who wrote the bible ?

Question

i mean i believe in god and jesus but obviously a person wrote it.

Answer 1

People have told me that Moses wrote the entire thing.
But that didn't make sense.
So I asked the pastor at my church.
And he told me that many people wrote it.
So, I guess many people wrote it.
:D

Answer 2

The Bible did not exist as we know it today. It was a collection of letters and manuscripts written by different men that were inspired by God.

The books of the Bible were compiled at the Council of Hippo in 393 a.d. and canonized at the Council of Carthage in 397 a.d.
There were a total of 73 books, while the most popular of Protestant Bibles, the King James Bible ,was later changed to have only 66 books around 1827. It had all 73 of them when it was printed in 1611.

At first, Monks spend hours if not months tediously copying the Bible by hand in order to make copies.
When Gutenberg invented movable type, he printed the Latin Vulgate Bible between 1454 -55. This was the first printed Bible.

Because it would make the printing of the Bible more organized at the printing press, the printers aligned or organized the Bible into Chapters and verses, thus giving it the look it has today.

The most important thing to remember about the Bible is that it is the inspired Word of God.

Answer 3

Men were the instruments used by the Holy Ghost to write the Bible. In 2 Peter 1:20 -21, Peter writes; Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

In Exodus 17:14, Moses was instructed to write. In Numbers 5:23, we see instructions to write, and you can go away through the Old Testaments and find the same. Then in the New Testment we having the writtings of the Apostles. Even Jesus himself said; Heaven and Earth shall pass away; But my words shall never pass away. John the Revelator was instructed to write - The Book of Revelation.

Answer 4

COMMUNICATION is more fascinating today than at any other time in history. Telephones, fax machines, computers—years ago who could have imagined a time when messages would be transmitted virtually anywhere around the world instantly?

But the most intriguing kind of communication is one that man cannot master—divine inspiration. Jehovah inspired some 40 human writers to produce his written Word, the Holy Bible. Just as humans have more than one means of communication available to them, so Jehovah used several methods of communication to inspire the Scriptures.

Dictation. God communicated specific messages that were later put into the Bible record. For example, consider the regulations making up the Law covenant. “Write down for yourself these words,” Jehovah told Moses, “because it is in accordance with these words that I do conclude a covenant with you and Israel.” (Exodus 34:27) Those “words,” which were “transmitted by angels,” were copied by Moses and can now be found in the Bible books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.—Acts 7:53.

Many other prophets, including Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Nahum, and Micah, received specific messages from God through angels. Sometimes these men began their pronouncements with the phrase: “This is what Jehovah has said.” (Isaiah 37:6; Jeremiah 2:2; Ezekiel 11:5; Amos 1:3; Micah 2:3; Nahum 1:12) Then they put what God said into written form.

Visions, Dreams, and Trances. A vision is a sight, scene, or message superimposed upon a person’s mind while he is awake, usually by some extraordinary means. For example, Peter, James, and John, “when they got fully awake,” saw a vision of the transfigured Jesus. (Luke 9:28-36; 2 Peter 1:16-21) In some cases a message was conveyed in a dream, or night vision, being impressed upon the recipient’s subconscious while he was asleep. Daniel thus writes of “the visions of my head upon my bed”—or, as translator Ronald A. Knox renders it, “as I lay watching in my dream.”—Daniel 4:10.

Answer 5

God inspired the Bible through sixty-six writers.
Inspiration doesn't mean the biblical writer just felt enthusisatic, like the composer of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Nor does it mean the writings are necessarily inspiring to read, like an uplifting poem. The biblical Greek workd for inspiration litterally means "God-breathed." Because Scripture is breathed out by God - because it originates from Him - it is true and inerrant.
Biblical inspiration may be difined as God's superintending of the human authors so that, using their own individual personalities - and even their writing styles - they composed and recorded without error His revelation to humankind in the words of the original autographs. In other words, the original documents of the their own personalities and literary talents, wrote under the control and guidance of the Holy Spirit, the result being a perfect and errorless recording of the exact message God desired to give to man.
Hence, the writers of Scripture were not mere writing machines. God did not use them like keys on a typewriter to mechanicallly reproduce His message. Nor did He dictate the words, page by page. The biblical evidence makes it clear that each writer had a style of his own. (Isaiah ahd a powerful literary style; Jeremiah had a mournful tone; Luke's style had medical evertones; and John was very simple in his approach.) The Holy Spirit infallibly worked through each of these writers, through their individual styles, to inerrantly communicate His message to humankind.

Answer 6

Moses, Joshua, Jeremiah, Heman the Ezrahite, Ethan the Ezrahite, Solomon, David, Asaph, Sons of Korah, Jeremiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Ezra, Hezekiah, Agur, Lemuel, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, Peter, and Jude.

Maybe there's more that I can't think of.

Answer 7

The Bible was written over a 1,600-year period. Its writers lived at different times and came from many walks of life. Some were farmers, fishermen, and shepherds. Others were prophets, judges, and kings. The Gospel writer Luke was a doctor. Despite the varied backgrounds of its writers, the Bible is harmonious from beginning to end. God is its author.

They were inspired by God...to illustrate, A secretary writes or types a letter for his boss, well the boss could dictate what should be...the letter although finished by the secretary is still attributed to the boss ( he signs).

Moses=Genesis,Exodus,Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Job
Joshua=Joshua
Samuel=Judges,Ruth, 1 Samuel (with Gad and Nathan)
Gad and Nathan =2 Samuel
Jeremiah=1&2 Kings,Jeremiah,Lamentations
Ezra=1&2 Chronicles, Ezra
Nehemiah=Nehemiah
Mordecai=Esther
David =Psalms(with others)
Solomon=Proverbs(with Agur, Lemuel), Ecclesiastes,Song of Solomon
The ff prophets called their written books after their names: Isaiah,Ezekiel,Daniel, Hosea,Joel,Amos,Obadiah,Jonah,Micah,Nahum,Habakkuk,Zephaniah, Haggai,Zechariah,Malachi
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Matthew=Matthew
Mark=Mark
Luke=Luke, Acts
John=John, 1-3John, Revelation
Paul= Romans,1&2Corinthians,Galatians,Ephesians,Colossians, 1&2Thessalonians, 1&2Timothy,Tituy, Philemon,Hebrews
James=James (Jesus' younger brother,Mary's son)
Peter=1&2 Peter
Jude=Jude (Jesus' younger brother,Mary's son)

Answer 8

Men who were inspired BY GOD. 2 Timothy 3:16,17
Approximately 22 O.T. writers and 8 N.T. writers ( Matthew , Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul, James, Jude)
O.T. writers for certain included:
Moses
David
Joshua
Samuel
Ezra
Nehemiah
Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habbakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

For some DOUBTING THOMAS'
a little trivia: DID YOU KNOW?...
5,000 authentic GREEK NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS AS FAR BACK AS THE 1ST CENTURY IN MUSEUMS TODAY!

Answer 9

Lots of people did. Most of the OT is campfire stories that nobody knows who really wrote down, although David wrote the psalms and proverbs. The NT is easy enough, since it's got names attached, (and Paul wrote most of the epistles), though John was actually written by the guy's followers.

Answer 10

The modern bible called The King James Version was provided by the Catholic Church around 1600 when it was first translated into English. BTW Jesus wasn't an American, he never even set foot in the USA !!

Answer 11

"All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness that the man of God may be adequate, fully equipped for every good work." All Scripture is inspired by God.2 Timothy 3:16-17
It is His very word, His very self revelation.God spoke on two occasions. He spoke once long ago, He speaks in these last days by His Son.God spoke long ago to the Jewish fathers.He spoke by means of the prophets.He also spoke, it says, in many ways, polutropos. That means through vision and prophecy and parable and type and symbol and ceremony and theophany and sometimes audible voice.And He even wrote with His finger on stone. There were many ways in which God spoke many things, collected in many texts, put into many books and He spoke to those of old by means of the prophets. That is a statement with reference to the fact that the Old Testament is God speaking.In these last days since the coming of Christ, He has spoken again. And He has spoken in the Son. The gospels record God speaking through His Son--Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The book of Acts, God speaking through the extension of the proclamation of the message of His son. The epistles, God speaking through the deep and profound understanding of the meaning of the life and ministry of the Son. And even Revelation, the consummation when the Son comes back in glory, the consummation of God's communication to this world.