Jewish Rituals conneted some old testament Book.

[jedidja87]

I am asking what's the connection for Old Testament book and with Hebrews concerning these Jewish Rituals? What Old Testament book is presented when it speaks about priesthood and sacrifices and so on ?
Do you know when the book of hebrews was written?

What do you think who  is most potential writer to write Hebrew?

What is original reader's geographical, social and spirititual situation or background in time when Hebrews was written?

What kind of purposes you see for Hebrews?

[alon]

May 8, 2018 10:02:26 GMT -8 jedidja87 said:

I am asking what's the connection for Old Testament book and with Hebrews concerning these Jewish Rituals? What Old Testament book is presented when it speaks about priesthood and sacrifices and so on ?
Do you know when the book of hebrews was written?

What do you think who  is most potential writer to write Hebrew?

What is original reader's geographical, social and spirititual situation or background in time when Hebrews was written?

What kind of purposes you see for Hebrews?

There are rituals all through , but probably Leviticus is where the highest concentration of priestly rituals is found.

Hebrews is an anonymous text, meaning we don't know who the author was. There is a lot of speculation about it, most of it falling somewhere between the foolish and the outright lies of church tradition. There is really no reason to speculate on it, as the book itself is what matters.

It was written sometime between 33CE and 70 CE, since it was after Yeshua had ascended but before the Temple was destroyed. And it is specifically aimed at the Jews, being mostly a reassurance that their trust in Yeshua was not misplaced. Most Jews were still in Israel, although there were small groups throughout the Roman Empire. So geographically it would have been the Mediterranean region, mostly Israel. 

Religiously the Judaism of the time was fractured into several distinct types of Judaism. Sects is the word used to describe these groups, though some separated themselves even more than along sectarian lines. All these were competing for spiritual and political influence. Many were still looking for their Messiah, not believing in Yeshua. And many had an apocalyptic view of His coming, that He would destroy their enemies and bring about the end of the age. There were several revolts against Roman rule, since the Jews did not believe they could worship their God properly if under the yoke of a conqueror. But they also fought amongst other Jews. The Siccarri (a sub-sect of the Zealots) would kill anyone found collaborating with the Romans, and the Sadducees who were in control of the religious leadership definitely did collaborate. But they were well protected. Other Hellenized Jews were not. The Sadducees killed literally thousands of Pharisees, with the help of the Romans. So Israel was not this smoothly functioning, homogenous place we've been taught it was in the 1st cen. 

Hebrews, when read from a 1st cen Jewish perspective can do the same for us as it did for them. It is an assurance that what we are doing is correct. Our faith and trust are not misplaced.

Dan C