Who wrote the books of the Bible and when?

      Hebrews, thought to be a general letter (or epistle) from the Apostle Paul to Jewish Christians, was written some time between 60 and 70 A.D. Since there is no mention of the author it is debated as to who really wrote Hebrews, although it was a Christian brother of Timothy (Hebrews 13:23). Unlike all of Paul's other letters included in the New Testament, there is no personal greeting from him, which was his distinguishing mark (2 Thessalonians 3:17). This letter was mainly about the superiority of Christ, as supported by the scriptures, and how it would be useless to return to Judaism. The Epistle to the Hebrews includes:

  • The Son superior to angels
  • Warning to pay attention to the gospel and the signs, wonders, miracles, and gifts of the Spirit that testify to it
  • Jesus made perfect through suffering
  • Jesus worthy of greater honor than Moses
  • Warning against unbelief
  • Entering God's Sabbath rest
  • Jesus the great high priest in the order of Melchizedek and of a new covenant
  • God swears on oath by his own name
  • Ceremonial rituals of the first covenant
  • Jesus' blood of the new covenant
  • Christ's sacrifice once for all
  • Persevere in Christ
  • All men of God lived by faith
  • God disciplines us for our good
  • Do not refuse the Lord
  • Love your brother, entertain strangers, and remember those in prison
  • Honor marriage
  • Imitate the faith of leaders
  • Offering a sacrifice of praise to God
  • Final greetings


        We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fatc, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's words all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
        Therefopre let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And God permitting, we will do so.
        It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of god and the powers of the coming age, if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.
(Hebrews 5:11-6:6)

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