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Old 04-29-2008, 08:40 PM   #19
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The Book of Hebrews was attributed to Paul to give it more credibility. It was probably written by one of his followers instead. The Gospels were all written anonymously. The author never mentions himself in any of them, but they were attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John probably for the same reason. There were many other books of scripture circulated by orthodox Christians that did the same thing, most of which didn't make the cut when the canon was finalized, but a few probably snuck in there anyway. Some of the letters of Paul that are in the Bible are thought to have been written by someone else.
It's one more advantage the Book of Mormon has over the Bible. There is an established provenance of the sacred records kept over the years, which the Book of Mormon goes to some length to document.
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