Letter To The Hebrews: The Practical Faith

Letter to the Hebrews, also called Epistle to the Hebrews, abbreviation Hebrews, anonymous New Testament letter traditionally attributed to St. Paul the Apostle but now widely believed to be the work of another Jewish Christian. Some traditions hold that the author may have been St. Barnabas or perhaps one of Paul’s other associates or later disciples. The letter was composed sometime during the latter half of the 1st century and is the 19th book of the New Testament canon. To judge from its contents, the letter was addressed to a Christian community whose faith was faltering because of strong Jewish influences.

This book takes you into the world of the writer and the first readers of the Letter to the Hebrews, a portion of the New Testament that is both loved and feared. It aims to change that by making the Letter to the Hebrews accessible to the modern reader and the modern mind. The book also deals forthrightly with topics that theologians often shy away from, including the matter of salvation before and after the cross.