to challenge us well into the twenty–first century to act and think in obedience to God. What We Know of the Author of Hebrews The author of Hebrews tells us much about himself in spite of neglecting to give us his name.5 The most important thing that he tells us about himself is found in Heb. 2:3–4. In this passage, where he for the first time addresses the people to whom he is writing in a personal way, the author announces that the salvation of which he is speaking “was first announced by the