Who actually wrote the bible?

Question

What about missing "chapters"? Can those be found somewhere?

Answer 1

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy = Moses - 1400 B.C.
Joshua = Joshua - 1350 B.C.
Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel = Samuel / Nathan / Gad - 1000 - 900 B.C.
1 Kings, 2 Kings = Jeremiah - 600 B.C.
1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah = Ezra - 450 B.C.
Esther = Mordecai - 400 B.C.
Job = Moses - 1400 B.C.
Psalms = several different authors, mostly David - 1000 - 400 B.C.
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon = Solomon - 900 B.C.
Isaiah = Isaiah - 700 B.C.
Jeremiah, Lamentations = Jeremiah - 600 B.C.
Ezekiel = Ezekiel - 550 B.C.
Daniel = Daniel - 550 B.C.
Hosea = Hosea - 750 B.C.
Joel = Joel - 850 B.C.
Amos = Amos - 750 B.C.
Obadiah = Obadiah - 600 B.C.
Jonah = Jonah - 700 B.C.
Micah = Micah - 700 B.C.
Nahum = Nahum - 650 B.C.
Habakkuk = Habakkuk - 600 B.C.
Zephaniah = Zephaniah - 650 B.C.
Haggai = Haggai - 520 B.C.
Zechariah = Zechariah - 500 B.C.
Malachi = Malachi - 430 B.C.
Matthew = Matthew - 55 A.D.
Mark = John Mark - 50 A.D.
Luke = Luke - 60 A.D.
John = John - 90 A.D.
Acts = Luke - 65 A.D.
Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon = Paul - 50-70 A.D.
Hebrews = unknown, best guesses are Paul, Luke, Barnabas, or Apollos - 65 A.D.

Answer 2

The Bible is a construction of many articles written by many different people for over a thousand years. The History Channel had a show recently on how the Bible was composed. Basically, a bunch of religious elders got together during during the first half of AD (i think) and voted to decided what articles they would use to compose the Bible of. The Catholic Bible has more books in it than the Christian Bible does too. There are many different books/articles which written which were NOT put into the Bible's compilation. Place "history of the Bible" in Yahoo! the search field to research it further. It's quite fascinating and makes you question our current interpretation of how the Bible should be interpreted.

Answer 3

God wrote the Bible through inspiring many people over many centuries and using their languages,expressions,thought patterns and waysof literary composition.
There are no lost chapters for believing Christians because God directed the Church to pick what books and lines and chapters were in and what were out of the running for the Bible canon.
Many of the "false books" can be found in collections of pseudepigrapha

Answer 4

40 different men wrote the Bible. There are no missing chapters, unless they were destroyed during the destruction of the Temple during the Babylonian overthrow of Jerusalem or during the final destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70.

Answer 5

the missing chapters were taken out by the church- one of them said Jesus would turn his bullies into donkies

a bunch of different people wrote the bible

Answer 6

The Bible's authour is Jehovah God (Ex.6:3; Ps.83:18) 1. It is a precious gift from Him. It is like a letter from a loving father to his children. It tells us the truth about God [JHVH]—who he is and what he stands for. It explains how to cope with problems and how to find true happiness. The Bible alone tells us what we must do to please Jehovah.—Psalm 1:1-3; Isaiah 48:17, 18.

The Bible was written by some 40 different men over a period of 1,600 years, beginning in 1513 B.C.E. It is made up of 66 little books. Those who wrote the Bible were inspired by God [JHVH]. They wrote his thoughts, not their own. So Jehovah God in heaven, not any human on earth, is the Author of the Bible.—2 Timothy 3:16, 17; 2 Peter 1:20, 21.

Jehovah made sure that the Bible was accurately copied and preserved. More Bibles have been printed than any other book. Not everyone will be happy to see you studying the Bible, but do not let that stop you. Your eternal future depends on your getting to know God and doing his will despite any opposition.—Matthew 5:10-12; John 17:3.

Reasons for considering the Bible. The Bible itself says it is from God, mankind’s Creator:

2 Tim. 3:16, 17: “All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.”

Rev. 1:1: “A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God gave him, to show his slaves the things that must shortly take place.”

2 Sam. 23:1, 2: “The utterance of David the son of Jesse . . . The spirit of Jehovah it was that spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.”

We would expect God’s message to all mankind to be available around the globe. The Bible, the whole or in part, has been translated into some 1,800 languages. Its circulation totals in the billions. Says The World Book Encyclopedia: “The Bible is the most widely read book in history. It is probably also the most influential. More copies have been distributed of the Bible than of any other book. It has also been translated more times into more languages than any other book.”—(1984), Vol. 2, p. 219.

How can we be sure the Bible has not been changed?

“In the number of ancient MSS. [manuscripts] attesting a writing, and in the number of years that had elapsed between the original and the attesting MSS., the Bible enjoys a decided advantage over classical writings [those of Homer, Plato, and others]. . . . Altogether classical MSS. are but a handful compared with Biblical. No ancient book is so well attested as the Bible.”—The Bible From the Beginning (New York, 1929), P. Marion Simms, pp. 74, 76.

A report published in 1971 shows that there are possibly 6,000 handwritten copies containing all or part of the Hebrew Scriptures; the oldest dates back to the third century B.C.E. Of the Christian Greek Scriptures, there are some 5,000 in Greek, the oldest dating back to the beginning of the second century C.E. There are also many copies of early translations into other languages.

In the introduction to his seven volumes on The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, Sir Frederic Kenyon wrote: “The first and most important conclusion derived from the examination of them [the papyri] is the satisfactory one that they confirm the essential soundness of the existing texts. No striking or fundamental variation is shown either in the Old or the New Testament. There are no important omissions or additions of passages, and no variations which affect vital facts or doctrines. The variations of text affect minor matters, such as the order of words or the precise words used . . . But their essential importance is their confirmation, by evidence of an earlier date than was hitherto available, of the integrity of our existing texts.”—(London, 1933), p. 15.

It is true that some translations of the Bible adhere more closely to what is in the original languages than others do. Modern paraphrase Bibles have taken liberties that at times alter the original meaning. Some translators have allowed personal beliefs to color their renderings. But these weaknesses can be identified by comparison of a variety of translations.

Answer 7

Who wrote the bible?!

Sinners who claimed to have spoken to God! they only wrote it to control others. this is thought to have caused communism.
The bible was changed during the middle ages(it was never translated.) in order to keep people in to christianity. It's a book that is very confusing to the open minded.

I don't need the bible. I can just talk to God, though his creations, such as trees, grass and the animals.

Answer 8

Lots and lots of people. Starts to get interesting when you also ask who compiled the Bible? and who edited the Bible? and who translated the Bible?

Answer 9

that is actually unknown. all author claims are unprovable.

anyone else who claims anything else is a flat-out liar.

also, the Council of Nicaea threw out over 200 books of the bible -- a council led by a pagan roman emperor, by the way.

Answer 10

many many different people had input into the bible and then it was translated, twisted, fabrticated and made to fit a bunch of repressed peoples personal hateful agenda..

in a nutshell about the bible and religion in general...Nobody knows anything........