Who wrote the original bible?

Question

if it was a mortal then y should we believe what he says for all we know it could be fake? And if it was God that wrote it then y don't we see his name as the author of the book?

Answer 1

Good question. The Bible is not a book.. It is a codex: collection of books. 66 different books written by 40 different authors spanning 3 continents over 1,500 years. Do you really think this Bible just evolved? The testimony tells the revelation of God. The Old Testament: God's promise to man that He will destroy death. The New Testament: How God did destroy death!

Check it out. Read the Bible.

Answer 2

The old testament was written over several thousand years by lots of very religious people in a desert. They needed something to do. This became a fundamental part of the Jewish faith. The new testament was written by some more religious dudes living under the rule of the Roman empire, so they had to be careful not to piss off the Romans. This would be why the Jews get the blame for crucifying Jesus even though the Romans had the keys to the cupboard containing all the crosses. When Rome adopted Christianity as its official religion, there was a council at Nicea (approx 350 AD) where the leading bishops of the time decided on which books they liked and which books they didn't. The books they liked became the bible.

Answer 3

It was not one person, but over forty different people. And the Bible can be believed for several reasons:
1. The historical accuracy. The rulers mentioned, where countries were, and other events are recorded in the Bible, and are completely correct.
2. The fact that so many different people wrote the Bible (from common peasants to kings, over three continents, in three different languages, over a period of more than 1500 years), and yet the same theme is echoed throughout.
3. The fact that many of those who authored the Bible were martyred for their beliefs.
4. The fact that there is RECORD of many of those who authored the Bible.
5. The fact that we have over 24,000 ancient manuscripts of the Bible, which is more than ANY other writings of antiquity, with less of a gap between when they were written and the oldest copies available, including those which are usually thought (by the public) to be more accurate: Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Homer, and many others.
6. Throughout the last more than two thousand years of the Bible's existence, its followers have been burned, tortured, crucified, fed to lions, stabbed/impaled, stoned (and NOT in a good way)...and yet the Bible has MORE followers than ANY other religion. There have been societies which have attempted to ban the Bible, and burn every copy...but the Bible is still here. Protected by God? I believe so.

The Bible was not written by God, no, but it was INSPIRED by God. What else could inspire such men to write the things they wrote? Read the whole Bible. You'll see.

Answer 4

It has at least 40 separate authors and seems to have begun being compiled around 640 BC. There are good reasons to view it as coming first from a wide grab of local tradition and then compiled from a northern and southern tradition. The first two major divisions are referred to as authors J and E because of the names they give God, then author P is recognized as the author of Leviticus (P for priestly)

That is enough to start. The Idea that the Bible is much older than the Babylonian Exile is pretty well denied by archaeological research.

Answer 5

The bible never was a " book " . It is a collection of documents written by unknowledgeable humans over a period of several hundred years.

The earliest writings of the Old Testament were written around 1850 BCE. These were stories borrowed from the older writings of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
First Great Revision of Judaism about 1200 B.C.E. The myth of Exodus was included in the revision, transformed as it was from the older story of the expulsion of the Hyksos
Second and third revisions, 742 – 600 BCE the many gods of the Old Testament are harmonized into a singular being _ Yahweh
The Fourth Great Revision 586 B.C.E. to 538 B.C.E.
The Fifth Great Revision of Judaism 323 B.C.E. to 45 C.E. under Greek influence
The Last Great Revision of Judaism 30 C.E. to appx. 73 C.E
50 C.E. to 140 C.E. The Jesus Movement suddenly and quickly transformed itself from a social and political reform movement into a full-blown religion.
The Gospels: Mythmaking Begins in Ernest. Myths and miracles added to the bible 65 C.E. to appx. 120 C.E.
Emperor Constantine 313 C.E. to appx. 430 C.E. demanded that the bishops at the First Council of Nicea come up with a consistent, catholic doctrine that would be universal. This is where the word Catholicism comes from.
320 C.E. to 1330 C.E. Emperor Constantine ordered Eusebius to put together some scriptures for him to present to the new churches he was constructing at his new capital of Constantinople in time for his new festival of the resurrection, to be called "Easter”.
The Protestant Revision and the English Bibles 1330 to 1611. John Wycliffe organized the translation of the Bible into English.
The King James Bible version first appeared in 1611. Though the frontispiece written by the conference declares it to be a new translation, that's not really what it was. In fact, it was a revision of the Bishop's Bible of 1602, which itself was a revision of the Bishop's Bible of 1568, which was a revision of Coverdale's less than scholarly Great Bible, which was a rewrite of the Tyndale and Wycliffe works.

Answer 6

Many different people contributed to the texts contained in the Bible, as is common knowledge. It is said that the writings are inspired of God. How can we know? We cannot for certain. Obviously, people of that time felt that these contributors were great prophets with a connection to God. It is up to each of us to look deeply and find what our own heart tells us regarding the issue. The writings of the texts contain much deeper meanings than are currently understood by the vast majority of people, including clergy, today.

Answer 7

The bible was written by several men who are now long dead.
The determination of which books (and authors) were included in the modern day bible were made by other men, also long dead.
Some believe that the bible is the inerrant word of god, basically dictated to these long dead men by god.
Others believe that the bible is the inspired word of god, where these long dead men may have taken some liberties with story-telling, but in essense, it is god-derived.

Yet others (like me) do not believe that the bible is god-derived in any sense. I think it is a compilation of fictional stories that lack cohesion and is poorly written.

Answer 8

there is no original bible, it is a collection of myths, some historical fact, teaching stories(oral traditions) and several different gospels. all were written seperatly, and combined to form the bible. the first five books of the bible are called the pentatuch. each was written by a different author. and each author contributed his own version of each book(which is why there are more than one version of the creation story.) i reccommend taking a history of the bible course at any college. it is very helpful, also if you are really interrested in the truth try reading, Joseph Campbell's "Masks of God-Occidental Mythology"

Answer 9

Over 40 men wrote the 66 (little) books of the bible on different timeframes.

And although in this predicament, the bible holds true to what other writer says.Peter said: “No prophecy of Scripture springs from any private interpretation. For prophecy was at no time brought by man’s will, but men spoke from God as they were borne along by holy spirit.” Humans alone cannot come up with true prophecy, but we can have full faith in all of God’s prophecies.

By means of his holy spirit, the same active force that he used to create the universe, God directed faithful men to write down what we need to know about his purposes. Its like a secretary taking down the words of his boss, although the secretary wrote it, the words were spoken by the boss...

Answer 10

i did. lol.

well, it's not just about not seeing the so called author's name on it. if God did write it, then there should be just one version of it. how come there's koran, buddhism bible, etc. which say entirely different things?

hey, don't get me wrong. i believe in God, not because of the writings. but because i feel Him. only in the mind? naaaaa. He's with me all the time.