HEBREWS PART 1

1. INTRODUCTION

A. Who Wrote It?

1. Unknown

2. Male, Hellenistic Jew, not an eyewitness of Christ

B. When Was It Written?

1. Probably between A.D. 64 - 69

C. Who is the Audience?

1. Second generation Jewish believers, not mature

D. Where is the Audience?

1. Possibly Jerusalem, Rome, or Judea territory

E. What is the Historical Background?

1. The Old Testament Background

a. Genesis: Esau

b. Exodus: the Tabernacle and the Priesthood

c. Leviticus: the blood sacrifices and the Day of Atonement

d. Numbers: Moses and Kadesh Barnea

e. Psalm 95

f. Melchizedek

g. The Law of Moses

h. T ...