Hebrews

Everyone Bible Study Guides

by N.T. Wright, Patty Pell (Primary Contributor)

For many Jewish Christians of the first century, living in the light of the gospel was challenging. Having accepted Jesus as the long-awaited Messiah, they were regarded by still-skeptical family, friends and neighbors as dangerous, misguided and even disloyal to all that God had said earlier on. The letter to the Hebrews was written to show that you can't go back to an earlier stage of God's purposes but must press on eagerly to the one that is yet to come. In these studies by Tom Wright we find encouragement and assurance that pressing on, even in the face of such close and constant pressure to fall back, is its own reward.

Genres: Nonfiction, Christian, Religion

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 7, 2010

About the author

N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England (2003-2010) and one of the world's leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. He has been featured on ABC News, Dateline NBC, The Colbert Report, and Fresh Air, and he has taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill, and Oxford universities. Wright is the award-winning author of Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, The Last Word, The Challenge of Jesus, The Meaning of Jesus (coauthored with Marcus Borg), as well as the much heralded series Christian Origins and the Question of God.

He also publishes under Tom Wright.

Reviews

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a superb Bible study guide. I have done a couple others in the series that were pretty good, but I found the Hebrews one to be extremely helpful. It helped me dig deeper with the material and also had excellent prompts for contemplation and prayer. I highly recommend it!

[Cedric · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I wanted to understand the entire story of the Bible I would read Hebrews. Hebrews is my favorite book because it not only illuminates the Bible’s purpose and plan but also shows me how restoration is the continuous theme of the Bible and how I now see everything through that lens.

[Michaela Farrell · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was thoroughly mediocre. Probably would be fine for a beginner’s group Bible study at a church but not for much else.

[Forest York · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, quick little personal or group study of Hebrews. Not as in-depth, necessarily, but Wright brings up some great question and discussion points to consider.

[Chapel Heights]

2 copies

[Vicars Hodge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good study guide for the letter to the Hebrews.

[Kathleen Meacham · Rating 3 out of 5]

This study wants you to dig deeper to fully understand it.