ANONYMOUS AUTHORS OF THE BIBLE

ANONYMOUS Many of the “authors” of the books of the Bible are COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS and DOUBTFUL!

Genesis : Author. On of the “five books of Moses”

Exodus : Author. Generally credited to Moses.

Leviticus : Author. Generally credited to Moses.

Numbers : Author. Generally credited to Moses.

Deuteronomy : Author. Generally credited to Moses.

The Question is very simple. Can dead people write their obituaries?

“And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moad, as the Lord had said. He was buried in the land of Moad, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, but to this day no one knows where his grave is. Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were no weak nor his strength gone.”

(Deuteronomy 34:5-7 )

Could Moses have written that? The answer is obviously NO!

So, who wrote it?

Joshua: Author. Major part credited to Joshua.

Judges:Author. Possibly Samuel.

Ruth: Author. Not definitely known, perhaps Samuel.

First Samuel: Author. Unknown.

Second Samuel: Author. Unknown.

First Kings: Author. Unknown.

Second Kings: Author. Unknown.

First Chronicles: Author. Unknown, probably collected and edited by Ezra.

Second Chronicles: Author. Likely collected and edited by Ezra.

Esther: Author. Unknown.

Job: Author. Unknown.

Psalms: Author. Principally David though there are other writers.

Ecclesiastes: Author. Doubtful, but commonly assigned to Solomon.

Isaiah: Author. Mainly credited to isaiah. Parts may have been wrtten by others.

Jonah: Author. Unknown.

Habakkuk: Author. Nothing known of the place or time of his birth.

Source : Collins’ Revised Standard Version. 1971. Paes 12-17.