Who were the people that God helped write the bible?

Answer 1

Bible writing began with God's "finger" carving out the Ten Commandments for Moses on stone tablets. (Ex. 31:18) Then, over a period of some 1,600 years, about forty writers were directed by God's active force to contribute to the sixty-six books now making up The Bible.

Books of the Hebrew Scriptures Before the Common (Christian) Era

Name of Book: Genesis

Writer(s): Moses

Place Written: Wilderness

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1513

Time Covered (B.C.E.): "In the beginning" to 1657

Name of Book: Exodus

Writer(s): Moses

Place Written: Wilderness

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1512

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 1657-1512

Name of Book: Leviticus

Writer(s): Moses

Place Written: Wilderness

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1512

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 1 month (1512)

Name of Book: Numbers

Writer(s): Moses

Place Written: Wilderness and Plains of Moab

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1473

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 1512-1473

Name of Book: Deuteronomy

Writer(s): Moses

Place Written: Plains of Moab

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1473

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 2 months (1473)

Name of Book: Joshua

Writer(s): Joshua

Place Written: Canaan

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1450

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 1473-c. 1450

Name of Book: Judges

Writer(s): Samuel

Place Written: Israel

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1100

Time Covered (B.C.E.): c. 1450-c. 1120

Name of Book: Ruth

Writer(s): Samuel

Place Written: Israel

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1090

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 11 years of Judges' rule

Name of Book: 1 Samuel

Writer(s): Samuel; Gad; Nathan

Place Written: Israel

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1078

Time Covered (B.C.E.): c. 1180-1078

Name of Book: 2 Samuel

Writer(s): Gad; Nathan

Place Written: Israel

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1040

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 1077-c. 1040

Name of Book: 1 Kings

2 Kings

Writer(s): Jeremiah

Place Written: Judah and Egypt

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1 roll 580

Time Covered (B.C.E.): c. 1040-580

Name of Book: 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Writer(s): Ezra

Place Written: Jerusalem (?)

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 1 roll c. 460

Time Covered (B.C.E.): After 1 Chronicles 9:44: 1077-537

Name of Book: Ezra

Writer(s): Ezra

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 460

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 537-c. 467

Name of Book: Nehemiah

Writer(s): Nehemiah

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): a. 443

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 456-a. 443

Name of Book: Esther

Writer(s): Mordecai

Place Written: Shushan, Elam

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 475

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 493-c. 475

Name of Book: Job

Writer(s): Moses

Place Written: Wilderness

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1473

Time Covered (B.C.E.): Over 140 years between 1657 and 1473

Name of Book: Psalms

Writer(s): David and others

Place Written:

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 460

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Proverbs

Writer(s): Solomon; Agur; Lemuel

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 717

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Ecclesiastes

Writer(s): Solomon

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): b. 1000

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Song of Solomon, The

Writer(s): Solomon

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 1020

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Isaiah

Writer(s): Isaiah

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): a. 732

Time Covered (B.C.E.): c. 778-a. 732

Name of Book: Jeremiah

Writer(s): Jeremiah

Place Written: Judah; Egypt

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 580

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 647-580

Name of Book: Lamentations

Writer(s): Jeremiah

Place Written: Near Jerusalem

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 607

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Ezekiel

Writer(s): Ezekiel

Place Written: Babylon

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 591

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 613-c. 591

Name of Book: Daniel

Writer(s): Daniel

Place Written: Babylon

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 536

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 618-c. 536

Name of Book: Hosea

Writer(s): Hosea

Place Written: Samaria (District)

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): a. 745

Time Covered (B.C.E.): b. 804-a. 745

Name of Book: Joel

Writer(s): Joel

Place Written: Judah

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 820 (?)

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Amos

Writer(s): Amos

Place Written: Judah

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 804

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Obadiah

Writer(s): Obadiah

Place Written:

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 607

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Jonah

Writer(s): Jonah

Place Written:

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 844

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Micah

Writer(s): Micah

Place Written: Judah

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): b. 717

Time Covered (B.C.E.): c. 777-717

Name of Book: Nahum

Writer(s): Nahum

Place Written: Judah

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): b. 632

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Habakkuk

Writer(s): Habakkuk

Place Written: Judah

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): c. 628 (?)

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Zephaniah

Writer(s): Zephaniah

Place Written: Judah

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): b. 648

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Name of Book: Haggai

Writer(s): Haggai

Place Written: Jerusalem rebuilt

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 520

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 112 days (520)

Name of Book: Zechariah

Writer(s): Zechariah

Place Written: Jerusalem rebuilt

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): 518

Time Covered (B.C.E.): 520-518

Name of Book: Malachi

Writer(s): Malachi

Place Written: Jerusalem rebuilt

Writing Completed (B.C.E.): a. 443

Time Covered (B.C.E.):

Books of the Greek Scriptures Written During the Common (Christian) Era

Name of Book: Matthew

Writer: Matthew

Place Written: Palestine

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 41

Time Covered: 2 B.C.E.-33 C.E.

Name of Book: Mark

Writer: Mark

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 60-65

Time Covered: 29-33 C.E.

Name of Book: Luke

Writer: Luke

Place Written: Caesarea

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 56-58

Time Covered: 3 B.C.E.-33 C.E.

Name of Book: John

Writer: Apostle John

Place Written: Ephesus, or near

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 98

Time Covered: After prologue, 29-33 C.E.

Name of Book: Acts

Writer: Luke

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 61

Time Covered: 33-c. 61 C.E.

Name of Book: Romans

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Corinth

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 56

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 1 Corinthians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Ephesus

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 55

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 2 Corinthians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Macedonia

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 55

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Galatians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Corinth or Syrian Antioch

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 50-52

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Ephesians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 60-61

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Philippians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 60-61

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Colossians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 60-61

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 1 Thessalonians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Corinth

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 50

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 2 Thessalonians

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Corinth

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 51

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 1 Timothy

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Macedonia

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 61-64

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 2 Timothy

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 65

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Titus

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Macedonia (?)

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 61-64

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Philemon

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 60-61

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Hebrews

Writer: Paul

Place Written: Rome

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 61

Time Covered:

Name of Book: James

Writer: James (Jesus' brother)

Place Written: Jerusalem

Writing Completed (C.E.): b. 62

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 1 Peter

Writer: Peter

Place Written: Babylon

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 62-64

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 2 Peter

Writer: Peter

Place Written: Babylon (?)

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 64

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 1 John

Writer: Apostle John

Place Written: Ephesus, or near

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 98

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 2 John

Writer: Apostle John

Place Written: Ephesus, or near

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 98

Time Covered:

Name of Book: 3 John

Writer: Apostle John

Place Written: Ephesus, or near

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 98

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Jude

Writer: Jude (Jesus' brother)

Place Written: Palestine (?)

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 65

Time Covered:

Name of Book: Revelation

Writer: Apostle John

Place Written: Patmos

Writing Completed (C.E.): c. 96

Time Covered: