 The Epistle to the Hebrews, one of the books of the New Testament, was probably directed at Jewish Christians.In some modern languages, including Armenian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and many Slavic languages, the name "Hebrews" (with linguistic variations) is the standard ethnonym for Jews; but in many other languages in which both terms exist, it is currently considered derogatory to call Jews "Hebrews".In several languages, "Jew" continues to be considered derogatory, such as the Polish "zid".