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Although the book of Hebrews “is not exactly what most of us would regard as a user-friendly book,” notes author Donald Hagner, “Hebrews has always been popular among Christians.” This volume was written to help students more fully appreciate the complexities of this favorite section of Scripture. Hagner begins by exploring introductory issues (historical backgrounds, author, audience, date,...

Luke, Barnabas, Silas, Clement of Rome, Apollos, Philip, and Priscilla. There are reasons for (and against, in some instances) each of these possibilities (see the sidebar “Proposed Authors for Hebrews Other Than Paul”). What we can say for sure about the author must be drawn from the book itself: he or she (Priscilla remains a candidate)3 was exceptionally well acquainted with the Old Testament, employed an obviously christocentric hermeneutic in interpreting the Old Testament, probably was familiar
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