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Without any doubt, the writer of Hebrews is clearly influenced by the LXX. “[The] Hebrews
writer, following LXX ... offers a moral and spiritual explanation for Abel's more acceptable
sacrifice in a way that makes it exemplary.” 225 Heb 11:4 thus follows the LXX in ascribing a
moral dichotomy to differentiate between the brothers.
225
R. Walter L. Moberly, “Exemplars of Faith in Hebrews 11: Abel,” in The Epistle to the Hebrews and
Christian Theology, Kindle edition, Kindle location 4036-4037.