Title: Chapter 08: Fill-in-the-blank/Short Answer Questions: The Letter to the Hebrews
Course: Engaging the Christian Scriptures Instructor's Manual

Q: Who is the author of Hebrews?
- it is an anonymous work (it is an anonymous work)

Q: Why is the book of Hebrews called “Hebrews”?
- because of the author’s pervasive engagement with Jewish traditions within the text (because of the author’s pervasive engagement with Jewish traditions within the text)

Q: Briefly describe the content of the book of Hebrews.
- a sustained argument about the supremacy of Jesus and his salvation, which provides the basis for exhorting the Christian audience of the book to live lives of faithful endurance (a sustained argument about the supremacy of Jesus and his salvation, which provides the basis for exhorting the Christian audience of the book to live lives of faithful endurance)

Q: In the book of Hebrews, how does the author utilize the rhetorical device called “comparison” to support the argument of the book?
- by comparing Jesus to things already perceived as honorable or positive to show how he is better (by comparing Jesus to things already perceived as honorable or positive to show how he is better)

Q: What is the relationship between the Christological expositions and the exhortations in Hebrews?
- the expositions set up the exhortations (the expositions set up the exhortations)