Who is the author of the Bible?

Question

Does anyone know when it was written and what country the author came from? I'm just curious.

Answer 1

I'm dumbfounded.

Answer 2

There are many scholars involved in that question. Most believe that the Bible was a compilation of many, many authors. Even a copyist who changed the text a bit (and many did) could be said to be an author. Add in the realities of language/language translation For instance, Aramaic / Greek and you've got many versions. For instance, some experts estimate that there are many hundreds of versions in the ancient Greek language alone.

One of the other posters is well informed. The book that we call the bible was pulled together around 300 A.D.

As to what was included and what was left out, we have some idea, but it is almost assuredly an incomplete one. Bear in mind it is the victors who write the histories and this is surely a version of history.

If you are really curious, and would like a better sense of the forces at work in the early history of the Bible, you might want to check out Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus". This is just one scholar's opinion; there are many more.

Answer 3

The bible is a composition based on different "books" that were written by different authors. These authors also wrote these books in different times, some of the different authors were not even alive when other authors were.

If your religeous however, then God wrote the bible, since the bible is suppose to be God's word.

Answer 4

The Bible is inspired by God but actually written down by many people over the past 3500 years.

Starting with Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy and Numbers, which were written by Moses in 1450-1410 BC

Ending with Revelation written by the apostle John in 95 AD.

Some books were written by prophets, some by kings, some by historians and the New Testament books were mostly written by apostles and early followers of Jesus. The book of Hebrews has been attributed to Paul but no one knows for sure who God led to write that powerful book of faith.

I hope this helps.

God bless!

Answer 5

The Author was God Himself, the prophets and apostles who wrote them only acted as secretaries as they were moved or inspired by the Holy Spirit. Every one of the 40 odd writers were Jews. They were all from Palestine. The first five was written by Moses. around the year 1500 BC and the last one was written by John on the island of Patmos in 96 AD, so it was written during the period of around 1600 years.
There were 39 books int the Old Testament from Genesis to Malachi, and were written bys the prophets in Hebrews and Aramaics, and 27 in the New Testament written by the apostles of Christ in Greeks.

Answer 6

Book Writer Date Time Place Written

Completed Covered

Genesis Moses 1513 “In the Wilderness
beginning”
to 1657

Exodus Moses 1512 1657-1512 Wilderness

Leviticus Moses 1512 1 month Wilderness
(1512)

Job Moses c. 1473 Over 140 Wilderness
years
between
1657 and
1473

Numbers Moses 1473 1512-1473 Wilderness /
Plains of Moab

Deuteronomy Moses 1473 2 months Plains of Moab
(1473)

Joshua Joshua c. 1450 1473– Canaan
c. 1450

Judges Samuel c. 1100 c. 1450– Israel
c. 1120

Ruth Samuel c. 1090 11 years Israel
of Judges’
rule

1 Samuel Samuel; c. 1078 c. 1180-1078 Israel
Gad;
Nathan

2 Samuel Gad; c. 1040 1077–c. 1040 Israel
Nathan

Song of Solomon c. 1020 Jerusalem
Solomon

Ecclesiastes Solomon b. 1000 Jerusalem

Jonah Jonah c. 844

Joel Joel c. 820 (?) Judah

Amos Amos c. 804 Judah

Hosea Hosea a. 745 b. 804– Samaria
a. 745 (District)

Isaiah Isaiah a. 732 c. 778– Jerusalem
a. 732

Micah Micah b. 717 c. 777-717 Judah

Proverbs Solomon; c. 717 Jerusalem
Agur;
Lemuel

Zephaniah Zephaniah b. 648 Judah

Nahum Nahum b. 632 Judah

Habakkuk Habakkuk c. 628 (?) Judah

Lamentations Jeremiah 607 Nr. Jerusalem

Obadiah Obadiah c. 607

Ezekiel Ezekiel c. 591 613–c. 591 Babylon

1 and 2 Jeremiah 580 c. 1040-580 Judah/Egypt
Kings

Jeremiah Jeremiah 580 647-580 Judah/Egypt

Daniel Daniel c. 536 618–c. 536 Babylon

Haggai Haggai 520 112 days Jerusalem
(520)

Zechariah Zechariah 518 520-518 Jerusalem

Esther Mordecai c. 475 493–c. 475 Shushan, Elam

1 and 2 Ezra c. 460 After Jerusalem (?)
Chronicles 1 Chronicles 9:44,
1077-537

Ezra Ezra c. 460 537–c. 467 Jerusalem

Psalms David c. 460
and others

Nehemiah Nehemiah a. 443 456–a. 443 Jerusalem

Malachi Malachi a. 443 Jerusalem

[Chart on page 310]

Christian Greek Scriptures (C.E.)

Book Writer Date Time Place Written

Completed Covered

Matthew Matthew c. 41 2 B.C.E.– Palestine
33 C.E.

1 Thessalonians
Paul c. 50 Corinth

2 Thessalonians
Paul c. 51 Corinth

Galatians Paul c. 50-52 Corinth or
Syr. Antioch

1 Corinthians
Paul c. 55 Ephesus

2 Corinthians
Paul c. 55 Macedonia

Romans Paul c. 56 Corinth

Luke Luke c. 56-58 3 B.C.E.– Caesarea
33 C.E.

Ephesians Paul c. 60-61 Rome

Colossians Paul c. 60-61 Rome

Philemon Paul c. 60-61 Rome

Philippians Paul c. 60-61 Rome

Hebrews Paul c. 61 Rome

Acts Luke c. 61 33–c. Rome
61 C.E.

James James b. 62 Jerusalem

Mark Mark c. 60-65 29-33 C.E. Rome

1 Timothy Paul c. 61-64 Macedonia

Titus Paul c. 61-64 Macedonia (?)

1 Peter Peter c. 62-64 Babylon

2 Peter Peter c. 64 Babylon (?)

2 Timothy Paul c. 65 Rome

Jude Jude c. 65 Palestine (?)

Revelation John c. 96 Patmos

John John c. 98 After Ephesus, or near
prologue,
29-33 C.E.

1 John John c. 98 Ephesus, or near

2 John John c. 98 Ephesus, or near

3 John John c. 98 Ephesus, or near

Answer 7

The Modern Bible is actually just a collection of many separate books and letters. It's particular configuration was decided by the Roman Emperor Constantine. He made the final decision about what would become cannon. The authors of the old testament were most likely Jewish scholars who were writing down the traditional lore and laws of their culture. The New Testament is mainly composed of letters written by apostles to particular churches. The book of Corinthians is actually just a letter written to the church at Corinth. The remainder of the New Testament is what is called gospels. The gospels are named for the respective apostle who wrote each one. They are the accounts of the life and death of Jesus and his followers.

The Gnostic Gospels are the books which Constantine did not include in the modern canon. They include the gospel of Saint Thomas.

Answer 8

There are lots of different authors of the bible.

Moses wrote the first five scriptures, Then assorted prophets wrote other scriptures like Amos, Jeremiah, Isiah, etc.

The New testmant was written by Jesus deciples like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Jude, etc, and Paul wrote about 1/3 to 1/2 of the new testament.

then the Gnostic scriptures were written by Phillip, Thomas, Mary Magdalene, etc.

Answer 9

Various men wrote various books, which were later combined to make the Bible. The word Bible comes from a word meaning "collection of books." Books in the Old Testament were written prior to Christ's time. Books in the New Testament were written after Christ was born. I suggest you check out Wikipedia.com and see what it has to say on the subject if you'd like to know more.

Answer 10

The book was said to be written by Peter after the Crucifixion by the Romans and Judas but about 10 years later a Roman named Paul started to write the book under the name of John and made Jesus into the fictional character you know and love to hate today.

Answer 11

The bible is made up of differnt letters written by several men from BC and DC. But God is the actual true author of it. His spirit guided the men who wrote it. As to who prints them now....just look in the copy write pages in the beginning of each book. Almost every one is putting his or her name on it. So you need to be carefull which one you choose to read and when all else fails, the Kings james version and New King James is always the most reliable ones to go by.