The Letter to the Hebrews

Hebrew Hebrews for the first time in nearly 500 years, and for the first time ever in English: The Greek version of the Epistle to the Hebrews has become the standard text used in Christendom. However, the "Church Fathers", Clement of Alexandria, Eusebius, and Jerome all testafied to the Hebrew origin of the Letter to the Hebrews. In 1537, Munster had published Hebrew Matthew which he had obtained from the Jews (this Hebrew text was very similar to the Hebrew Matthew published in 1553 by Jean DuTillet). Twenty years later, in 1557, a second edition of Munster's Hebrew Matthew was printed, this time also containing the complete Hebrew text of the Letter to the Hebrews in an appendix. This second edition went largely unnoticed and soon forgotten. The lost Hebrew text of Hebrews has only recenty been "rediscovered" as this second 1557 edition of Munster's Hebrew Matthew has come to our attention.