does anyone really know?
2006-08-17 06:14:00 · 12 answers · asked by pixie007 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
There is as much historical support for the authors of the Bible as Homer, Ovid or any other ancient author.
For the OT, the historical books may have been autobiographical or there may have been scribes writing down material as they followed the lives or captured the memoirs of the title characters (Ruth, Job, Esther, Nehemiah, Ezra) or Chronicles and Kings.
In general, Moses authored most of the penteteuch. The Psalms have many authors indicated. The books of the Prophets are written by themselves.
In the NT, only the book of Hebrews has any mystery as to who is the author.
2006-08-17 06:21:11 · answer #1 · answered by Iridium190 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-25 22:35:50 · answer #2 · answered by behrendt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No: The Bible sprang from a collection of disparate original sources in various tongues, without a single known author. Because of its purported divine origin, adherence to an "original" text has been an important dogmatic goal, and historically issues of translation, transcription, and interpretation have been shaped by issues of ideology: Jewish tradition confining study and interpretation of the Bible to external texts; the early Christian church grappling with issues of translation from diverse sources; the control by Catholic Church hierarchy over interpretation, translation, and dissemination of the text; the fifteenth-century religious reformation that "dethroned the Pope and enthroned the Bible," making personal study and accessibility to the Bible paramount
It is a divinely inspired work of many.
2006-08-17 06:26:11 · answer #3 · answered by pops 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was written hundred of years after the events took place and written by a bunch of scholors over a long period of time. Then it was added to and parts taken out to fit what the church believed. There are whole sections of it that they don't want you to read because it doesn't fit in with their current teachings.
2006-08-17 06:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by Sensei Rob 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Bible was written by men who were inspired by God. God is the actual author. "All scripture is God-breathed" 2 Timothy 3:16. Check out How We got Our Bible
http://www.khouse.org/6640/BP084/
2006-08-17 07:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by uchiples 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It isn't just one person but many people who were inspired by God to write the word so that others may be guided by it; It took over thousands of years and many people to write it and still is a best seller to this day.
2006-08-17 06:22:08 · answer #6 · answered by savvyladydiamond 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
James Patterson.
2006-08-17 06:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by I dont know 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good Question,i think the apostles each wrote their piece and it was just put together over time.
2006-08-17 06:20:23 · answer #8 · answered by hellraisersteve 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm involved in a copyright battle at the moment
2006-08-17 06:19:55 · answer #9 · answered by ann s 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nobody knows.
2006-08-17 06:38:55 · answer #10 · answered by joseph m 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋