bible question 3

Over what time span was the Bible written?

1500 years

How many different human authors wrote the Bible?

40

Who wrote the last book of the Bible?

Apostle John

Dual Authorship

Dual authorship means that both God and Man were writing the bible at the same time. God gave man the inspiration to write his word and his word is known as the bible.

Who was the second highest contributor (in regards to chapters) of the Bible?

Ezra- he wrote 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah

All Christians have the same view of inspiration?

False- some other view include Intuition Theory, Illumination Theory, Dynamic Theory, Dictation Theory, Verbal Plenary Theory

Scriptural evidence of who wrote the Bible

II Peter 1:20-21, "You must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."

What is the last book of the Old Testament?

Malachi

Who was the top contributor of the Bible?

Moses- he wrote Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Who was the 3rd highest contributor (in regards to chapters) of the Bible?

Paul- he wrote 13 books of the NT

The Verbal Plenary Theory

This view asserts that there is dual authorship to the scriptures. While the authors of the Bible wrote as thinking feeling human beings, God so mysteriously superintendent the process that every word written was also the exact words he wanted to be written- free from all error.

What do we mean by diversity of Bible writers?

Those who wrote the Bible lived at different times, some separated by hundreds of years. Bible writers were human beings from all walks of life. They served under different governments and lived within contrasting cultures and systems of philosophy.