Is it possible for a serious New Testament scholar to accept the apostle Paul as the author of the book of Hebrews? Over the last few centuries the Authorship of the book of Hebrews has been a contentious topic, but lately a strong scholarly consensus has emerged that Paul was not the author.
This book is for those who want to dig deeper than the notes in a study Bible and who want to understand what stands behind those conclusions..
We hope this book will give new life to your Bible study and will challenge you to study further, not just about this subject, but about many others.
At the same time he will guide the reader through the various factors that influence a decision about the Authorship of a book.
Black has paid his dues in the practice of scholarship, and here he demonstrates how one challenges such a consensus.
How is it that scholars make a determination about authorship? Dr.
But only those who read more than one introduction will be fully aware of the disagreements among scholars about those conclusions.
Millions of churchgoers look to the introductions to various books in their study Bibles to answer questions of date, authorship, and background.
That is why we have chosen this volume as the inaugural volume of our Topic Line Drives series.
In this book he adapts some of his previous scholarly work for a broader audience, demonstrating both how one goes about determining the Authorship of an ancient work, and also how one challenges a scholarly consensus.
David Alan Black has done.
Yet this is precisely what Dr.
Nonetheless, it takes some courage for a scholar to risk his reputation by challenging a so thoroughly assured conclusion of so many scholars.
There is no similar consensus about who did author the book; the consensus is entirely negative.
Is it possible for a serious New Testament scholar to accept the apostle Paul as the author of the book of Hebrews? Over the last few centuries the Authorship of the book of Hebrews has been a contentious topic, but lately a strong scholarly consensus has emerged that Paul was not the author
