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The Epistle to the Hebrews of the Christian Bible is one of the New Testament books whose canonicity was disputed. Traditionally, Paul the Apostle was thought to be the author. However, since the third century this has been questioned, and the consensus among most modern scholars is that the author is unknown.〔Alan C. Mitchell, ''Hebrews'' (Liturgical Press, 2007) page 6.〕 ==Ancient views== Hebrews was included in the collected writings of Paul from a very early date. For example, the late second-century/early third century codex 46, a volume of Paul's general epistles, includes Hebrews immediately after Romans. While the assumption of Pauline authorship readily allowed its acceptance in the Eastern Church, doubts persisted in the West.〔Alan C. Mitchell, ''Hebrews'' (Liturgical Press, 2007) page 2.〕 Eusebius did not directly list the Epistle to the Hebrews among the ''antilegomena'' or disputed books (though he included the unrelated Gospel of the Hebrews).〔Eusebius, ''Hist. Eccl.'' 3.25.5 ((text )).〕 However, he did record that "some have rejected the Epistle to the Hebrews, saying that it is disputed by the church of Rome, on the ground that it was not written by Paul."〔Eusebius, ''Hist. Eccl.'' 3.3.5 ((text )); cf. also 6.20.3 ((text )).〕 He also recorded the views of Clement of Alexandria, that it was written by Paul in Hebrew and later translated into Greek, possibly by Luke.〔Eusebius, ''Hist. Eccl.'' 6.14.2–3 ((text )), citing Clement's ''Hypotyposes''.〕 Doubts about Pauline authorship were raised around the end of the second century, predominantly in the West. Tertullian attributed the epistle to Barnabas.〔''De Pudic.'' 20 ((text )).〕 Both Gaius of Rome〔Eusebius, ''Hist. Eccl.'' 6.20.3 ((text )).〕 and Hippolytus〔Photius, (''Bibl.'' 121 ).〕 excluded Hebrews from the works of Paul, the latter attributing it to Clement of Rome.〔Bar Ṣalībī, ''In Apoc.'' 1.4.〕 Origen noted that others had claimed Clement or Luke as the author, but he tentatively accepted Pauline authorship and the explanation of Clement of Alexandria.〔Eusebius, ''Hist. Eccl.'' 6.25.11–14 ((text )).〕 Jerome, aware of such lingering doubts,〔Jerome, ''(Ad Dardanum ) 129.3.〕 included the epistle in his Vulgate but moved it to the end of Paul's writings. Augustine affirmed Paul's authorship and vigorously defended the epistle. By then its acceptance in the New Testament canon was well settled. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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