Who was the author of the Old Testament?

Both of these answers are true, but by now you're probably looking for a little more detail about the authors of the Bible. And rightly so: when you're studying a book or passage of the Bible, it's pretty important to know who wrote it. So, let's take a closer look at who wrote the Bible. read more

The Old Testament was written by various prophets and righteous men of God. Here is a list of the books in the Old Testmant, their authors and the dates they were written: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy = Moses - 1400 B.C. Joshua = Joshua - 1350 B.C. Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel = Samuel/Nathan/Gad - 1000 - 900 B.C. read more

The books which are part of a Christian Old Testament but which are not part of the Hebrew canon are sometimes described as deuterocanonical. In general, Protestant Bibles do not include the deuterocanonical books in their canon, but some versions of Anglican and Lutheran bibles place such books in a separate section called Apocrypha. read more

Of all the Old Testament prophets, nobody’s like Moses (Dt 34:10–12). Moses is a Hebrew born in Egypt and raised in Pharaoh’s house. After killing an abusive Egyptian slave driver, Moses escapes the death penalty by running to the wilderness, where he marries and takes up life as a shepherd. read more