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      Who Wrote the Bible? Evidence of Authors - Bible Study Tools
      • Thus, it is with the Bible. God wrote the Bible through 40 writers, possibly fewer or more depending on how one views the authorship identification in respective books (e.g., The Epistle to the Hebrews), in 66 books, across at least 1,500 years, and in both Near Eastern Ancient culture and the Greco-Roman culture of the first century.
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  2. How many authors wrote the Bible? There was no single author of the Bible. Rather, it was written by over 40 different people, across three continents, over nearly 2,000 years. These people came from very different backgrounds, from scholars to shepherds; kings to commoners.

    • Moses (Genesis | Exodus | Leviticus | Numbers | Deuteronomy | Psalms) Moses is the prophet who leads Israel from slavery in Egypt to the edge of the promised land.
    • Ezra (1 & 2 Chronicles | Ezra) Ezra is born long, long after Moses. But like the ancient prophet, Ezra leads a group of Israelites from exile in another nation back to the promised land.
    • Nehemiah (Nehemiah) Nehemiah is a cupbearer to the king of Persia when he gets some disturbing news: his countrymen back in Jerusalem are in dire straits, and the city is in shambles (Neh 1:3).
    • David (Psalms) You’ve all heard of this guy. He’s the shepherd boy who killed Goliath the giant. He’s the war-hero king who delivered Israel from her enemies and established Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
  3. There is much disagreement within biblical scholarship today over the authorship of the Bible. [1] The majority of scholars believe that most of the books of the Bible are the work of multiple authors and that most have been edited to produce the works known today. [2]

  4. Apr 26, 2023 · From the original Pentateuch to the New Testament, the real story of who wrote the Bible is a complex tale involving many authors over hundreds of years. Set aside religious tradition and see what the actual evidence says.

  5. Oct 23, 2023 · The Bible was written by different authors living in different parts of the world. Sometimes, multiple authors were responsible for the creation of one book. Let’s turn our attention now to the wisdom and poetry books.

  6. Apr 12, 2023 · God wrote the Bible through 40 writers, possibly fewer or more depending on how one views the authorship identification in respective books (e.g., The Epistle to the Hebrews), in 66 books, across at least 1,500 years, and in both Near Eastern Ancient culture and the Greco-Roman culture of the first century.

  7. Jul 17, 2020 · For at least 1,000 years, both Jewish and Christian tradition held that a single author wrote the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—which...

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