Chapter 5 The second problem: a second god
Chapter 5 The second problem: a second god We are facing a second problem. The first issue was with the lack of the words in the Masoretic Text: “All the angels of God worship him”. If the author of the epistle to the Hebrews was a Jew, then we expect to have written to his brethren in their mother tongue and quoted from a Hebrew version, not from the Septuagint. But was the letter written in Hebrew? Yes! After reading the epistle we see that the author is very familiar with the Jewish environment in Judea and the Hebrew Scriptures, so the text itself is an asset, that the author was a Hebrew. But who is the author? The Epistle tells us that those in Italy greeted their Jewish brothers, and Timothy was released from prison by the authorities, so the author was someone who was in Italy at the time. From this we can conclude that both, the author of the epistle and his companion were imprisoned because of their faith (Hebrews 13:23,24). ...