The most frequently asked questions about Scriptures.

Question 1: Who wrote the various Books of the Bible?

Answer:

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy --- Moses (scholarly opinions differ here, but so far no thoroughly convincing arguments have been advanced to disprove the Mosaic authorship of large portions of these books) /// Joshua --- Joshua (also ascribed to Phineas, Eleazar, Samuel and Jeremiah) /// Judges --- ascribed by Jewish tradition to Samuel /// Ruth --- unknown /// I and II Samuel --- unknown (probably the work of Samuel, Nathan and others) /// I and II Kings --- unknown /// I and II Chronicles --- probably Ezra /// Ezra --- probably Ezra /// Nehemiah --- Nehemiah /// Esther --- probably Mordecai or Ezra /// Job --- uncertain (has been attributed to Moses or Job) /// the Psalms --- David, Moses and others /// Proverbs --- Solomon and others /// Ecclesiastes --- formerly ascribed to Solomon, now thought by many to belong to a later period /// Song of Solomon --- Solomon /// Isaiah --- Isaiah /// Jeremiah --- Jeremiah /// Lamentations --- Jeremiah /// the remaining books of the Old Testament were written by the prophets whose names they bear, with the probable exception of Jonah /// Matthew --- Matthew /// Mark --- Mark /// Luke /// Luke /// John --- John /// Acts --- Luke /// Romans to Philemon --- Paul /// Hebrews --- unknown (has been ascribed to Paul, Luke, Apollos, Barnabas) /// James --- James /// I and II Peter --- Peter /// I, II and III John --- John /// Revelation --- John.