Authors of God

The unpaid authors of God, whose Books have paid off:

The traditional authors are: Peter the apostle (First and Second Peter); the author of the Gospel of John (First, Second and Third John), writing in advanced age; "Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James" (Epistle of Jude); and James the Just, "a servant of God and of Jesus Christ" (James).

Irenaeus identified the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, as the four pillars of the Church, the four authors of the true Gospels.

Luke is an interesting author because he did not know Jesus personally, the only Gentile to have written Books in the Bible. He became a follower after Jesus's death, when Paul taught him the gospel. The Gospel of Luke, tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. Together with the Acts of the Apostles, it makes up a two-volume work which scholars call Luke–Acts, accounting for 27.5% of the New Testament.

Moses is the author of Genesis. According to the New Testament, Jesus himself recognized Moses as the author of at least some portions of the Pentateuch.

Known also as the Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, the Torah is one of the three main divisions of the Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, also the most sacred, according to tradition written down by Moses at divine dictation.

The Psalms were the HymnBook of the Old Testament. Most of them were written by King David of Israel. Others who wrote Psalms were Moses, Solomon, etc.

Prophet Ezekiel is the author of the Book of Ezekiel.

Obadiah is one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the final section of Nevi'im, the second main division of the Hebrew Bible. The shortest Book in the Hebrew Bible.

The author of Malachi is unknown; it is merely a transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning “my messenger.”

Isaiah also known as Isaias, was the Prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.

The Book of Revelation was written by an author probably from Ephesus known as "John the Elder."

Prophet Daniel is the author of his Book.

Prophet Joel was the author of the Book of Joel.

Lamentations was attributed to the authorship of the Prophet Jeremiah.

Hosea was the nominal primary author of the Book of Hosea.

The Book of Haggai, was written by the Prophet Haggai, the Book contains four oracles.

Tradition ascribes the compilation of the Babylonian Talmud to two Babylonian sages, Rav Ashi and Ravina II.

Most contemporary Bibles follow the order of the Jewish Masoretic traditions: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

Various Prophets lived during the time of Elijah and Elisha, belonging to the school of Prophets, But nothing is known about these.

75 Books left out of the Original Bible. The Council of Nicaea convened by Roman Emperor Constantine removed twenty-three contained within the Holy Bible.

The Zabur, is according to Islam, the holy Book of David, one of the holy Books revealed by God before the Holy Quran, alongside others such as the Tawrah (Torah) and the Injil (Gospel).

The Holy Quran mentions the Torah, Psalms, and Gospel as being revealed by God in the same way the Holy Quran was orally revealed by God to the final Prophet, Muhammad, through the Archangel Gabriel incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, until His death in 632 CE.

According to Islamic tradition, the Holy Quran was first compiled in three stages: During the lifetime of the Holy Prophet (saw); during the caliphate of Sayyidina Abu Bakr (rad), and during the caliphate of Sayyidina Othman bin Affan (rad).

Ironically, Jesus “Isa” is mentioned ninety-seven times, while "Muhammad" is mentioned four times in the Holy Quran, and the name "Ahmad" (another variant of the name of Muhammad) is mentioned only one time.

The Prophets of Islam include: Adam, Idris (Enoch), Nuh (Noah), Hud (Heber), Saleh (Methusaleh), Lut (Lot), Ibrahim (Abraham), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Yaqub (Jacob), Yusuf (Joseph), Shu’aib (Jethro), Ayyub (Job), Dhulkifl (Ezekiel), Musa (Moses), Harun (Aaron), Dawud (David), Sulayman (Solomon), Ilyas (Elias), Alyasa (Elisha), Yunus (Jonah), Zakariya (Zachariah), Yahya (John the Baptist), Isa (Jesus) and Muhammad. Peace be upon them all.

If God knew all what the authors wrote in His name, some contend, He may have opted to do the writing himself…

Food for thought!