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The book of Hebrews in the New Testament shares a name with the Hebrew people of the Mosaic Law. Why was that book named Hebrews?

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because it is usually the guy that brews coffee.... – Greg McNulty Oct 8 '12 at 0:49

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It's called that because it was written as a letter to Hebrews. Most of the Epistles are titled after the group they were written to. (Corinthians was written to the Church at Corinth, etc.)

From http://christianity.about.com/od/newtestamentbooks/a/Book-Of-Hebrews.htm

Date Written:

Hebrews was written before the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple in 70 A.D. Written To:

Hebrew Christians who were wavering in their faith and all future readers of the Bible.

There's more similar information all over, including Wikipedia.

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