Do we know who contributed to writing the bible?

Answer 1

If you're talking about evidence that lies outside the realm of divine inspiration, then no, we really have very little evidence about who composed much of what is contained in a typical bible (keep in mind that not all bibles are the same - some sects include parts that other do not).

Very few of the events that occur in either the Old or New Testament can be concretely tied to historically known occurrances. Sure, Egypt did have some slave rebellions and many biblical sites are still existant (at least as archaeological sites). But given that we have a hard time demonstrating that some of the major events occurred, proving the authorship of any particular piece is certainly well beyond our current means.

The best we can usually do is compare word usage and try and determine if all of one section or another seems to have been written by the same person. Even this is questionable given the huge number of translations and copies with slightly different wordings. Still, taken with a grain of salt some of the findings may be of interest... and they do (generally) support that the books that are supposed to have been written by different people were, and those that were supposed to have been written by only one person were. More or less.

Even the later epistles in the New Testament were copied and handed around for centuries before they were collected into one (mostly) standardized text. Probably the only definite people who can be tied to authorship (or at least work on) the various bibles are some of these collectors and editors, most notably Saint Jerome who was commissioned by Pope Damascus I in 382 A.D. to produce such a consistent text (the Latin Vulgate Bible, which was then declared the ONLY official text).

Not much. But about the best we can scientifically and historically verify. If that's the kind of verification you're looking for (many people seem not to need even this).

Answer 2

Joshua, Nathan, David, Hosea, Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Joel, Jonah, Micah, John, James for some more names. Some books of the bible indicate who the author is.

Answer 3

Moses gave the world God's 10 Commandments and EveryMan began interpreting it to serve his own purpose and so came the Bible, and all its different variations to date!

Too many human minds contributed to stringing the words they claim GOD spoke!

Answer 4

You can thank the Roman Church for everything in the Bible today.
Though they didn't write whats in the Bible they did edited what is and isn't in it.

Answer 5

Moses, Solomon, David, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul; to name a few. Is that enough?

Answer 6

The hand of God is my understanding and belief and in that i trust.though many are afraid of the spirit that dwells in those pages. because the eyes of the mind really do open up.