Do we know, with any certainty, the author for every book in the Bible?

Question

Or at least the New Testament.

Didn't a lot of people in those days attribute their work to known people who would be perceived as having authority in order to gain support for their work?

And are not most of the Gospel authors actually anonymous--the traditional names were given to the books later?

And I'm talking about the human authors only--unless you want to claim 'God' wrote it all without human intervention.

Answer 1

It is 100% certain that NONE of the members of Jesus' original posse had anything to do with the gospels. (It is also pretty doubtful whether Jesus and the 12 apostles actually existed.)

The Gospel of Mark was the first, written some time after 70 AD... more likely, in the 1st or 2nd decade of the 2nd century. Matthew and Luke were written some time later, using Mark as a template, adding some made-up episodes and putting words in Jesus' mouth that came from the 'Q document'... a list of sayings from the Greek Stoic and Cynic philosophical disciplines. John is so out of tune with the other three that it might as well have been written by someone from another planet.

There is no evidence, internal or external to Christianity, that the gospels existed as a corpus until near the END of the 2nd century.

Answer 2

No - almost all of the authors are disputed.

You are correct when saying people attributed work to a common author.

You can research and even Paul's Letters are disputed.

With our computer technology - there has been a call for re-translation and comparison. I don't know if the results although scientifically (and linguistically) sound will be accepted.

I haven't read the DiVinci code or anything. But when you look at history - things just don't add up. Did you know that it took the Catholic Church 35 years to eradicate the Cathars? You don't take that time and spend that much money for nothing.

Below is another interesting read.

Answer 3

We know some of the books with certainty. The four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, were probably NOT written by those disciples, however we know that the letters in the New Testatment WERE written by Paul, Thomas, etc. We also know that John of Patmos wrote Revelations. There are other books that are attributed to David - Psalms, etc. which we are sure David wrote at least part, others which we know Soloman wrote in part. The rest are a mystery - such as Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.

Answer 4

Of course there is no certainty. Thats my point. Christians claim that the bible is inspired by god first of all which makes whoever wrote it a psycic (spelling sorry) and according to the bible astrology and witchcraft are totally against the teaching yet that how god created his word. second, nobody really know and all you can do is rely on what men are telling you is right. Even if you started your own religion using the bible, this is from your interpetation. If you Believe in something, anything, of course you will feel a "spirit" amongst you. Nobody really knows and people should start being concerned with THIS life and start taking care of us and not be so concerned with after life.

Answer 5

The Gospels were all written anonymously and then named later. That also goes for all the books that made it in the NT and the ones that didn't. Paul. Bart D. Ehrman has some excellent books out on this topic.

Answer 6

"The reality is the Bible has many metaphors in it that have been not ever supposed to be actually actual through the customary authors. For illustration, while the Bible makes it seem as though the earth is flat, that is only a metaphor." In different phrases, the Bible isn't actual. Hell, I would have informed you that.

Answer 7

i think we know for sure about most of them, there are some that they think they know but aren't sure though. alot of the new testament was letters written to other churches and groups, and i don't know if they were written by scribes, but that would just mean they were sort of dictated and written as the disciple or whatever had directed, and then signed himself, so he would have sort of proof read it i would think
but i also think God inspired all the writing in the Bible, and made sure it was how He wanted it by picking the people, and things like that.

Answer 8

They were plagurist works of the earlier Gods like Mithra.
1.Mithra was sent by the Father God down to Earth to confirm his contract with Man.
2.Mithra was born of a Virgin through - Immaculate Conception - He was born of Anahita, an immaculate virgin mother.
3.Mithra was born in a stable - We celebrate his birth on December 25th -.
4.Mithra was visited by wise men bearing gifts.
5.Mithra had 12 disciples - He was called the Messiah -.
6.Mithra was also the god of Darius, conqueror of Babylon, He was called - - Messiah - - or Christos by Jews during their Captivity.
7.Mithra made a (Contract) or (Covenant) with Man confirming an older contract with God - The Persian word Mithra literally means - - Contract. - -
8.Mithra celebrated a last supper with his disciples before his death.
9.Mithra died to atone for the sins of Man.
10.Mithra was resurrected on a Sunday.
11.Mithra ascended into Heaven to rejoin his Father.
12.Mithra will return to pass judgment on Man - He was known as the judger of souls -.
13.On judgment day, the dead will arise and be judged by Mithra.
14.Mithra will send sinners to HELL.
15.Mithra will send the faithful to HEAVEN.
16.On judgment day there will be a final conflict between Good and Evil - The forces of Evil will be destroyed and the saved will live in paradise forever -.
17.Mithra is part of a Holy Trinity the - (Father, Son, And Holy Spirit) -, that took human form.
18.Mithra is depicted as having a halo, (a circular band of light around his head).
19.Mithra followers drink wine and eat bread, which represent his blood and flesh.
20.Mithra followers are baptized.
21.Saturday and Sunday, the two (2) days of the week to rest and celebrate.
Of course, Mithraism was practiced 2000 years before Christianity.

Answer 9

the author of Hebrews is uncertain, it was validated by early acceptance of the church and church council, and required to be consistant with books where the validity is not in doubt

Esther, Job, Ruth where validated by Moses or Samual but the actual author might not be certain

in the end it isnt important, it is more important they are consistent with books not in question and authorized by apostle, prophet and accepted by the early church for the new testament

and accepted by prophets in the old

Answer 10

Hebrews is the only one that I know of that has an unknown author. The are pretty sure of the rest.