Letter to the Hebrews

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Christian scripture New Testament book biblical epistle

The Letter to the Hebrews is a New Testament book that presents Jesus Christ as the ultimate high priest and perfect sacrifice, interpreting the Old Testament in light of his once-for-all redemptive work.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
Epistle to the Hebrews	15
Hebrews	9
Hebrews 11	2
New Testament Epistle to the Hebrews	2
Book of Hebrews	1
Epistle to the Hebrews 11:33–40; 12:1–2	1
EpistleToTheHebrews	1
Hebrews 10	1
Hebrews 5	1
Hebrews 6	1
Hebrews 7	1
Hebrews 8	1
Hebrews 8–10	1
Letter to the Hebrews canonical	1
Letter to the Hebrews (traditional attribution in some traditions)	1
The Epistle to the Hebrews	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian scripture ⓘ New Testament book ⓘ biblical epistle ⓘ
acceptedBy	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Protestant churches ⓘ
audience	Christians facing persecution ⓘ Jewish Christians ⓘ
authorshipDebate	attributed by some to Apollos ⓘ attributed by some to Barnabas ⓘ attributed by some to Luke ⓘ attributed by some to Paul ⓘ attributed by some to Priscilla ⓘ
authorshipStatus	anonymous ⓘ
canonicalStatus	canonical in most Christian traditions ⓘ disputed authorship in early church ⓘ
christology	presents Christ as Son of God ⓘ presents Christ as eternal high priest ⓘ presents Christ as perfect sacrifice ⓘ
closingFeatures	benediction ⓘ mention of Timothy ⓘ personal remarks ⓘ
containsFamousChapter	Letter to the Hebrews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hebrews 11
containsWarningPassages	Hebrews 10:26–31 ⓘ Hebrews 12:25–29 ⓘ Hebrews 2:1–4 ⓘ Hebrews 3:7–4:13 ⓘ Hebrews 6:4–8 ⓘ
genre	homily ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ
Hebrews11KnownAs	Hall of Faith ⓘ
interprets	Levitical priesthood ⓘ Old Testament sacrificial system ⓘ tabernacle symbolism ⓘ
keyConcept	Christ as mediator of a better covenant ⓘ faith as assurance of things hoped for ⓘ heavenly sanctuary ⓘ rest for the people of God ⓘ
keyVerse	Hebrews 10:10 ⓘ Hebrews 12:1–2 ⓘ Hebrews 4:14–16 ⓘ Hebrews 8:6 ⓘ Hebrews 9:11–14 ⓘ
language	Koine Greek ⓘ
majorTheme	Christ superior to Aaronic priesthood ⓘ Christ superior to Moses ⓘ Christ superior to angels ⓘ new covenant superior to old covenant ⓘ
originalCentury	1st century ⓘ
originalRegion	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ surface form: eastern Mediterranean
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Bible New Testament ⓘ
positionInNewTestament	among the General Epistles ⓘ
primaryTheme	Jesus Christ as high priest ⓘ new covenant ⓘ once-for-all sacrifice of Christ ⓘ perseverance in faith ⓘ superiority of Christ ⓘ
purpose	to encourage perseverance ⓘ to show fulfillment of Old Testament in Christ ⓘ to warn against apostasy ⓘ
quotesFrom	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Exodus Habakkuk ⓘ Jeremiah ⓘ Psalms ⓘ
structure	alternating exposition and exhortation ⓘ
traditionalAuthor	Apostle Paul ⓘ surface form: Paul the Apostle
usesOldTestament	extensively ⓘ

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