They wanted money,fame and power,that's why they wrote the books and wrote their names on them,do you see the name of Muhammad (pbuh) on the cover of the Quran?,no,why,because he doesn't have the right to write his name on it,it's not his words,it is god's.
2007-02-15 04:15:41 · 18 answers · asked by shockoshocko 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because it is actually written by men and men only. Every writer, religious, love, hate, sadness, you name it, it is definitely inspired from some one. Your lover, your enemy, you are fed up of life, there is always someone behind a writer. Thats why there are only few writers.
2007-02-15 04:26:13 · answer #1 · answered by mamakumar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God has inspired many men and women and some have written it down. Some of it was bound together in a Bible, which is a collection of writings. Most are inspired but apparently some are not--Song of Solomon. The Bible has gone through a lot of translation and the translations weren't make from the original copy, it is like translating from English to French and then Spanish from the French copy and so on. There have been translation errors in the Bible and some have deliberately made changes. God still inspires so there is potential for other scripture and the Bible is not the only inspired word of God.
2016-05-24 03:44:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Quran is no more God's words than the Bible. All these rules and regulations are man made rules, rules to dominate and have power over others through the physical world using the afterlife as a means to rule over the minds and bodies of people.
The rules of the Quran are just politics from the days of then.
The only parts of any spiritual books The Bible, Quran or Torah are when they speak of loving one another, caring and being peaceful. The rest is garbage, no matter what book it is.
God is love, Men are political.
2007-02-15 04:23:27 · answer #3 · answered by Earthy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They did not get any fame money or power from writing the books. Christians do not go around worshipping the name of the human writers, the way Muslims do.
If Muhammad is not worshipped, why do all the arabs name theirs kids Muhammad? They follow the man, not God.
2007-02-15 04:22:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tanya Pants 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think names of Apostles were placed on New Testament books not by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. After the death of Jesus(may God be pleased with him), many stories of his life and work were written. They were designated as the story according to _____. These gospels, as they were called, were translated into different languages and circulated as being equally valid for some time--until the Council of Niacia, where Church officials determined which books were to be in the New Testament and which were not to be in the Bible.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicea
There have been a lot of changes in the Bible--translations, interpretations, things put in, things left out.
The Qur'an was recited by the Beloved Prophet (pbuh), copied down by his followers, and compiled by Caliph Abu Bakr, and the original Arabic has remain unchanged. This is very different from what happened with the New Testament.
2007-02-15 04:29:20 · answer #5 · answered by KCBA 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, they didn't write those peices intentionally for the purpose of it going into a bible. Alot of what you're reading in the bible are just letters, prayers and scriptual compilations. Hate to break it to you, but all of the people who wrote these things were dead long before the bible was even compiled. So sorry to tell you this, but none of them got rich from it. Publishers didn't exist, and people weren't exactly buying copies left and write of their letters. The Catholic church finally compiled the New Testament long after the writers were deceased. The Old Testament also wasn't exactly a get-richer either.
2007-02-15 04:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by sum12stupid4u 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eh ... you seem to have a misunderstanding of how biblical texts were named.
The disciples didn't put their names on the books of the bible. They were added after, in some cases far after.
The Gospel of Luke, for instance, was actually written by one of Paul's scribes along with the book of Acts. The Gospel of Matthew was most likely written by a Jewish Rabbi in Jerusalem. Mark was probably written by an as yet unnamed follower of Christ, with the Gospel of John being the only book named after its author.
As for the leters that are present later on in the bible, such as the letters of Peter, John, and James, those were labed as such because those were the men that wrote them. In other instances, such as Pauls letters, they were named after the cities that Paul was writing too.
The books of the new testaments didn't start picking up names until nearly 200A.D., well after the death of the disciples. That being the case, Earthly fame was not something they were going to gain ... as they were already dead.
None of the disciples really made money off of their beliefs either. Most were tortured to death after nice long prison sentences, and the only power attributed to them was that granted them by God.
If I were you, before I made claims like that, I would check the facts first. Clearly, you are misinformed as to the naming of books of the bible.
2007-02-15 04:27:07 · answer #7 · answered by Angry Moogle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moses didn't put his name on any of his books.
The apostles didn't put their names on their books either. It was people later who attached names to the books to distinguish who wrote which one. For instance, John witnessed many acts of Jesus that none of the other apostles did, so in order to know where to find the sacerdotal prayer, for example, we say "look in the Gospel of John", or in other words, the Gospel that John wrote.
It's simply semantics and nothing else.
Speaking of fame and power, Mohammed had a lot more of that than ANY prophet or apostle in the Bible or Torah. He had dozens of wives, caused bloodshed in killing people that didn't agree with him and taking over countries, and had forced slaves from conquered people that were there to see to his every want. Oh yeah, and Mohammed died a rich man, unlike Jesus or any of the prophets and apostles. These men were killed for their beliefs and prophecies. Not Mohammed. Do you HONESTLY think Mohammed was a 'greater person' than the people who wrote in the Bible just simply because his name isn't on the cover?
2007-02-15 04:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by James, Pet Guy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So Moses got a lot of money for writing the first 4 books of the Bible? And Solomon needed fame and money, so he wrote most of the Provebs and Song of Solomon?
Doesn't make sense.
2007-02-15 04:19:33 · answer #9 · answered by Dale D 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Because they wrote them or the books are about them. The Kings, for example, was not written by Kings, but was written about kings. Samuel, e.g., was not written by Samuel, but was written about Samuel. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are Gospels According To....., so they are different accounts of Jesus by these men. The Revelation to John the Divine is the Book of Revelation, and was written by him. Some books have the names of who they are written to - like Thessalonians and Phillipians. Some books are not names at all, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Numbers.
Further, just because something was one's inspiration doesn't mean that one doesn't put their name on it. If I write a book and say my girlfriend was my inspiration, I dedicate it to her, I don't name it after her.
2007-02-15 04:25:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The names of the books of the Bible are not necessarily those who wrote them. Really, do some study of this, it will help you to understand better.
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2007-02-15 04:22:09 · answer #11 · answered by Dust in the Wind 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋