Were the books in the bible written by the authors whose names they bear?
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Mostly\nMoses wrote the law 1st five books\nPaul wrote the epistles to the Churches.\n\nMany other authors. there is a lot of info about this in the Library.\n\nDiamonds Answer is best. Good Link Diamond.
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The whole Bible harmonizes each book harmonizes with other. The so called Lost Books (Thomas is one) some are old-but they had writers in Jesus day who wrote to dispute his teachings. Paul mention how some would come with a different teaching and new philosophies (Greeks love the philosophies). And to beware of them-as they would lead others away. John who out lived these other-knew this would happen to-(Rev)- so he wrote not to add or subtract what was written. Now John already knew of the letters of Peter and Paul and others as he referred to these letters in other books-these were accepted for the Christian Church. \nNow these books do not fit our Bible-like a puzzle-it doesn't harmonizes and all the others do. Even though many were written lifetimes before-they all fit-except like the one you Mention.
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No, not god. \nI forget who it was exactly, but there was a committee that determined which of the over 100 books that were in use around 100-200AD would go into the new testament, and which ones would be omitted. They tried to pick ones that continued the power of the church, and tried also only to pick ones that didn't seem to contradict each other. Had they used all of them, there would be many contradictions, even though they are all supposedly divinely inspired.
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Yes but  They like so many others have other books and other prophets.  Joseph Smith for instance, was not a prophet of God, but they would say yes.  There are many things they do that the Bible says not to do.  Not bashing, just telling the truth and I can back it up with a lot of scriptures and Mormon statements if you would like.
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Your concept of the books of the bible are totally wrong.\nThe bible writers were chosen by God and their writings weren't just added together.\nThe library as we know it, now bound together was written over nearly 6 thousand years.\nYou cannot make a holy man of yourself. If not inspired of God, nothing will happen. You would be looked on today as a KOOK and ignored
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No.\nTypically, the OT book of Daniel is associated with the NT book of Revelation.
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For the Bible, the answer is "about forty." Of the sixty-six books, several are attributed to the same author (as in the traditional view that Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament; in the New Testament, the Gospel of John, I John, II John, III John and the book of Revelation are all attributed to Jesus' disciple. The book of Acts was certainly written by Luke, the writer of the third Gospel. The apostle Paul wrote about 1/3 of the New Testament (the espistles to the early Christian churches).\n\nThere are some books for which an author cannot be readily identified, such as the New Testament book of Hebrews, and a couple in the Old Testament for which authorship is debated, which makes the number forty a very close, if maybe not precise, number. Execpt for the voices of a few very liberal/radical scholars, the academic community is quite settled on this question.\n\nAs for the Qu'ran, I believe tradition holds that the entire thing was revealed to Mohammed; but the text has gone through much redaction, re-arranging and editing, and displays some stylistic changes which suggests more than one author. It's impossible to tell what Mohammed dictated originally, and what was added later, but it seems unlikely that the Prophet wrote the whole thing.
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The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word (τα) βιβλια.  This can be approximated in English as (ta) biblia, "(the) books."  The Bible is a collection of many individual sacred writings written at different times.    Each of these writings was called a book.  Thus, together they were called "the books."  When the Greek word entered into English, the pronounciation and spelling of the collective name changed so that they came to be called the Bible.
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The best way to find out about the Man is to read what those who knew him or what those who knew him wrote.  It is found in the first 4 books of the New Testament--Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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They include the books in the Apocrypha
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yes, I am intersted. I also have to remember that other writings outside of the Bible aren't always true. If what those "early Christians" wrote doesn't match up Biblically, than I have to choose to reject it. not to say that you can't learn things about the time period and culture from these writings.
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Yes, i think so.  If you are referring to the Bible, then you are referring to a particular verse or verses.  For the purposes of citation, use the name of the Book, followed by chapter and verse, (e.g., "John 3:12," or "Ecclesiastes 9:11").  Make sure to include which version of the Bible you are referencing (e.g., King James) in your bibliography or works-cited page.\n\nGood Luck!
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In the book of Matthew, mark and luke.
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There is a Book called the Bible....\n\n\nOne example, Romans 9:13
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Who said God created them?
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First, we don't know that Jude is actually quoting the Book of Enoch.  It is just that what little of the Book of Enoch that survived is the only other reference we have to this apparently real event.  \n\nSecond, apparantly neither the church nor the Jews felt that it was an inspired writting.  \n\nThird, the Book of Enoch seemed to be an "Old Testament" book that was written during "New Testament" times.  It is even possible that the Book of Enoch was written shortly AFTER Jude.  Christians certainly recognized that there were no prophets still writting books to the Jews.  Isreal had not had a prophet in over 400 years.  If God had sent a new prophet surely he would not be writting about Enoch, but about what was going on with what they believed to be a great apostacy (Christianity).  \n\nIt is also very likely, since very little of the book remains for us to examine, that it did not claim to be anything but a story.  Many such "books" were written, and never meant to be taken as Scripture.  We have Christian devotional and fictional books being written all the time today, too.\n\nThe event to which Jude refers to seems to have actually taken place.  We know this because we have an inspired author telling us about it.  That does not mean that, even if he quoted this book, that the book is Scripture.  Paul quoted greek philosophers, too.
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Well, since no one alive today was there ... no one can be sure if Adam and Eve could write or not. But as has been pointed out before, Adam was created perfecly by God, and walked with God, so I think it would be safe to draw the conclusion that Adam was literate, and passed that knowledge on to his descendants. Certainly, it would have been lost by some of them in the events at the tower of Babel, and possibly only a few languages were developed into any written form for many years after that event.\nNoah would have been born 56 years after Adam died, but would have had 6 living ancestors who could have known Adam personally.\nAbraham was 58 years old before Noah died, so Abraham could have gotten his world history from Noah.\nThe actual writing of the Book of Genesis is attributed to Moses, about 500 years after Abraham, but it is generally accepted that (Genesis) was in written form before that time and Moses merely compiled the records written by others.\nIf you read the book of Genesis you will notice an interesting phrase that keeps appearing "these are the generations of ... "\nIt is apparent from the literary style that each time this phrase appears, it indicates that one author has finished his writing and passed the book on to the next family historian.\nThe first occurrence of this is in Gen. 2:4 and apparently, God is the one doing the writing and is passing the task on to Adam.\nNext is Gen. 5:1 where Adam is apparently finishing his writing and it is passed on to (probably Seth, or Enoch) the next historian.\nGen. 6:9 is apparently where Noah becomes the historian.\nGen. 10 and 11 are apparently recorded by Shem.\nAbraham begins to be the historian in Gen. 12:1\nIshmael and Isaac both contribute (Gen. 25:12&19)\nMost likely, Moses himself only wrote the portion after the death of Jacob (or possibly only after Joseph's death), which would have been very recent historical events for him.