Ancient attribution and modern attribution aren’t even really in the same ball park.There really were around 40 authors of the Bible, but the Bible and tradition only call out around 35 by name. For example, somebody wrote Judges, but we don’t know who. There are more authors of the Bible than the 35 I’ve listed here.I’ve included a few candidates for anonymous works (like Moses, Ezra, and Matthew). This is a list of authors either identified in the Bible’s text itself or generally assumed by church/Jewish tradition.Before we jump into the list of names, let me throw out a few disclaimers: So, let’s take a closer look at the people whom tradition says wrote the Bible. The Bible didn’t fall out of heaven, and it was a long time in the making. And rightly so: when you’re studying a book or passage of the Bible, it’s pretty important to know who wrote it.īut there’s a lot of nuance that goes into answering this question. In a way, both of these answers are true, but by now you’re probably looking for a little more detail about the authors of the Bible. “About 40 people wrote the Bible.” The individual books were written by many authors over many years in many places to many different people groups.“God wrote the Bible.” The Holy Spirit moved prophets like Moses and apostles like Paul to write about God’s relationship with the world (1 Ti 3:16 2 Pe 1:20–21).If you’ve ever asked your pastor or Sunday school teacher, “Who wrote the Bible?” you probably got one of two responses:

Who wrote we are the world