Waraka kwa Waebrania

Question: Kitabu cha kwanza cha Biblia ya Kiyahudi kiliandikwa na nani?


Barua kwa Waebrania ni kati ya vitabu 27 vya Agano Jipya katika Biblia ya Kikristo.
Kama vitabu vingine vyote vya Biblia, hiki pia kinatakiwa kisomwe katika mfululizo wa historia ya wokovu ili kukielewa kadiri ya maendeleo ya ufunuo wa Mungu kwa binadamu.
Mazingira
Miaka ya 60 B.K. Mkristo mwenye asili ya Kiyahudi na elimu ya Kiyunani, aliwaandikia Wakristo wa Kiyahudi wenzake si barua hasa, bali hotuba kamili iliyoambatanishwa na kipande cha barua.
Hali iliyosababisha uandishi ni baadhi yao kuvutiwa tena na dini yao asili na ibada zake hekaluni: kishawishi kilikuwa kikubwa hasa kwa sababu Kanisa lilikuwa bado mwanzoni, bila mahali maalumu pa kusali wala ibada za fahari. 
Mwandishi aliwaonya kuwa wakimuasi Yesu hawamrudii Mungu aliye hai, aliyejifunua hasa katika Mwanae, bali wanamsulubisha tena kwa makusudi mazima na kustahili tu moto wa milele.
Mada

Sehemu kubwa ya maandishi hayo inalinganisha Yesu Kristo na ukuhani wake katika hekalu la mbinguni upande mmoja, na ukuhani wa Agano la Kale huko Yerusalemu upande mwingine.
Hivyo mwandishi alielekeza safari ya kiroho katika imani inayofanana na ile ya watakatifu wa Agano la Kale.
Kwa kuwa lengo halikuwa la kinadharia, bali kuhimiza uaminifu, kila baada ya kuchambua ukweli fulani aliongeza mawaidha ya kufaa. 
Ubora wa kitabu hiki
Ubora wake ni kulinganisha mambo ya kale na utimilifu wake katika Agano Jipya, pia kuthibitisha ukuu wa Kristo kama kuhani wa milele (Eb 1:1-2:4; 4:11-5:10; 7:1-8:13; 10:19-11:40; 13:22-25).
Marejeo
Attridge, Harold W. Hebrews. Philadelphia, PA: Fortress Press, 1989.
Bruce, Frederick F. The Epistle to the Hebrews. New International Commentary on the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964. Rev Ed 1990.
Guthrie, Donald The Letter to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1983
Hagen, Kenneth. Hebrews Commenting from Erasmus to Beze. Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1981.
Heen, Erik M. and Krey, Philip D.W., eds. Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Hebrews. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press, 2005.
Hughes, P.E. A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977.
Hurst, L. D. The Epistle to the Hebrews: Its Background of Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Koester, Craig R. "Hebrews". Anchor Bible 36. New York: Doubleday, 2001.
Lane, William L. Hebrews 1–8. Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 47A. Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1991.
Lane, William L. Hebrews 9–13. Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 47B. Dallas, TX: Word Books, 1991.
O'Brien, Peter T. The Letter to the Hebrews. Pillar New Testament Commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans / Nottingham: Apollos, 2010.
Paul Ellingworth . Epworth Review 12.1 (Jan. 1985): 80–88.
Paul Ellingworth, The Epistle to the Hebrews. New International Greek Testament Commentary, Eerdmans, 1993
Viungo vya nje
Tafsiri ya Kiswahili
 Agano Jipya kwa lugha ya Kiswahili
Ufafanuzi
 in "biblical literature", Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
, 1908 at earlychristianwritings.com

 Epistle to the Hebrews
 page 58
.5 includes comment by Eusebius on canonicity of Hebrews and also extensive note by Philip Schaff on topic
, 1911 version

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