2006-11-05 13:37:12 · 16 answers · asked by Alert! -10 Points 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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Word.
2006-11-05 13:41:18 · answer #1 · answered by USA USA USA 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written by prophets that were inspired by God to write and by people who were inspired by God and then approved by a prophet or an apostle. There are forty different authors, written in three differenent languages, and the orginal date of the writings range from 1440 B.C. to about 90 A.D. All of scripture was recognized as authoritive pretty much as soon as it was written. Meaning the Old Testament was finished around 300 B.C. and the New Testament was closed around 125 A.D. Which was before the catholic church was established. We know that certain authors had the authority to decide what was considered inspired by God and what wasn't because they were either a prohpet or an apostle. These were people who could communicate with God on a level we can't really comprehend. People knew the prophets and apostles were truly sent from because of the miracles that they did which no one else could do. For example the apostles of the New Testament were able to distrubute sign gifts to different believers. Famous authors from the Old Testament include the prophet Moses and Jonah. Some from the New Testament would the apostle Paul and James.
2006-11-05 21:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
David wrote the Psalms and Proverbs, Paul wrote most of the letters, Moses wrote the first five books, John wrote all of the Johns. The Gospels are named after the people that wrote them. The books at the end of the Old Testament were written by the people that are named for them.
All of the bible if God-breathed as it tells us in 2Ti 3:16 [All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,]. God was just speaking thorough humans, who wrote down what God was saying.
2006-11-05 21:47:36 · answer #3 · answered by rohd_boy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Paul is suspected of writing a bunch of it and various so-called prophets wrote this and that but no one knows for sure about most of it which is convenient since the mess can't be pinned on any one idiot.
Before the religious wackjobs say different ask yourself, if it was written by prophets why are the details such a mess and contradict each other? humm?
And if the excuse is that some of it has been corrupted then ask why any God would allow such a thing to happen - especially since eternity is on the line.
2006-11-05 21:53:52 · answer #4 · answered by Da Vinci's Code 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is a book of many books with many human authors. But all in the writings in the Bible are the inspired word of God. The books of the New Testament were put together by the Catholic Church.
2006-11-05 21:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by Life 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one actually has any idea. Some of the writings of Paul are really the only biblical writings we can safely say were written by the person who they are attributed to. The four gospels were written years after Mathew mark Luke and john were dead and buried.
Love and blessings Don
2006-11-05 21:43:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are 66 books and about 40 writers.
2006-11-06 01:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by Kelly L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the people for who the Chapter was named for, occasionally they wrote several other ones also
2006-11-05 21:41:37 · answer #8 · answered by sliccapostle 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Same kind of people who wrote all books of faith, just scared folks trying to find some peace im this scary world. They did
have just a little help.
2006-11-05 21:40:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
At least 66 different men, of all different ages, and races, of both genders, living in many different places, with occupations ranging from kings to musicians to tax collectors to prostitutes.
2006-11-05 21:41:17 · answer #10 · answered by Ashley 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋