Who were the authors of the books of the Bible? | GotQuestions.org
How was the Bible written, when was the Bible written, and who wrote the Bible? In this video, we answer those questions!
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Hello there, many others like you have asked, who were the authors of the books of the Bible? Let's find out, shall we?
Discover even more on gotquestions .org. Ultimately, above the human authors, the
Bible was written by God. 2 Timothy 3 .16 tells us that the Bible was breathed out by God.
God superintended the human authors of the Bible so that, even using their own writing styles and personalities, they still recorded exactly what
God intended. The Bible was not dictated by God, but it was perfectly guided and entirely inspired by him.
Humanly speaking, the Bible was written by approximately 40 men of diverse backgrounds over the course of 1 ,500 years.
Isaiah was a prophet, Ezra was a priest, Matthew was a tax collector, John a fisherman,
Paul a tent maker, Moses a shepherd, Luke a physician. Despite being penned by different authors over 15 centuries, the
Bible does not contradict itself and does not contain any errors. The authors all present different perspectives, but they all proclaim the same one true
God and the same one way of salvation, Jesus Christ. Few books of the
Bible specifically name their author. Here are the books of the Bible, along with the name of who is most assumed by biblical scholars to be the author, along with the approximate date of authorship.
Starting with the Old Testament. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Joshua. Judges, Ruth, 1st and 2nd Samuel. First Kings, 2nd
Kings. First Chronicles, 2nd Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah.
Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and now moving to the
New Testament. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1st and 2nd
Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd
Thessalonians, 1st Timothy, 2nd Timothy, Titus, and Philemon.
Hebrews, James, 1st and 2nd
Peter, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd John, Jude, and Revelation.
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