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Wikipedia acknowledges that this short book is a masterpiece and its authorship is a mystery.  Wikipedia speculates about possible authors, and yet omits any mention of [[Jesus]] as a possibility.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Epistle_to_the_Hebrews</ref>  The author of this Epistle was certainly a man based on its Greek syntax,<ref>https://www.biblicalfoundations.org/an-introduction-to-hebrews-who-is-the-author/</ref> and yet Wikipedia's lead suggestion for who wrote it is the woman Priscilla.

Wikipedia acknowledges that this short book is a masterpiece and its authorship is a mystery.  Wikipedia speculates about possible authors, and yet omits any mention of [[Jesus]] as a possibility.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorship_of_the_Epistle_to_the_Hebrews</ref>  The author of this Epistle was certainly a man based on its Greek syntax,<ref>https://www.biblicalfoundations.org/an-introduction-to-hebrews-who-is-the-author/</ref> and yet Wikipedia's lead suggestion for who wrote it is the woman Priscilla.

==Provenance==

==Date and Provenance==

The earliest copy in existence is part of a [[papyrus]] codex in Greek of the Letters of Saint Paul, dating from around A.D. 200. The codex, referred to as ''P46'' was discovered in 1931, and provided a text at least a century older than the [[Vatican]] and Sinaitic codices, the oldest authorities on which the text had previously rested.<ref>[http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/papyri_james/1_2.html ''From Papyri to King James: The Transmission of the English Bible''] University of Michigan. Accessed 15 March 2008</ref> The epistle can be dated with some certainty by its content: the use of "''Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith''" (Heb 13:7) is consistent with a period shortly after the [[Passion]]. The epistle also discusses the temple and its sacrifices in the present tense: this places its writing prior to the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70.

The earliest copy in existence is part of a [[papyrus]] codex in Greek of the Letters of Saint Paul, dating from around A.D. 200. The codex, referred to as ''P46'' was discovered in 1931, and provided a text at least a century older than the [[Vatican]] and Sinaitic codices, the oldest authorities on which the text had previously rested.<ref>[http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/papyri_james/1_2.html ''From Papyri to King James: The Transmission of the English Bible''] University of Michigan. Accessed 15 March 2008</ref> The epistle can be dated with some certainty by its content: the use of "''Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith''" (Heb 13:7) is consistent with a period shortly after the [[Passion]].

[[Image:Papyrus P46.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Papyrus ''P46'', showing the opening paragraphs of the Epistle to the Hebrews.]]

[[Image:Papyrus P46.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Papyrus ''P46'', showing the opening paragraphs of the Epistle to the Hebrews.]]

==To whom written==

==To whom written==