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Originally Posted by OBW
If there is such a thing, I don't remember it now. Can you clue me into what I have forgotten after 25 years?  |
IIRC, the arguments centered on these: can't be Paul because the Greek writing was too different from his, and too "perfect," from his other writings; can't
not be Paul because no other N.T. writer was qualified to write it. Schaaf notes that the book has Paul's "genius and influence."
The Greek writing of the book of Hebrews was very similar to Luke's writing, but he could never have authored it. Other speculations concerning Barnabas, Apollos, Silvanus, Timothy, are easily dismissed. The one scenario that can
not be dismissed is Paul providing the rough draft and Luke writing the final draft.
But, of course, the writer's burden was that "
the Spirit was speaking."