Who wrote the Old testament?

Question

And don't say God. I realize he is the author. I am meaning who physically wrote it and when?

Answer 1

Moses wrote the first five.(Gen. -1800bc?, Ex. 1446bc, Lev. 1445bc, 1445-1405bc,Num. 1445-1405bc,Deut. 1405bc, ) It doesn't mention exactly who recorded Joshua-2 Kings.(Jos. 1405-1390bc, Jud. 1390-1050bc, Ruth 1100bc, 1Sam. 1085-1010bc, 2Sam 1010-970bc, 1Kings 970-853bc, 2 Kings 853-586bc).
Some people think that Ezra may have written 1&2 Chronicles(1Chr.1010-970bc, 2Chr. 970-586bc), along with the book of Ezra(538-458bc), and Nehemia(444-430bc).
Nobody knows who wrote Esther (483-471bc)or Job(2100?bc.) David wrote the Psalms(1400-500bc) while Soloman wrote Proverbs(970-686bc),Ecclesiastes(970-930bc) and the Song of Songs(unknown tenth century).
Isaiah(739-680bc)and Jeremiah(627-586bc) wrote their books, while the author of Lamentations (586bc) remains unknown.
Ezekiel was written by the prophet (between 593 & 571bc). The following books were written by their authors: Daniel(535bc), Hosea(753-723bc), Joel(586-ishbc), Amos(760bc), Obediah(unknown), Jonah(760bc), Micah(742-687bc), Nahum(663-655bc), Habakkuk(639-597bc), Zaphaniah(620bc), Haggai(520bc), Zachariah(520-ish bc), and Malachi(465-430bc).

Answer 2

First of all, God did not write the Bible, he is not the author. ( not physically anyway- he spoke to the authors about what to write)There are many people who wrote the Bible. Moses wrote a lot of the old test. A lot of it he experienced and some God spoke to him about what to write.

Answer 3

God is the Author of the Old testament. He wrote the 10 commandments, by his own fingers, on a tablet of stone, and he commanded others to write His words. Among his "secretaries" were Moses, Isaiah, Habbakuk, and others.

Answer 4

Moses is generally credited for having written the first five books. After that David wrote some, Solomon, the different prophets recorded their own stories, and so forth. If you get a Bible, it will usually say at the beginning of each book who is credited for writing it down.

Answer 5

Well, the first 5 books are attributed to Moses. Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs for his son. David wrote many of the Psalms. There were many men that God used to write the entire Bible.

Just remember, the answer "God" is not incorrect. :)

Answer 6

Over the course of the last two centuries, historians have carefully scrutinized the Old Testament and their investigations have shed important light on its nature and origins, in at least three respects:

• CHRONOLOGY. First, by close examination of the Hebrew text, scholars have produced compelling evidence that these ancient scriptures are, in fact, a collation of texts written over the course of hundreds of years. Some parts were composed perhaps as early as 1200 BCE, while others did not reach the form in which we have them until 200 BCE.

• ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN LITERATURE. Second, we now understand that the Old Testament was not written in a vacuum but is, in fact, the only surviving remnant of a large corpus of ancient texts spanning millennia and coming from all corners of the ancient Near East. This literature originally included the written records of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Egyptians and—especially relevant to the study of Hebrew language and culture—the Canaanites who were the ancient Israelites' close neighbors in the land of Canaan. With the recovery and decipherment of Mesopotamian, Canaanite and other texts from antiquity has come a new understanding of the Bible in its historical context.

• LOST WORKS. Finally, from references found in the Bible itself to chronicles and writings which no longer exist, it is clear that there was at one time a much larger body of Hebrew writings now lost. In other words, the documents now enshrined as "Old Testament books" are merely those works which somehow survived destruction and were passed down to us across the ages. In other words, the Bible almost certainly falls far short of the total body of literature written in ancient Israel and, as we must do with so many other ancient civilizations, it is imperative always to remember how fragmentary the evidence is upon which we build any conclusion about biblical scripture.

Answer 7

Moses I think wrote the first four books from what I hear. Some of the other books were written by people like King David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and other prophets.

Answer 8

various people it depends on the book moses wrote the first 5 books david wrote alot of the old testament as well. zachria wrote one or two.

Answer 9

The five Books of Moses was physically written by Abraham and Joshua according to Judaism.

Answer 10

Many ppl who God inspired and told them what to write down. Many were prophets that God appointed. Moses wrote the Pentateuch. (the first five books of the Bible.)