"Who Wrote the Bible?"

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TempestTossed said:
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to seem sarcastic.
You are right. It is bad theology to think that everything that happens is God's will. The reason I cited Deuteronomy 28:36 and 1 Kings 9:7 is to show that the Babylonian captivity was God's will according to the Bible. The Babylonian captivity is the subject of those verses, and there are more verses like it, expressing God's engineering of the captivity. If the captivity was God's will, then it seems unlikely to me that God would inspire a passage of such bloodlustful anger against Babylonian infants. It seems more likely to think that this was the Israelites and only the Israelites talking.
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You're right.

If I remember correctly the captivity was punnishment by God, so that was something that He orchastrated.

The anger expressed is certainly that of the Israelites, because of their own sinful nature, but that doesn't preclude that God was the author of the book- He can still tell how they felt; whether or not those feelings were right or wrong, in His will or not.

That's all I meant.

Simply because all the thoughts expressed in Scripture aren't of God's mind, that doesn't mean that He didn't write the book for us, to teach us.
 
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I bought a book recently titled, Who Wrote the Bible?, by Richard Friedman. I am half way through it, and it seems to be an exciting read on the history of the first five books of the Bible. I recommend it. :)
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I thought that book was a very good read. It gave me a much needed historical perspective as I was beginning to read the Bible.
 
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I thought that book was a very good read. It gave me a much needed historical perspective as I was beginning to read the Bible.
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Yeah, I think I should read the Pentateuch again because I read this book to give me a better perspective on it than I had before. Before, it seemed confounding and nonsensical to me.
 
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mushowani said:
the Bible is timeless and it applies to all times and situations. that makes it different from all the other books. John 1v1 says that in the beginning was the word...... and in Hebrews 4 it is said that the word is alive and sharper than a double edged sword....
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As a side to this, John 1, at least in my mind, clearly refers to Jesus Christ.

But as far as authorship, Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 have very clear differences in the whole structure of the phrases, so this, for one example, clearly seems to indicate two different authors.
 
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LadyNyx said:
"Who Wrote the Bible?"

Try reading Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman. He gives you a great, thorough look on how the New Testament was written and put together. It might be quite an eye opener for many people here. ;)
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My husband is reading that right now and we both read parts of his other book titled "Jesus Interrupted" which also goes into the questionable authorship of the Bible. I find his research and "facts" interesting, but his conclusions are based on his understanding or interpretations of things and some of his dates and facts are disputed by many other scholars so they are not all "facts". It is interesting, though I found it to be rather dry reading.
 
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mushowani said:
the Bible is timeless and it applies to all times and situations. that makes it different from all the other books. John 1v1 says that in the beginning was the word...... and in Hebrews 4 it is said that the word is alive and sharper than a double edged sword....
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You *do* know that the Logos/Word is supposed to be Jesus rather than the Bible, don't you? If not, you've got some serious studying to do.
 
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