Mystery:Did Jesus Write the Epistle to the Hebrews?

The Epistle to the Hebrews is at the highest intellectual level, and yet its authorship is a complete mystery. Not even modern, sophisticated analysis of authorship can suggest a plausible writer for this great work. Whoever wrote this apparently wrote virtually nothing else.

It was written after the Passion of Christ, as made clear by its references in the past tense to Jesus's work.

Did Jesus write this epistle during the 40 days after the Resurrection and before the Ascension? Reasons to think so include:

• Jesus occasionally visited the Apostles during this time, but spent most of this time doing something else - perhaps writing this Epistle?
• the Epistle was directed at the Hebrew population, which was Jesus's first priority in His ministry.
• Jesus was surely capable of writing a great work, and there is no other known written work by Him.
• It is fitting that Jesus would make one last attempt -- post-Resurrection -- to persuade the Hebrew people for whom His ministry was originally intended.
• In light of the rejection of Jesus by some Hebrew leaders, it makes sense that Jesus would write a post-Resurrection letter to the Hebrew people anonymously.

But of course there are many reasons which shed doubt on such an idea:

• Jesus didn't leave any writings while he walked the earth. Therefore a note from the grave would have been doubly surprising for his pupils.

But this rebuttal is circular, assuming what it attempts to prove.

• Traditionally we expect God's word to be carved in stone, not scribbled on parchment...

But humor is no substitute for logical argument ...

• In light of the rejection of Jesus by some Hebrew leaders, it makes sense that Jesus would write a post-Resurrection letter to the Hebrew people not anonymously, as this would persuade them more easily.

No, it's clear that people who rejected Jesus when He was alive would not be persuaded by something attributed to him after the Passion for Christ.

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