who wrote the bible?

Question

I have never figured this one out. I know the bible is made up of gospels they have found. But who decides what gospels go in and what gospels don't.

Answer 1

The Catholic Papacy did, the the vast majority of the early 13-17th centuries.

Its not as Holy as it sounds when peopel tell you it was used to control mainlan Europe and keep the Catholics on top, is it?

Answer 2

The various books of the bible were written by a variety of people. Most were scribes or assistants to someone else who was dictating what had been passed down in oral traditin. The old testiment is was written down by the Hebrews, the first five books being the the Books of Moses. These were either written down in Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, or Greek. The books of the New Testament were composed after the time of Christ, in some cases more than a century after, and was written almost exclusively in Greek which was considered to be the language of the educated. It was not until after the emperor Constantine decreed that the whole of the world should be converted that the idea of a single book containing all the books of Christianity was conceived.

The bible took its first form after the council of Nicea came together to make that decision. It was that council that decided which books shouldb eincluded. Once that was done the entire book was translated into Latin. It has undergone several revision since then, and no one knows the exact list of books that were in the first version, but it is generally accepted that the books in the current version have been included for the longest period of time.

The bible has gone through numerous translations and retranslations over the course of time, some of them more accureate than others,and some purposely mistranslated to suit the political aims of those in power at the time. Some of the translations are into English, from Latin, from Greek, From some other language and so a lot of meaning has been lost. Recently efforts ahve been made tor translate the texts directly from their original languages into english and there are versions of that available.

So no one person actually wrote it, and no one person decided what went in it. And all things considered we can see just what happens when things are done by committee.

Answer 3

There are now more than 60 versions of the Bible(Different versions not translations The different versions of the Bible are not merely different translations, but are actually versions i.e. they add and remove things from other versions)



These revisions serve as concrete proofs that all the Biblical books are not at all divinely inspired. This is because it is beyond man's ability to correct the work of his Creator, who alone is Almighty and perfect

The Bible is a collection of writings by many different authors. The Qur'an is a dictation. The speaker in the Qur'an - in the first person - is God talking directly to man. In the Bible you have many men writing about God and you have in some places the word of God speaking to men and still in other places you have some men simply writing about history.
The previous scriptures were meant for a limited period (and a specific people) that ended with the revelation of what abrogated them and exposed what had taken place in them of distortion and change. That is why they were not protected from corruption



Muslims believe in the books of the previous prophets including the "Torah" which was sent to Moses, the "Zaboor" (Psalms) which were given to David, the "Injeel" (Gospel) which was given to Jesus, and the Qur'an which was given to Muhammad However, Muslims are told that the previous scriptures were tampered with by mankind and the Bible should only be accepted in as far as it is confirmed by the Qur'an. It is to be treated with respect, however any statements which clearly oppose those of the Qur'an are to be rejected as the work of mankind.

Answer 4

Actually the Bible consists of more than just the gospels. There are several different letters, leaflets, books, etc. all authored by different writers. There are considered to be called books though. There is 66 of them in the Bible. 39 of which are called Old Testament books and 27 New Testament books. None of which were in a specific order until some one decided to place them in some kind of arrangement.

Then they placed them in some order which worked for readibility. The true writer is God. He used these men to tell the words he wanted told.

The reason Genesis was placed first, although it wasn't the first book written, was because it told about the beginning of things. The reason Revelation was placed last is because it relates to end time events

Yet all these books have some agreement to them. Because of the nature of the Bible and that it is God's word to mankind

Answer 5

For the gospels and the rest of the New Testament, they were all written by 90 A.D. the first churches circulated those books among themselves. We have the writtings and letters of the first few century church leaders or "fathers" and in those writtings they quote from practilcally the whole New Testament showing us which books were approved of. Those books were later officially approved by a church council around the 4th century.

Answer 6

No one knows for sure who worte the books of the Bible.
The early Church decided which books got in and which didnt, but some of those thrown out books are still around today, like the Gospel of Barnabas etc.

Answer 7

Torah ,First five books Old testament
First five books New Testament,Nicene Gospels,
Paul's Letters to the church,and Revelations which is a copy of another story

Answer 8

No one person wrote the bible, most of the authors are anonymous. The answer as to who decided which books go in, the answer depends upon whether you are Christian or Jewish.

If you are Jewish, rabbis gathered in Jamnia after the fall of Jerusalem to preserve the Jewish tradition in a dispersed people. In addition to the written scriptures, the Tanakh, they also began recording the oral scriptures which were not made a part of the Christian scriptures. The oral scriptures include some of the midrash, the Talmud, the Mishnah and the Tosefta.

In the Christian tradition, there was no official bible until 397 or 405. Regional Christian synods met at Hippo Regius, Laodicea, Rome and Carthage to discuss which books should be read in the Mass, or the Divine Liturgy or Qurbana as it is called in the East. Each of those local synods prepared the way for an official list. Generally, Protestants cite the list of St. Anthanasius as their list, however they exclude books Anthanasius included such as the Shephard of Hermas. The current New Testament canon was approved by Pope Damasus in 397, however, his list has been lost. The list by Pope Innocent in 405 is the same as today's list and supposedly the same as Damasus' list.

So if you are asking about the gospels, the people who chose them were the Catholic bishops who then sent them to the successor of St. Peter, chief of the Apostles, for approval who then sent them on as the official list. The list met three criteria, they were in accordance with Catholic teaching, they were used daily during the service and they were of apostolic origin.

Certain books, such as 1 Clement, are older than much of the bible such as John's Gospel. However, Clement, who was ordained by Peter and succeeded Peter as the third Pope, did not purport to be writing for an apostle but rather in his role as head of the Church. 1 Clement was considered part of the bible for a very long time by many churches as was the Shepherd of Hermas or the Epistle of Barnabus. Barnabus, like Clement, did not purport to be writing for an apostle.

Later, Protestants excluded certain books of the bible, James, Jude, Revelations, Tobit, Judith, parts of Esther, parts of Daniel, Sirach, Wisdom, 1&2 Maccabees. Later Protestants then returned James, Jude and Revelations to the bible. The issue had to do with rechoosing the books. Since Protestants rejected Papal authority, they also rejected the authorizing party for the bible. Hence, you get books like the King James Bible. Instead of being issued on the authority of a bishop, who succeeds the apostles by ordination (see Acts 1:46 for the ordination of Mathias the first Catholic bishop), it was issued by someone who decided they were head of the Church the English King.

So, they began the process of picking all over again, but with over 1000 years of historical distance and less data to work with. Eventually they returned James, Jude and Revelations, but they were opposed as those books supported Catholic beliefs. The other books continue in most Protestant Churche to be left out. The Jewish community excluded them because they were written in Greek and God wouldn't reveal himself in Greek (hence the New Testament is false in that line of thinking).

So, there wasn't one person who chose the books, they were chosen because of how they were used in their communities, whether Christian or Jewish. The books selected supported the needs of the community at the time of selection.

Answer 9

The people in power at a given time decide.

For instance, I seen some people use a version of the bible that contains the word "homosexual". The word itself wasn't coined until the 1800's. How did that word slip in??? Because some folks in power had a hard-on for gays.

The bible is about as trustworthy as a Superman comic book.

Answer 10

Earlier it was "Pope at Rome" did it
Later it went to "Pope at Vatican" -
Then "King James", the King of England did it.

Now you will be surprised to know some additions are about to be compiled as "New World Order" by GWB & family....

And another one is already compiled and printed from Afghanistan by "Osama Binladin's Version of Bible'

May after Half a Century either Osma's Version or GWB's will be legal one. People will forget all the earlier versions!!

Answer 11

You need to read the book lost Christianities by Bart Ermine.

It explains the things you are asking about in great detail.

The answer is not what people here will be telling you.

Love and blessings
don