who wrote the bible?

Question

1.what is the author's nationality?

2.when was the first version of bilble written?

3.the first person translated it into english?

Answer 1

The first authors wrote in Hebrew and Greek, and all were from what is now known as the Middle East, I think.

By the Middle Ages, the Bible was considered a done deal in the hands of clergy, though the Bible of Judaism and the Bible of Christianity differed.

In 1383, the first English Bible showed up, the work of Englishman John Wycliffe.

The first person I know of who translated it into English well was an English reformer named Tyndale, who worked on it in 1525, first translating the New Testament from Greek, then the Old Testament from Hebrew, a section he only partially completed. "His simple prose and popular idioms established a style found in the King James Version and in revised editions." (Encarta)

King James commissioned a translation to be completed by several people in1604...it was completed in 1611. It mainly followed the Tynedale style, and continues to be popular with many Christians today.

Answer 2

This is a very complex issue!

First of all the word Bible means library, because that is what it is, a library or collection of books. These books were written and compiled over many centuries. To complicate matters further they are not in the chronological order in which they were written. If we take, for example, the New Testament, the gospel of Matthew is first, but probably the Gospel of Mark was written first of the four gospels. The epistles are letters written to various Churches in the years following the death of Jesus. they are next in the New Testament, but they predate the Gospels. Confusing huh?

Next up, who wrote the Bible? Well some books are named after their authors, but sometimes scholars don't know who that person was. Mark's Gospel was written by Mark, but who was Mark? Also, some books may have been given their name by 'fans' who really rated it and wanted it included in the official canon (basically wanted to make sure it got into the final version of the Bible.) So, the Gospel called Matthew may have been called that because it would be asumed it was written by the disciple called Matthew, and therefore people would think it was an accurate account of the life of Jesus. It is, however, almost cetain that Matthew was NOT written by any of the disciples.

The first written version of the Bible? OK, again very complex. The Old Testament was already written long before the New Testament books appeared. If you want the dates of the earliest surviving books of the NT, then I suppose that would be the few scraps of parchment that date from I think about 100 years after the death of Jesus.

Nationality of the authors? Again lots of them, though I guess the majority would be from present day Israel and it's close neighbours.

First translation into English? Again this was done in bits and peices, but the first complete translation would date from the time of King James when it was part of Church reform to allow people to read the Bible in their own tongue.

Answer 3

The Holy Bible is not written by just one person.
It is the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
(The word bible means “book”).


Almost the entire Old Testament was written in Hebrew during the thousand years of its composition.
The New Testament, however, was written in Greek. This seems strange, since you might think it would be either Hebrew or Aramaic. However, Greek was the language of scholarship during the years of the composition of the New Testament from 50 to 100 AD.

The first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts were produced in 1380's AD by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian. Wycliffe, (also spelled “Wycliff” & “Wyclif”), was well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teaching of the organized Church, which he believed to be contrary to the Bible.
With the help of his followers, called the Lollards, and his assistant Purvey, and many other faithful scribes, Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe.

The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe had died, he ordered the bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river!

Answer 4

Each "book" of the bible had a different author or authors - many of them are named for the writer - examples include Ruth, Matthew, & Luke.

They were written at different times over a long period - at least 1,000 years.

The early (pre-Christ) books are Jewish holy writings.

King James set up a team to make the first English translation - the King James Bible - it took from 1604 to 1611 to do. Until the Church of England broke away from Rome it was not permitted - by having the Bible in Latin only the priests were able to cement their authority as the source of the word of God.

Answer 5

The best question all these years.
I ever heard.
Try and search for the answers.
Then will know what it's like.
To make it to the home-run.
That is the purpose of life for you to find out.
Ever wonder what were you doing out there?

Answer 6

The bible was supposedly written by Jesus's disciples, hence the names of the sections.