who is the author of bible if its a comman man who and y do its followers make changes in it?

Answer 1

Open the new testament to almost any page. Look at the top of the page. There is a name there. That is the name of the person who wrote that part of the Bible.

I'm going to do that now.

1. Opened to a page with Mark at the top

2. Opened to another page: Luke

3. Opened to Corinthians -- well, it doesn't always work -- but we know that it was written by Paul

4. Opened to a page written by Peter

5. Opened to a page written by James.

Old testament? The first five books are attributed to Moses -- whough I doubt that he wrote the part about what happened after he died.

A much more interesting question is "Who decided which books would be in the Bible and which books would not be."

The answer is Catholics at the Council of Rome in the third century. There is an addendum to this, though. In the 1500s Martin Luther decided to throw out some of those books. Apparently, he felt that the Council was inspired by God when they included some books but not others.

This is one of the two major inconsistencies of those who say "I just follow the Bible." The other major inconsistency is that they use translations that don't always get things right.

Answer 2

Rumor has it the author is God.
What some people call 'changes' are not really changes but simply a different way of saying the same thing.
And since language is in a constant state of flux, sometimes word meanings change and should be up-dated.
That's the problem with the King James Version, so relied upon these days.
Its over 500 years old!
Example:
1 Corinthians 10:25 (King James) tells us to eat whatever we find in a 'shambles'.
That was great for the 1500's.
More modern translations up-dated and its clearer.
The Contemporary English Version uses the word meat-market.
Ahh!

Answer 3

The authors of the bible were man, influenced by their society at the time, not god, as that would affect the 'Free Will' and make it completely null and void.
The words are changed every now and again, to fit in with the ever changing face of society and to draw in the new generations who see it as antiquated(the latter was said by the archbishop of Canterbury!). For example, imagine how long xtianity would last if they still stuck to things like slavery and a lack of rights for women...
Saying that though, the majority of the old testament was copied from ancient Sumerian stone tablets dating around 6000 years ago, so it's not even the xtian gods word! lol

Answer 4

The short answer is God is the author of the Bible and no sensible person makes changes in it. The Bible is a collection of books written by various authors over the centuries by the inspiration of God. I am no expert but the first books are suppose to be 3500 to 4000 years old possibly older. Indeed the translators go to great lengths to leave it unchanged.

There are various translations. The translations vary in some interpretations, but not substantially. The translators go back to the earliest, most reliable versions they can find.

The first 5 books, Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Leviticus and Numbers were written by Moses. They were given to Moses by God. The ten commandments were written by the finger of God in stone. Joshua, Ruth, Judges, 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Ezra, Ester and Nehemiah are the history of Israel as is 1st and 2nd Samuel. I don't know if they are considered directly inspired by God or not but the are included in the Old Testament cannon (Inspired works). The Psalms are songs, some of which come from King David. There are a lot of books. There are books of wisdom including Proverbs and Job. There are the books of the Prophets, Daniel, Isaiah and so forth.

The accuracy of these books can be checked by comparison with the Samaritan version which separates from the Hebrew version when the Jews are deported to Babylon about the 6th century before Christ. There is also a Greek translation, the Septuagint, of the Old Testament made between the 1st and 3rd centuries before Christ. There are also the Dead Sea Scrolls which date from the 2nd century before Christ to about 60 years after Christ, this is the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. There are some variations but not major changes(?).

It is interesting that men's traditions seem to change their response rather than variations in the texts themselves. Christians feel free to take Sunday as a day of rest when the Commandment is that the 7th day, Saturday, is the Sabbath. In defense of this the Christians claim freedom from the Law as it was given to Moses for the Jews. The new testament does not subject non-jewish believers to the details of the Law. Divorce is not allowed, except for adultery, in Christianity but it still seems to happen for other reasons today.

The New Testament is the Christian collection of books. Christians consider it inspired by God.

There are four Gospels (the good news of salvation in the name of Jesus Christ) which detail the life of Jesus. John, written by the apostle John is the most unique. Matthew, Luke and Mark are similar. Some people think the come from a common source, Q, which is now lost. Personally, I like to imagine these three come from actual notes kept by Matthew. Mark travels with a version and Luke writes a version. Luke says he verified his version with eye witnesses, see the Gospel of Luke for his comments. There are fragments of early manuscripts. Check the web. I found the Codex Sinaiticus (which seems to have some interesting errors) and Codex Vaticanus are the oldest fairly complete Bibles in existence, dating from the 4th Century. There are older fragments of the Gospels from the 1st and 2nd Centuries.

See www.creatingfutures.net/validity.html.

There are various Gospels. Thomas etc. which are not accepted. At various times, even recently, a group will introduce its own version of the Gospel. So when someone finds a Gospel of Mary or Gospel of Judas, these are not really accepted by anyone today except for the occasional novelist. What little I have read is clearly inferior to the accepted scriptures.

There is quite a lot of information on the net. Check out Wikipedia

Answer 5

The books in the Bible were written by many different people. The Catholic Church officially decided on which of these books to be put into the Bible. Changes aren't made in the Bible it is often translated differently though. However Martin Luther did add a word to his version of the Bible.

Answer 6

No one person wrote the bible.

You also have to remember that the bible has been changed, rewritten, and translated so many freakin' times by all kinds of people with their own agendas, so that you are not getting the actual authentic version.

Also, people speak differently today than they did thousands of years ago. A lot of the stories don't make sense, or can't be easily translated in a way for today's speech pattern. So, people kinda have to make things up as they go along.

Answer 7

The author is God. There are various translations of the bible through the ages. We are warned not to add or take away from the bible. (Revelation 22:18-19).

Answer 8

The bible was written by man through the visions and word of God himself...
No changes should be made.. However, because of mixed languages, people's feelings, changes in society people have decided to make it a bit more "user friendly" so to speak..

If you do believe that the bible is the word of God then read it and believe it regardless...

Answer 9

God is the author and human wrote his words by the help of holy spirit. in revelation chapter 22 verse 19-20
And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophesy,God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

Answer 10

The author of the Bible is God through His apostles and close associates. There is and should be no changes from that.