Who were the authors of the books of the Bible?

Question

For example, Mathew did not write the Gospel attributed to him: ''...And as Jesus passed forth thence, HE(Jesus) saw a man, named Mathew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and HE(Jesus) saith unto HIM(Mathew), follow ME(Jesus) and He(Mathew) arose, and followed HIM(Jesus).
mathew 9:9
'' Did ''Mathew'' write this about himself?Why then didn't Mathew write for example: ''he(Jesus) saw Me, and my name is Mathew. I was sitting at the receipt of custom......ect.

Answer 1

A lot of the scholars say that the books are "attributed to," and they name an apostle. Many concur that scribes wrote the actual documents.

Jesus, as He walked the earth, never told the Apostles to write down their teachings; He said, rather, simply "Going therefore, teach ye all nations....," not "Going therefore, write down and teach by means of writing....!" The command was quite neutral, and throughout the New Testament we read passages like: "And this is the word which by the gospel hath been preached unto you" (1 Peter 1:25); and "Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle" (2 Thessalonians 2:15); and "Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ" (Romans 10:17).

Jesus Christ never told the Apostles collectively to write down whatever they taught so it could later be put together under one set of covers.

Answer 2

Good question!

We're not really sure. Some scholars go as far as to argue that Lazarus wrote the Gospel of John. Why? Well, considering the Secret Gospel of Mark leads some to believe that Lazarus was the Beloved Disciple.

We also think that the Gospel of Matthew may have been based on the Gospel of the Hebrews, which the Ebionites used, however that is somewhat disputed.

I hope that new discoveries and archaeological finds will reveal to us the true authors.

Answer 3

It's impossible to say with any accuracy who, in fact, penned the books of the NT. It is understood of the Gospels that they were not written by "the" Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It is likely that either A) they were written by unknown individuals and attributed to the 4 well known figures. B) They were written by unknown individuals but were based on the 4 well known figures original tellings, or C) They were written by people with the same names as the 4 well known individuals and erroneously attributed to them. The first gospel was written some 30-60 years after the death of Jesus, and the last one was written over 100 years after the death of Jesus. They were written in Greek, not Aramaic, which would have been the language of the authors they are attributed to. As for the other books of the NT, most of them are written either anonymously or psudonymously. The one exceptions is the epistles of Paul. These are letters that are attributed to the Apostle Paul. They were correspondences between himself and the fledgling church. Of these writings we can only say with any certainty that only 7 of them were likely penned by Paul himself. The others are either forgeries, or pseudonymous writings. These letters were never intended to be included in the cannon.

Answer 4

ALL evidence in the history of the time when the Bible was written authenticates Mathew as the writer of the Gospel under his name.

There is no arguement over this except by those who dislike the New Testament of the Bible or are trying to get some publicity to sell a book of their own.

Answer 5

There is only one author of the Bible - God. There were a number of writers. Matthew was cerainly one of them and the book of Mathew is attributed to him. There is absolutely no reason he could not use his own name raher than a pronoun, there is nothing wrong with that. He knew it would be read by people from all over the place and used his own name so people would know who he was talking about. That would be very frustrating for people to figure it out with only a pronound to go by if they had no knowledge of Matthew.
John for example refered to himself as "the disciple whom Jesus loved" and there are still those around who are debating who "the disciple whom Jesus loved" was.

Answer 6

It usually answers your question at the beginning of each book.

I believe that Matthew was written by Matthew. Also, John the beloved disciple, wrote the book of John, 1-3 John and Revelation. John also writes that He is the beloved disciple.

Moses wrote the 1st five books of the bible. Isaiah wrote Isaiah, etc. It isn't that complicated to figure out.

Answer 7

The previous testomony ones did not extremely have a concept of "the Bible" at the same time as they were writing. the hot testomony ones did; they basically about all used the Septuagint (a Greek translation) as their source for scripture. The previous testomony writings were regularly occurring because the training (or regulation), the Prophets, and different writings; Jews did not extremely settle which of that very last team were element of their Bible until eventually later. All extant writings of Paul's were meant as letters. some which could not actual were written with the help of Paul would were meant for ebook extremely than as actual letters. (both products we perceive as Paul's letters to the Corinthians are believed with the help of quite some students to contain products of everywhere from 3 to eight diverse letters.) yet letters are frequently amassed for ebook. I have books on the shelf containing letters of multiple human beings: Keats and Tolkien come to options. The apocryphal Letters of Paul and Seneca, between the products left out of the Bible--which seems to me to be basically besides--incorporates a be conscious from Seneca congratulating Paul on his "e book of Epistles" (which Seneca intends to study to the Emperor at the same time as he receives the prospect), which signifies that Paul's extremely letters were circulating in amassed kind with the help of the time this stupid, yet very early, forgery replaced into concocted. What qualifies them as Scripture isn't a lot the unique circumstances besides the indisputable fact that the degree to which next readers have stumbled on them efficient. that's how the former testomony replaced into amassed, too. at the same time as Solomon may have replaced into hoping his element of Proverbs and his Psalms were kept for destiny generations, he may were somewhat very much surprised on the inclusion of Ecclesiastes and the music of Songs.

Answer 8

"Gospel" ("Evangelos" in greek) means "the good news". It is also a testimony. Early Christians shared their experience with Jesus and as time passed by they were collected by wrights and collectors. that was systematized almost 3 centuries later. Therefore, they were oral traditions passed on written down by the FOREFATHERS OF CHURCH. They "edited" the Evangelists, JOHN, LUKE, MATTHEW and MARK, and left many others out.

Answer 9

Matthew wrote the "Gospel according to Matthew". As did John, Luke and Mark. Most of the books are named from those who wrote them. Paul wrote Acts, Romans, Hebrews, etc. John wrote Revelations.

Moses wrote the Torah (first 5 books of the Old Testement). Samuel, Ezekial, Daniel, Isaiah and such are written by .... Samuel, Ezekial, Daniel and ISAIAH as is most of the books are named by their writer.

Psalms, I think, is written by King David.

Answer 10

It was written over 1,000 of years. Many different authors. All about the Love that God has for mankind. Fishmen, tax collector, medical doctor, political leader, farmers, kings, etc.

If we were to try to write a book with as many others it would be a very confusing book.