It is important to understand the scriptures and the Bible authors personally to understand the Bible contexts. This increases the chance of belief in Christ being more permanent than that which one is forced to appreciate and know nothing about. Generally, all the authors of the Bible were inspired by the Holy spirit….This is important because we all have been blessed with the ability to understand the scriptures well enough as the holy spirit leads. So how can we start reading or listening to a Bible that we do not know where it came from? Who wrote the 66 books of the Bible? Find out here:

Growing up, my mother used to read me the Bible before I slept. One day as she was wrapping me in bed, I asked her the same question, ‘Who wrote the Bible’. And she said ‘God’. Ofcourse, it is the word of God, but did he sit down and write the Bible? No. The Bible has a total of 40 known authors. Have fun while learning below.

Who then were the 40 Bible authors?

The Bible has a total of 66 books. The old testament has 39 books and the new testament 27 books. The Old Testament can be grouped into books of the law, historical books, poetry book, major prophets, minor prophets.

Humanly speaking, the Bible was written by approximately 40 men of diverse backgrounds over the course of 1500 years. Imagine that. This is why, Bible agencies are yet to translate the Bible in all languages in the world. We too, have not managed to record the Bible in audio for all the African groups because not all have the Bible translated in their language.

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE AND THEIR AUTHORS-BIBLE AUTHORS

Now you know all the 40 Bible authors. Do you want to know how the Bible books are grouped? Here is the breakdown of the Bible according to their group names/classifications: Bible books and their categories; what do you call books written by Moses?