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The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews, with Notes and Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

Farrar’s analysis of the Greek text of Hebrews illuminates the nuances and history of the language, and presents an in-depth reading of this intricate and important book of the Bible. Before Farrar examines the Greek text, he offers his observations on the questions that surround this book: who wrote it and when? Farrar also examines the theology of Hebrews and its canonicity.

on expressions in which the LXX. differs from the original (1:6, 7; 2:7; 10:5). It touches in one passage (9:15) on the Greek meaning of the word διαθήκη, “a testament,” which has no equivalent in the Hebrew Berîth, “a covenant1.” The hypothesis that the Epistle was not originally written in Greek violates every canon of literary probability. 2. The style of the Epistle attracted notice even in the earliest times. It is as different as possible from the style of St Paul. “Omnibus notis dissidet”
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