New Testament · General Letters
Hebrews
Hebrews argues at length that Christ is greater: greater than angels, than Moses, than the priesthood and than the sacrifices. Its warnings press readers not to drift away.
- Authorship
- The author is unnamed and unknown. Several early suggestions were made and none is certain.
- Historical setting
- Written to believers under pressure to return to older forms of worship.
- Key themes
- Christ's superiority · The better covenant · Faith · Endurance
- Where it sits in the story
- The book that explains what Leviticus was preparing for.
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