A. Louth ed. & G. A. Williamson trans. [Origen quoted in] Eusebius, The History of the Church (London: Penguin, 1989), 202 [book 6.25]. Thomas, Matthew J. (2019-10). «Origen on Paul's Authorship of Hebrews». New Testament Studies 65 (4): 598-609. ISSN 0028-6885. doi: 10.1017/S0028688519000274. The book could be argued to affirm special creation. It says that God by his Son, Jesus Christ, made the worlds. "God [...] hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son [...] by whom also he made the worlds". [59] The epistle also emphasizes the importance of faith. "Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear". [60] Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant. [61] His famous sermon from a hill representing Mount Zion is considered by many Christian scholars to be the antitype [62] of the proclamation of the Old Covenant by Moses from Mount Sinai. Tugwell, Simon (1986). The Apostolic Fathers. London: Continuum International Publishing. pp.24–5. ISBN 0225665719. Deb, Sopan (November 17, 2022). "Kyrie Irving Could Return to the Nets Soon. A Top Jewish Leader Still Hopes to Meet Him". The New York Times.

Because of its anonymity, it had some trouble being accepted as part of the Christian canon, being classed with the Antilegomena. Eventually it was accepted as Scripture because of its sound theology, eloquent presentation, and other intrinsic factors. [13] :431 In antiquity, certain circles began to ascribe it to Paul in an attempt to provide the anonymous work with an explicit apostolic pedigree. [33] Utley, R. J.: The Superiority of the New Covenant: Hebrews. Bible Lessons International; Marshall, Texas: 1999, Volume 10, p. 3.Some scholars today believe the document was written to prevent apostasy. [56] Some have interpreted apostasy to mean a number of different things, such as a group of Christians in one sect leaving for another more conservative sect, one of which the author disapproves. Some have seen apostasy as a move from the Christian assembly to pagan ritual. In light of a possibly Jewish-Christian audience, the apostasy in this sense may be in regard to Jewish Christians leaving the Christian assembly to return to the Jewish synagogue. The author writes, "Let us hold fast to our confession". [57] The epistle has been viewed as a long, rhetorical argument for having confidence in the new way to God revealed in Jesus Christ. [58] Irving drew a wave of criticism and accusations of antisemitism after sharing a link to the 2018 film on social media. Kidd, Colin (2006). The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-79324-6. Chapter three began to present historical facts...some I was taught as a child. I accepted that which agreed with my spirit and place others on a shelf to be considered later. (As I was reading, I was thinking that I had seem some of this information being passed along on Facebook...especially the teaching on leprosy). OK, now we're getting somewhere. Let the lesson begin!

Easter, Matthew C. Faith and the Faithfulness of Jesus in Hebrews. SNTS Vol. 160. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. [4]The text itself, for example, makes a contrast between the resurrected Christ "in heaven" "who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord" and the version on earth, where "there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven." (NIV version) The film also amplifies longstanding antisemitic tropes about Jewish power, control and greed, including false claims that Jews control the media, and disputes the identity of modern Jews, claiming they are “religious converts” who descended from the Khazars and have no historical connection to the land of Israel. Matthew J. Thomas argues that Origen was not denying Paul's authorship of Hebrews in that quote, but that he was only meaning that Paul would have employed an amanuensis to compose the letter. He points out that in other writings and quotations of Hebrews, Origen describes Paul as the author of the letter. [28] Believing the author to have been Priscilla, Ruth Hoppin posits that the name was omitted either to suppress its female authorship, or to protect the letter itself from suppression. [41]