Who put the bible together?

Question

The bible is obviously a collection of books, that cannot be deinied by anyone... book of Genesis to the book of Revelation. Now when where and who combined all of the books into one?

Please provide some references

I am not trying to say that God didn't put the bible together but someone, somewhere had to collect the books and call it the bible. That is my question. If you are getting mad at this question I think you need to go ahead and get out of this section and take a breather... this is not an offensive question! I was just curious!

Answer 1

The Council of Nicea 323 B.C. determined "fact" from "fiction" and collected the appropriate books together. This is the first collection that determined the facts about Jesus. Many would revise it when they translated it into their own language (ie King James Version 1611)

Answer 2

A whole buch of men. that may sound trite, but it is the truth.

Now, speaking as one of the Christian Faith, I believe that the original texts of what is now known as The Christian Bible were deictated to the original scribes by God. Those original texts were copied many times over. In copying many man caused errors crept in.

None of the original texts are still in existance. They were lost well over 1500 yrs ago. And only fragments of copies of copies are still around. There were more than we now have but a whole lot were lost in the two world wars of the 20th century.

The Salvation Message is still intact. And study by the leading of the Holy Spirit will alow understanding of what has been passed down to us.. But it is by Faith and the personal relationship of the Believer to God That His Word is preserved for those of The Christian Faith.

for my pov on the subject you may read at:

http://pages.zdnet.com/mikevanauken/mikesinternetoutreach/id4.html

this is the Bible page of my web site

Edit note: the King James (english translation) is probably the best english language version to date. I go into some of this on my site.

Answer 3

The Roman Empire in the 4th Century choose which books to include and put them together in a book we call the bible.


This question is asked & answered several times daily. When you typed it in, you were giving links to the previous questions.

If you wanted a serious answer, maybe you should have checked one of the hundreds of other questions that have been posted that asked the same question.

Answer 4

The short answer to your question is that the Bible came together over a period of time. The books of Moses were accepted as prophetic (I.E.: inspired by God) because Moses performed miracles which proved that he cam from God. As far as the rest of the Old Testament books were concerned, Moses said that a book could be accepted as prophetic if the person writing somewhere made a specific prediction about the future, and that prediction came true (Deuteronomy 18:21-22). Moses also stated that a prophet would not contradict another true prophet, since God does not contradict himself, so anyone who contradicted Moses was not accepted as a prophet (Det. 13:1-5). In short, Jewish tradition, as passed down by the majority of rabbis, was responsible for judging whether a book was inspired by God or not.

As for the New Testament, the short answer would be that books written by people who actually knew Jesus personally and were familiar with his teachings (the apostles, his family & close friends), was accepted as authoritative since these people were the most familiar with what Jesus taught. One notable exception was the apostle Paul; he didn’t meet Jesus personally during Jesus’ time on Earth, but Peter called Paul’s writings “scripture” (2 Peter 3:15-16), that is, inspired by God, and no Christian wants to argue with Peter since Jesus picked him to be head of the apostles. It appears that the leaders of first church gave us a rough draft as to which teachers where considered prophets, and that later church councils refined this list of inspired books over the centuries.

The following quote might help:

“Then we must ask, how did the elders of the churches decide which writings should be read in church as authoritative? The answer is simple: They received the writings of the apostles and their closest companions, and the writings endorsed by them. The entire Old Testament was received by the implicit endorsement of the apostles. The Gospel of Matthew was written by an apostle. The Gospel of Mark was written by the apostle Peter's closest disciple. The Gospel of Luke was written by the apostle Paul's close companion. The Gospel of John was written by an apostle. The Acts of the Apostles was written by Paul's close companion. Thirteen letters were received from Paul. The epistle to the Hebrews was received as from Paul. The epistle of James comes from the brother of the Lord, who exercised authority in Jerusalem with the apostles. The epistle of Jude was from another brother of the Lord. The two epistles of Peter are from an apostle. The three epistles of John are from an apostle, who also wrote the Revelation. We may ask, How did they know that these writings were not forgeries? The churches did not receive them from strangers. These documents were hand-delivered by friends of the apostles to elders who also knew the apostles personally. Forgeries would be obvious”

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Answer 5

That depends on the version you are reading. The best way to find out how your favorite version got started is to get a reference Bible and look at one of the timelines.

Or research it on the internet, it's an easy search

Answer 6

King James kind of made a project of putting together the Bible. He had a lot of people to help him though. And don't forget that inspiration was a part of it all too.

Answer 7

Men who wanted to confuse people by manipulating God's word as their own. The bible started out being God's word, and than King James and his advisors changed the wording and text to better suit their needs as controllers.

The bible is real, King James version is blasphemy.

Answer 8

Oh well, ......since you are on a Religious/Spiritual Site....True Born Again Believers, go by the Word Of GOD!....To Answer your question: GOD Put the Bible Together!...( 2 Pet..1:20,21)....your choice to believe it or not!....Works for the believers!...

Answer 9

It was actually first put together by the Roman Catholic church back in the early stages of it's development. I understand that it was a bunch of priests and cardinals who put it together while using the Holy Spirit as a guide.

Answer 10

Several people wrote it. All throughout the bible. Peter, Matthew, John, Paul, Moses.....Job