<P> 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 . </P> <P> The Epistle to the Hebrews was included in the collected writings of Paul from a very early date . For example, the late second - century or early third - century codex P (\ displaystyle (\ mathfrak (P))), a volume of Paul's general epistles, includes Hebrews immediately after Romans . </P> <P> While the assumption of Pauline authorship readily allowed its acceptance in the Eastern Church, doubts persisted in the West . </P>

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