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  • From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
  • To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Why was Hebrews ever thought to be by Paul?
  • Date: Sun, 04 May 2003 15:26:44 -0400

At 11:58 AM 5/4/03 -0700, you wrote:
>On Sunday 04 May, Jim West wrote:
>
>> It should surprise no one that the only people who think Paul wrote
>Hebrews
>> are the same ilk of those who think the Bible was verbally dictated and
>the
>> KJV is more reliable than the Hebrew or Greek texts.
>
>Jim,
>
>I assume you've performed a survey to back up your statement? However,
>whether or not this is the case is beside the point, because I wasn't asking
>about what people think now. I was asking about why people originally
>thought that Hebrews was by Paul.

The key phrase, which indeed answers your question, is "same ilk". Ancient
and modern folk who ascribe Hebrews to Paul have a uniquely unhistorical or
perhaps a-historical understanding of scripture and the process by which it
came to be. Ancients who attributed Hebrews to Paul were, according to
Origen, of a unique mentality.

Jim

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Jim West, ThD

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