Does anybody know who was the original author of the bible?

Answer 1

There is no single author. All the books of the bible were written by individuals, or apostles, many of whom actually lived years after the events they were writing about occurred.

Answer 2

The term "canon" is used to describe the books that are divinely inspired and therefore belong in the Bible. The difficult aspect of determining the Biblical canon is that the Bible does not give us a list of the books that belong in the Bible. Determining the canon was a process, first by Jewish rabbis and scholars, and then later by early Christians. Ultimately, it was God who decided what books belonged in the Biblical canon. A book of Scripture belonged in the canon from the moment God inspired its writing. It was simply a matter of God convincing His human followers which books should be included in the Bible.
Compared to the New Testament, there was very little controversy over the canon of the Old Testament. Hebrew believers recognized God’s messengers, and accepted their writings as inspired of God. There was undeniably some debate in regards to the Old Testament canon. However, by 250 A.D. there was nearly universal agreement on the canon of Hebrew Scripture. The only issue that remained was the Apocrypha…with some debate and discussion continuing today. The vast majority of Hebrew scholars considered the Apocrypha to be good historical and religious documents, but not on the same level as the Hebrew Scriptures.
For the New Testament, the process of the recognition and collection began in the first centuries of the Christian church. Very early on, some of the New Testament books were being recognized. Paul considered Luke’s writings to be as authoritative as the Old Testament (1 Timothy 5:18; see also Deuteronomy 25:4 and Luke 10:7). Peter recognized Paul’s writings as Scripture (2 Peter 3:15-16). Some of the books of the New Testament were being circulated among the churches (Colossians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:27). Clement of Rome mentioned at least eight New Testament books (A.D. 95). Ignatius of Antioch acknowledged about seven books (A.D. 115). Polycarp, a disciple of John the Apostle, acknowledged 15 books (A.D. 108). Later, Irenaeus mentioned 21 books (A.D. 185). Hippolytus recognized 22 books (A.D. 170-235). The New Testament books receiving the most controversy were Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 John, and 3 John. The first “canon” was the Muratorian Canon, which was compiled in (A.D. 170). The Muratorian Canon included all of the New Testament books except Hebrews, James, and 3 John. In A.D. 363, the Council of Laodicea stated that only the Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) and the 27 books of the New Testament were to be read in the churches. The Council of Hippo (A.D. 393) and the Council of Carthage (A.D. 397) also affirmed the same 27 books as authoritative.
The councils followed something similar to the following principles to determine whether a New Testament book was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit: 1) Was the author an apostle or have a close connection with an apostle? 2) Is the book being accepted by the Body of Christ at large? 3) Did the book contain consistency of doctrine and orthodox teaching? 4) Did the book bear evidence of high moral and spiritual values that would reflect a work of the Holy Spirit? Again, it is crucial to remember that the church did not determine the canon. No early church council decided on the canon. It was God, and God alone, who determined which books belonged in the Bible. It was simply a matter of God convincing His followers of what He had already decided upon. The human process of collecting the books of the Bible was flawed, but God, in His sovereignty, despite our ignorance and stubbornness, brought the early church to the recognition of the books He had inspired.

Answer 3

There were hundreds of authors, the Bible is made up of many different books (e.g. the Book of Job etc) - they were bound into one collection at some point in Jewish history.
After JC came along, the New Testament was added to give the modern Bible (only for Chriatians of course - the Jews continue to use solely the Old Testament).
How much do you bet some idiot says 'God' and has no idea of the history of the Bible ?

Answer 4

There was no one author of the bible. If you have one of those cool student bibles then it explains before each book who wrote it or who they thought wrote it. If you don't have a student bible you can always look up who wrote the different books at any online bible website. Also God inspired the books of the bible so you could always say that he was the original author of the bible.

Answer 5

God was the author and about 6 people were moved by the Holy Spirit what to wrtite down .In the bible 2 Peter 1:21 "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".

Answer 6

There is no single author of the bible, it was written by many people, and over a considerable length of time, certainly more than one persons lifetime. The old testament can not easily be attributed to individual authors, the new testament is easier to identify e.g. 'The gospel according to St John' .

Answer 7

thr bible was writen by the romans who formed a council to bring control to the empire due to the growing faith now known as christianity.
there were probably around 2/3 dozen "council" members who voted and decided what parts were going to be in this book of books and which were just dismissed. they also brought about the theory that christ was the son of god and that heprefprmed miricals.
what they declined to mention was that he had had several affairs with prostitues and more than likely had children.
also in the times of the bible a woman was considered a virgin until she gave birth to a son. therefore jesus was not an only child as the bible speculets but more than likely had several sisters born b4 him

Answer 8

There is no original author. It was written by many diffrent men. It wasn't written in a possible timeframe for one person to have written it. Many years, I think 1600, were used to create the full bible.

Answer 9

There is not one single person who wrote the whole thing. The bible is a well orchestrated combination of different religious writings. There are many other writings that are not included in the writing. Religious scholars will tell you it is because they were not accurate, or weren't inspired by god, therefore, were not allowed into the bible. Historical scholars will will tell you they weren't included because many of the books didn't follow the precise storyline that the constructors of the bible were attempting to achieve. Conspiracy theorists will say it is because many of the new testement writings painted the picture of jesus as a man, possibly married, not of divine nature.

What is accurate is that it was put together well over three hundred years after the death of jesus. It was debated and voted on my many different men, and ultimately sanctioned by a pagan emporer name Constantine who felt he was losing control of his empire. The religion of the christ followers(as they were referred to in that time period) proved to be a better means of control that the customary pagan practices that were the moajority. Even as the sanctioned religion of the Roman Empire, Constantine remained a pagan in practice, though he sanctioned the newly formed christianity.

While, it may be the number one best seller of all time doesn't negate from the fact that it is fiction.

**added**

Concerning the Torah, and the fact the Moses transcribed them from god, that is a myth(like the rest of the book). When looking at the book of Genesis, one can see throughout the text two very different writing styles. This leads many to believe it is likely that Moses did not in fact "transcribe" these books as asserted. The creation story itself is presented twice in Genesis, in two very different formats. If Moses were in fact transribing these books, why would "god" go through the story of creation twice, telling it in a different manner each time?

It is likely that the Torar is a conglomeration of many different verbal myths handed down from generation to generation. Somewhere along the lines, these myths were written down by various people. Most likely, at the Council of Nicea, when all the various sects of christ followers presented their documents, the members of the council used bits and pieces from all the documents to manufacture a creation story. Then, they named it logically, Genesis.

Answer 10

The Bible has many authors. The Torah, ie the first 5 books, were transcribed by Moses from God. The remainder had human authors.

Answer 11

Read the Bible it tells you in there also books in the Bible like Mark were written by Mark. Revelation was written by Paul there were many authors of the Bile. so read it there are many things you can learn Including who wrote wich book of the Bible.

good luck and God bless you