classic" authors, and lots data exhibiting the "classic" authors at the instant are not people who wrote the books. And as there at the instant are not any originals of any of the books in existence, particular authorship can't be desperate. Peace.
2016-10-19 01:58:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul was the writer
2006-10-09 02:08:55 · answer #5 · answered by tiny 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uncertain
2006-10-09 02:07:56 · answer #6 · answered by Commander 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul, written in Rome, about 61 common era.
2006-10-09 02:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thanks for the interesting question; got me thinking. I googled and did some reading; I included some of the URL's below.
I'm not sure who wrote the Book of Hebrews... quite the controversy over the topic.
2006-10-09 02:19:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uncertain. It was not Paul; the Greek is not his (its Greek is excellent; Paul's is pretty terrible; different vocabulary, etc.). I cite one good scholarly commentary below.
2006-10-09 02:11:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋