Who Wrote the Bible?

Answer 1

God worked through 40 different poeple and over a period of 2000 years and yet there is no problem with it.

Answer 2

Of the 66 books in the bible, most authors cannot be named.

For example, it is supposed that Moses wrote the first five books of the bible, but there are problems with this:

1. His own death is written about
2. The books contain anachronisms of later times
3. The books themselves often say "unto these times" repeatedly, meaning they were written well after the facts included.

As far as the New Testament, we know just as little (except for Paul, who is universally credited with writing at least a few of the epistles.

The names "Mark, Matthew, Luke and John" were all picked around 180 AD. There were some hearsay reasons for some of these names, but in truth we have no idea who wrote them, though it is generally accepted that they were all written between 65-100 AD, well after Jesus and Paul.

www.earlychristianwritings.com has some great information on all this stuff.

Answer 3

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 4

Our Bible is essentially a library of sixty-six books or letters, written by forty or so men, who lived in several countries, over a 1500-year period. They wrote in three languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.

Throughout the Bible, there is a "scarlet thread" of redemption that points ultimately to the One Who saves His people--Jesus Christ.

Ultimately God is the Author. As it is written: "Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." (II Peter 1:21)

Answer 5

Read "Who Wrote the Bible" by Richard Elliott Friedman.
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Answer 6

There are many narrators of the Bible. God had Moses document articles directly spoken from Him, hisself. There are testaments of Jesus. The Bible is a continuation of collected recordings and articles over a great expanse of time and has been recorded by many, many people. It was originally written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, later on translated by the scribes of King James into English.

Answer 7

The Greek Philosopher Anonymous.

Answer 8

God used various prophets to write His words in the Bible. If you look at the "Table of the Books of the Bible" you should see a list of different names, place written, writing completed, & time frame.

Answer 9

Dr Andrew Marks
49 Hampton Heath, Essex.

Answer 10

Followers of Jesus wrote the new testimony and their followers add and remove some that is why there are many editions of the Bible

Answer 11

Ordinary everday people "wrote" the Bible. They were the vessels by which God communicated His Truth from mankind. It is inspired or literally from the Greek "God Breathed". Men wrote it down, but ultimately GOD was the author.