Who Wrote the Bible?

Question

i mean how do people call those people who wrote the Bible????

Answer 1

The bible is s collection of scriptures written by various authors.
The New Testament is a collection of peoples recollections of the life of christ plus a load of letters sent by Paul to various tribes about what they should do if they want to be Christian and please God according to what Jesus said.

If you read anything in there, it is so vague and open to interpretation depending on your mood and what you want to hear, it can give you the answer to everything in your life as and when you need it, that's why so many people believe it is God helping them out when they open it at random pages and it "speaks" to them about their crisis.

Answer 2

Your question is a short one, but the answer is not. I'm not going to go in depth - but I will tell you this. The Bible, as we know it today - ( King James Version) - is so called that because King James VI of Scottland had the Bible revised and issued in 1611. This Bible is the one just about all major christian denomenations use today. But it is important to understand that the Bible was not written entirely by one person, but many people over many years. Some parts were even written originally many many years after the death of Jesus. And again, some stories in the Bible were probably borrowed from other culture's stories..examples, the Babylonian " Epic of Gilgamesh" Tells of a great flood that destroys all of the known world. This Epic poem is arguably the oldest known work of liturature. The author of the original story about Noah and his ark probably recieved some idea of the catastrophic, world-ending flood from this epic. The whole point is that the Bible is a great work of liturature compiled by a miriad of people over many years, and has been changed many times by just as many different people. So, as you can see there is not just one single person, but loads that helped make the Bible what it is today.

Answer 3

Originally the Bible stories were handed down by mouth, very accurately in those times (not like today). Then Jewish teachers/scribes wrote individual passages which were eventually sorted and collected together by other Jewish writers and thus all these 'books' were put together in one, The New Testament was again written by different people and priest of the early church combined them into the New Testament part of the Bible.

Answer 4

The Bible is a collection of myths and stories, some of which were written as part of the history and religion of the Jewish people, and others which were written as a means to political influence. That is, much of the new testament contradicts itself and was shaped not by "the word of God" but by Constantine in his efforts to consolidate power behind the Christian church.

Entire books and gospels were omitted from inclusion in the Bible simply because they did not portray Jesus or Christianity in the way Constantine wished. Later on, you've got King James doing his bit of interpretation of the Bible for many of the same reasons.

Example: we all have had it drilled into us that Mary was a virgin, and thus the conception of Jesus must have been immaculate/holy. In fact, in the original version of the tale of Jesus (in Hebrew), the word mistranslated as virgin merely means young woman - it says nothing about her lack of sexual experience.

In short, we are all welcome to believe what we like about the Bible and its origins, so long as we recognize that the Bible has had many MANY hands shaping it, and not all of them have been clean.

Answer 5

The Bible is a series of chapters that were written by men, but apparently dictated, influenced or inspired by the divine entity known as God.

This most well known of books (and also the number 1 most stolen book globally, strangely enough), has been edited several times over the centuries with parts added, taken out or some parts omitted altogether. For example, several Gospels were not included in the final "edit" of this book. Humans, not a deity, chose which ones were relevant and which weren't for their own personal reasons.

I think that anything that's been created, changed, altered or amended by man is doomed to fallacy, stretching of the truth, mistranslation and spin. It's unfortunately in our nature to be imperfect. That is why so many people, myself included, cannot place my faith in something that man has had its hand in. I do, however, agree that a lot of the moral teachings written therein are worthy causes and I devote my life to following those instead of a set religion.

Answer 6

You got to remember that the bible was written by hundreds of scribes over hundreds of years. The only thing that could be ID from the passages was the style. For example the gospel according to James has 3 different authors.The bible was "edited" at the council of Nissea , and most of the chosen texts have more than one author and more than one description of the story. To really know this things you have to have an open mind and a commitment to finding the truth. This is the most famous book in history and has more than one author and more than one agenda...

Answer 7

The Bible is a compilation of 66 little books. Some men wrote one book .. as in some of the prohets like Haggai and Amos ... and others wrote a number of them, like the Apostle Paul. However, we use the term "write" loosely. These men... 29 I believe ... were used more like secretaries. They were used by God sort of like secretaries to convey his thoughts and instructions. However, they were individuals so that accounts for the different writing styles etc. 2 Peter 1:20,21 explains it clearly: "For you know this first, that no prophecy of Scripture springs from any private interpretation. For prophecy was at no time brought by man's will but men spoke from God as they were borne along by Holy Spirit."

Answer 8

Many parts of the old testement were put together by scribes ustilizing stories handed down for many generations Most scholars agree that this applies to those attributed to Moses also. While biblical scholars have best guesses as to the authorship of som OT books most are by authors now unknown.

The new testement books are mostly in gospel or letter form and the authorship is attributed in print inpublications containing the NT.

Answer 9

The Bible is a bunch of books written by different people, but they were all inspired by God. I also think the writers were mostly male, you know, prophets and the like. So you probably call the writers prophets, and the ones who aren't must be the apostles.

Answer 10

no one person its been added to by all kinds of people at different times but although i was brought up to attend church and Sunday school i don't regard I'm more than the average person as far as religion goes but i did like reading all the stories at school they all seemed so magical in the old testament of course but as you get older you question the authenticity and say no that couldn't and didn't happen but the bible makes good reading and remember it is the most popular book in the world