who is the writer of the biblical letter to the Hebrews?

Answer 1

Paul

Answer 2

Paul wrote letters to the Hebrews

Answer 3

As a Rels minor, we talked a lot about this in class. It isn't like anything else that Paul has written and most scholars agree that it wasn't him. I think the reason it was assumed it was Paul was because of his famous conversion story that would make him a good candidate to write it to the Jews of the time. Read it for yourself and compare it to the other letters from Paul and decide for yourself if you think it is him.


This is the article fom Wiki about the authorship:


The letter itself is anonymous, leading to various proposed candidates for authorship since the earliest times. The earliest and perhaps best known candidate is the Apostle Paul himself. However, even in antiquity doubts were raised about this theory of authorship. Paul's letters generally contain an introduction stating authorship, noticeably absent in Hebrews. Also, while many of the letter's ideas are Pauline, the writing style is substantially different from that of Paul's epistles, a characteristic first noticed by Clement. In particular, Hebrews claims to have been written by a person who received the Christian message from others (see Heb 2:3–4). But Paul in his letter to the Galatians forcefully defends his claim that he received his gospel directly from Jesus' spirit. This, however, does not rule out that Paul is indeed the author of Hebrews because the verse, when read in context, could have a very different interpretation than the one presented. The verse has the ring of meaning that Jesus spoke about how to attain to salvation, was heard by the disciples, and then preached to others. Paul never heard Jesus speak when Christ was on earth so the verse could apply to him in this light. Again, this is just another interpretation.

Origen is the first recorded authority to have attributed the letter's form (but not necessarily its thoughts) to someone other than Paul. Since then, many candidates have been proposed, two of the leading ones being Paul's companion Barnabas, first suggested by Tertullian (see above), and Apollos, first suggested much later by Martin Luther. Apollos (also Apollonius) was Alexandrian (Acts 18:24), "a learned man" (Acts 18:24), popular in Corinth (1 Cor 1:12), and adept at using the scriptures and arguing for Christianity while "refuting the Jews" (Acts 18:27–28). Barnabas, to whom other noncanonical works are attributed (such as Epistle of Barnabas), was close to Paul in his ministry, and exhibited skill with midrash of Hebrew Scripture; the other works attributed to him bolster the case for his authorship of Hebrews with similar style, voice, and skill. Other candidates for the authorship of Hebrews include Paul's other companion Silas; Pope Clement I, the traditional author of the First Epistle of Clement; Luke; or some unknown Alexandrian Christian. In more recent times, some scholars have advanced a case for the authorship of Hebrews belonging to Priscilla. Modern scholarship has reached no strong consensus. The letter, however, is accepted as part of the New Testament canon[citation needed]. The foremost Roman Catholic expert on Hebrews is Fr. Albert Vanhoye SJ (he was made a Cardinal in March 2006.) He is known to have jokingly stated: "After forty years of study of the Letter of Saint Paul to the Hebrews, I have come to the conclusion that it was not by Saint Paul, it was not addressed to the Hebrews, and it was not a letter."

Answer 4

It is not really known who wrote the letter to the Hebrews, but it is believed to be either Paul, Apollos, or Barnabas.

Answer 5

It is most certainly not Paul. I think a good guess would be Luke. He was with Paul for part of his ministry. Which accounts for similarities is styling, but it is still significantly different from the style of Paul's.

Answer 6

St. Paul, a convert to Christianity. (well, most in the early church were) He was formerly Saul, but his name was changed when he converted.

Answer 7

Either Paul or John. I forgot their last names. It is either Smith or Johns