Who wrote the book of hebrews in the king james bible. We do not actually know who wrote hebrews, although it clearly was written very early in christian history. When you consider the wide agreement among biblical scholars about who wrote every other book of the new testament, its a little mysterious that we dont know who wrote hebrews. Conjectures as to the author have ranged from the apostle paul, who wrote at least thirteen books in the new testament, to priscilla, a friend of pauls who accompanied him during part of his ministry. Through the bible with les feldick lesson 1 part 1 book 46 why hebrews was written. There was dispute as to the authorship of the book of hebrews among the early christians. The various translations of the bible do not change who the original authors were, so it does not matter whether we read the king james version, or any other english bible. This section of the bible has been titled as a masterpiece and immensely complex. The book of hebrews boldly proclaims the superiority of jesus christ and christianity over other religions, including judaism. However, doubt on pauline authorship in the roman church is reported by eusebius. Church tradition teaches that paul wrote the book of hebrews, and until the 1800s, that issue was closed. While many attributed the book to paul, others thought barnabas, apollos, clement, or luke to be the author. In a logical argument, the author demonstrates christs superiority, then adds practical instructions for following jesus.
The epistle to the hebrews, or letter to the hebrews, or in the greek manuscripts, simply to the hebrews. However, though a vast majority of christiansboth and scholars and the laitystill believe paul wrote the book, there are some tempting reasons to think otherwise. Although many scholars have debated the authorship of various books of the bible, hebrews is the only one that does not have a majority rule as to who wrote it. The book of hebrews is a general epistle apostolic letter. From the first records of the christian church, its origins and who wrote it have been contemplated. Clement of alexandria suggests that paul wrote the book originally in hebrew and that luke translated it into greek, though the greek of hebrews bears no resemblance to translation greek e. This dispute continued till the 4th century when most christians accepted it as the work of paul today, some modern critics still raise the question.
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