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DAVEH: Ooooooops.....I'm sorry, Vincent. I was in a hurry to leave for work this morning and thought I remembered you responding to my original post on this. Instead, it was Bill who made the comments to which I was referring. My apologies! (Below is a copy of Bill's post.)On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 07:15:29 -0800 Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:Vincent suggested there are several evidences that give reason to believe it was written by Paul.I did?? What did I say? ----------
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Dave, I happen to think it was Paul who penned Hebrews. The Greek text (UBS) does not have the introduction, though. The best argument I have heard for the lack of intro is that Hebrews was likely written to be given as a sermon. If a sermon, the congregants would not need an epistolary greeting in order to know who was speaking. Evidence for this argument includes the following: 1) Formulas introducing scriptural citations are written in the present tense, suggesting no time lag between address and reception (3:7 -- "just as the Holy Spirit is saying, 'Today if you hear his voice ...'"; 3:15 -- "while it is being said, 'Today ...'"; 10:15 -- "Moreover the Holy Spirit is testifying to us"). 2) In general, the mode of address is speaking / hearing rather than writing / reading, which suggests a congregational-assembly context. 3) Preacher calls attention to the fact that he is taking time duration into account in determining how much to communicate (see 9:5; 11:32; 13:32). Just a thought, Bill Taylor
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