THe Bible - can someone tell me...?

Question

-Who wrote each book (section) of the Bible. (The Bible is now one book because all of the small books were put together at a certain point, so I need to know who wrote which one.)

-When each book was written - I need the year.

I need very accurate information, so only those who really know need respond. And please stay on topic. Sorry to put all of this but if I don't, I get all kinds of answers to religious questions and I really need this particular specific information only.

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

Here you go:
http://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-authors.html

This is better than me re-typing or copying and pasting.

God bless!

Answer 2

Well I might be able to help you piece a bit of this question together. I is a very deep one. I will start with the new testament. First there is no last names because during the time it was written the idea of last name had not entered our culture. Jesus was know as Jesus the son of Joseph. you can see this in our last name today. "Wilson" Mc means from or son off. OK so the new testament Matthew was written by Matthew a follower of Jesus. It is the oldest book written in the late 30's early 40's AD.
Mark was second Mark was Peters scribe He wrote peters account for Peter. It was written in the 50's. Then you have Luke not a Jew but A roman Doctor he wrote his account in the 50's 60's. it was gathered together by many eye witnesses of Jesus. he also wrote Acts as a follow up. It was written for a roman leader, some believe for use in a trial Paul was in. John I am not to sure of the date but I know it was before 75 AD. See none of the book mention the destruction of Jerusalem which happened in 75 AD. This is why many Scholars place there dates before. It is a big thing to leave out. The remainder of the new test was basically written by Paul, all the letters where written as well before 70 AD. Paul was put to death in the late 60's from what I remember so this is why.

AS far as the old testament well Job is considered to be the oldest book written shortly after the Flood. he talks allot about the Ice age that followed this is why they place it then as well as Jewish history. The first 5 Books where written by Moses about 3200 years ago. However because the material the wrote upon then had a short life there is nothing we have to place this for certain except what the books say. See if they mention a piece of history we can look back using Archeology to see if they are right. This happen all the time so it is safe to say he wrote them.

There is more but I'm sure others will help you out and I will leave this as it is. If you have questions please email me I have done much study on the topic and might help if you have more questions. I love to share what I know. Many people have different opinions, I will give reasons for mine that help clear things up. But we must remember it is history so it is hard to place it together with complete certanty.

I hope that help a bit :)

Answer 3

With few exceptions, we do not *know* when or who wrote the books of the bible. The "year" can only be estimated in nearly all cases (although some describe events that we can date exactly), and authorship is *primarily* assigned by tradition rather than certain knowledge.

In light of this, I will ignore any attempt to date any of the books. If you want an estimate, you can look that up yourself. I may be missing a *few* things, but here is (mostly) what we *know* from the bible itself about authorship:

Old Testament
Tobit - written by Tobit himself
Psalms - credit given within the book itself (for individual psalms) to King David, Asaph, the sons of Korah, Heman, Ethan, Moses, and Solomon. Thus, this is an anthology.
Proverbs - written by King Solomon
Ecclesiastes - written by King Solomon
The Song of Songs - King Solomon
Ecclesiasticus (also named ben Sirach) - Jesus ben Sirach

Most of the "prophets" (Isaiah - Malachi) were, in essence, preachers. We cannot say who the author is in most cases, but the authors claims that the contents are the words of the prophets named in the title. In one or more cases, an exact year can be determined for the prophet's preaching. Here are the authors we know:
Jeremiah - narrated by Jeremiah to his scribe, Baruch
Lamentations - Jeremiah
Baruch - Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe of Jeremiah
Ezekiel - Ezekiel

New Testament
Luke and Acts were written by the same author, but that author does not identify himself.
(gospel of)John - John the apostle
Romans through Philemon (inclusive) - Paul the apostle
James - by someone named James
Jude - by someone named Jude, the brother of someone named James
1 Peter - an apostle named Peter (not necessarily 1 of the 12)
2 Peter - Simon Peter, the apostle
Revelation - someone named John

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/

Answer 4

Ok here we go. If you get yourself a good study bible it will contain this information but I'll give it to you anyway. Remember that even though I give you the author ultimately it was given by God and transcribed by man.

1.Gen, Moses 1450-1410 BC
2.Exodus same as above
3.Leviticus Moses 1445-1444 BC
4.Numbers Moses 1450 BC
5. Deuteronomy Moses and Joshua 1407-6 BC
6. Joshua Joshua and Phinehas date unknown
7. Judges Samuel sometime after 1105 BC
8. Ruth Some think Samuel around 1050 BC
9, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan and Gad sometime after 1105 BC
10. 2 Samuel, Zabud Nathans son, Nathan and Gad 930 BC
11. 1 Kings, Jeremiah and others, Date unkown
12. 2 Kings, same as above
13. 1 Chronicles, Ezra, 450 BC
14 2 Chronicles, Ezra, 430 BC
15. Ezra, Ezra, 450 BC
16. Nehemiah, Nehemiah with Ezra editing, 445 BC
17, Ester, Mordecai?, 470 BC
18. Job, Job, 2000 BC (This is the oldest book)
19. Psalms, David, Asaph, Korah, Solomon, Heman son of Korah, Ethan, Moses, and others 1440 BC- 586 BC

That should get you started. Trying buying the study bible listed below or a bible encyclopedia for further study.

Answer 5

I don't have time to go through each book of the Bible.
But if you'll borrow a Bible from the Library, you will note
an Introduction before each book giving the Author, Date,
and Sources, Purpose, Themes, Outline, and even Genealogies.
For instance, Luke was most likely written by Luke, a
Gentile by birth, well educated in Greek culture, a physician
by profession, a companion of Paul and his home town
was Antioch. Suggested periods for dating the Gospel of
Luke are A.D. 59-63, probably written in Rome. There is
much, much more just in the Introduction. The Bible is a
fascinating Book, lots of history, mystery, customs, and
proof there is a God who sent His Son Jesus to earth as
a human to live among us and to die as a sacrifice for
our sins, but unlike us, he rose from the grave to ascend
back to heaven with His Father and to forever be there, as
we who believe, will also live eternally.
again as a

Answer 6

Theologians have had this topic in dispute for centuries, dear one. You would be best served in an internet search to find comparison information.

There are many that have information on the scribes - some information can be gleaned from records made by the Essenes at Qumran... etc.

A Good Study Bible - like the Open Bible Expanded Edition NASV has interesting synopsis of all the debated issues and dates.

Good luck.
Peace.

Answer 7

The Bible was written in 3 continents over a span of 1,500 years and in 3 languages. It was written by 40 people. All of different backgrounds, but with the same consistent message. Inspired by one person-God
*Lawyers*Political leaders *Church leaders *Fishermen *Shepherds
Moses wrote the 1st book-Genesis in 1500BC
John composed the last book-Revelation toward the end of the first century.
The 66 books of the Bible contain numerous predictions. Like the rise and fall of empires. In King Nebuchadnezzar's vision, which was interpreted by Daniel.
1.Babylon
2.Medo-Persia
3.Greece
4.Rome
5.East/Western Europe
6.God's Kingdom(still to come)
*When everyone else thought the earth was flat- the Bible wrote it was oval(not round either)
*Many years after the Bible said it, the scientific community confirmed the air has weight.
*The earth sustains itself upon nothing
And many, many other facts that Scientists should have read.

Some books contain fragments of eternal truth-The Bible is the essence of truth.

Answer 8

The Bible (meaning little books) is made up of 66 books, written by a multitude of people from all walks of life, over hundreds of years. As far as I know, the first 5 books was written by Moses, which includes Genesis. Later books were written by Kings, prophets, etc., up to the New Testament. The New Testament books where written by the apostles of Jesus. As for time periods of each, I could'nt tell you that, though that info exists somewhere.

Answer 9

For starters, no one can answer that on any book. Some of Paul's books permit date estimation from internal evidence matching external histories. The oldest text, according to archaeologists, is the Canticle of Deborah. It is the oldest written text of the bible.

Most books do not have a "who." The Pentatuech was a compilation of four differing oral traditions that also conflict with one another. There is no who at all. John's Gospel frequently refers to the author(s) as "we," and we know that at least one of the "we," was Polycarp, John's disciple who served as a redactor of John's Gospel. This makes reading Polycarp's writings very important.

The books were not put together in order of date either. Finally, we have no original copies so we lack any certainty as to what the original text looked like.

To give an example, we have 400,000 alternate verses for the New Testament, but there are not 400,000 verses. Except for the quotes in the apostolic fathers, the people who were trained by the Apostles and were their immediate successors, we have no texts older than 350. The quotations in the apostolic fathers do not match the newer texts so the bible looked different for them than it does now. In 350 years of hand copying, we know with certainty that copiests purposefully made changes.

Even in the old testament, there are multiple divergent copies of important old testament books. It is believed that at the time of Jesus there were four variants of Samuel in Palestine, only one of which became canonical. It is harder to detect changes in the Old Testament because of the Hebrew practice of burning worn out copies.

Jesus himself quotes as canonical books no longer considered canonical as well as the apocrypha.

So the short answer is that for almost every book, except a few of Paul's letters, no one knows the year. There are estimates from internal evidence of the range of dates, but that is for the original penning, and not the form we have today.

I cannot think of a good OT book but for the New Testament I suggest reading Bart Ehrmann's "Misquoting Jesus," and "A Study in Paul," author slips my mind.

Answer 10

There are sixty-six little books. About the only author/year I have memorized is Matthew... writing completed in 41CE. Most bibles will include an appendix that will give you who wrote which book when.

The book of Psalms is an exception to that rule. There are a number of DIFFERENT writers there, including King David.

Answer 11

God told different people to write the Bible. The Bible is said to be the first book ever written. No one knows for sure.