Who wrote the Bible, the best-selling book in history?
God Is The Author
(2 Timothy 3:16) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness
(2 Peter 1:20-21) Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
The ultimate answer to the question of who wrote the Bible, God is the author. He inspired 40 different men through his Spirit to write down the words that we now know as the Holy Bible. Over a period of about 1500 years, God used men who were everything from kings and doctors, to shepherds and fisherman, to give us the most read book of all-time. So let’s take a look at the names of these men and what books they wrote.
The Men Who Wrote The Bible
Even though many of these men had very different backgrounds, occupations, and personalities, they all had one thing in common. They let God use them to write down the words that Christians live by. While it is debated who the author is for a few of these books, the following people are considered by most scholars to be the authors of the 66 books that make up the Bible. As you will see, a majority of the books were named after the person who wrote them. In addition, you will also notice that Moses and Paul spent a lot of their time writing.
The Old Testament
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy – Moses
Joshua – Joshua
Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel – Samuel, Nathan, Gad
1 and 2 Kings – Jeremiah
1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra – Ezra
Nehemiah – Nehemiah and Ezra
Esther – Mordecai
Job – Moses
Psalms – Mostly David along with several others including Moses and Solomon
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon – Solomon
Isaiah – Isaiah
Jeremiah, Lamentations – Jeremiah
Ezekiel – Ezekiel
Daniel – Daniel
Hosea – Hosea
Joel – Joel
Amos – Amos
Obadiah – Obadiah
Jonah – Jonah
Micah – Micah
Nahum – Nahum
Habakkuk – Habakkuk
Zephaniah – Zephaniah
Haggai – Haggai
Zechariah – Zechariah
Malachi – Malachi
The New Testament
Mathew – Mathew
Mark – Mark
Luke – Luke
John – John
Acts – Luke
Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon – Paul
Hebrews – Unknown, but most scholars believe it was Paul
James – James
1 and 2 Peter – Peter
1,2,3 John – John
Jude – Jude
Revelation – John
