Who wrote more books of the Bible than any one else?

Answer 1

In regard to the Old Testament Moses is reasonably considered by scholars to have written the books which bear his name, or at least, in the case of Genesis, to have been the final editor.

Clearly Paul In order for a person to qualify as an author of books of The Bible that person would firstly require reasonable factual evidence that they existed and that they authored the books that bear their name. In any case, Paul, who is attributed with thirteen, has a lot more in terms of numbers. The simple explanations, which line up with what happens in actual practice today, that the same author can write with different styles, easily accounts for the alleged impossibility of Paul having written the books which bear his name. Together with this is the fact that the early Christians were particular in knowing the authority or source of a work in order to know its 'apostolic authority' and thus to trust its teachings. Paul's works were addressed to different audiences, had different subject matter and also Paul himself had different circumstances in which he wrote, together with the use of different secretaries who wrote for him. All of this easily accounts for the differences of the thirteen books written by Paul.

In terms of the amount of words and size of contribution, Moses probably ranks slightly ahead of Paul, as many of Paul's works are relatively short being letters to churches about specific concerns. Moses' works, on the other hand, although only five are generally of much greater length.

Answer 2

Paul

Thirteen epistles have been attributed to Paul. At least seven Pauline epistles are widely considered to be genuine, and of these five have been shown by computer analysis to contain exactly the same writing or dictation style: Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Philemon and Galatians. So, based on scholarly analysis, Paul is believed to have written between 5 and 7 books in the Bible.

Moses

Moses is traditionally credited with writing the first 5 books of the Old Testament, known to Christians as the Pentateuch. But nowhere in the Pentateuch does it claim to have been written by Moses, so we must analyse the text to determine who probably wrote it.

When examining the Pentateuch, we find compelling evidence that Moses did not write these books, including:

• Deuteronomy chapter 34 describes the death of Moses.and says that "not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses..." This could not have been written by Moses or even by any author until long after the establishment of a nation called Israel. If we explain this by saying that this chapter was added after the death of Moses, we leave open the question as to what else was added after the death of Moses.
• The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 have a slightly different wording to the same commandments in Deuteronomy 5. Exodus 20:11 also says that the Sabbath is in honour of the 7 days of creation; Deuteronomy 5:15 says that the Sabbath is in honour of the flight from Egypt. While these issues have no important theological consequences, it is not possible that the man who personally carved the commandments onto tablets would not even remember what he wrote. And if, as the author of the Pentateuch, he was not sure, he could have looked in the ark and read the tablets again.
• In different locations within the Pentateuch, Moses' father-in-law is given the name Reuel, Hobab and Jethro, an apparent error that Moses himself could not have made.
  

Biblical scholars now believe that Moses was not the author of these 5 books.

Deuteronomist Many scholars now believe that an anonymous author, now known as the Deuteronomist, wrote one of the books of the Pentateuch, Deuteronomy, and contributed to others. The same author is also credited with writing the Deuteronomic History: the Books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings. These form an integrated block of text covering the period from the conquest of Canaan through to the end of the kingdom of Judah and the beginning of the Babylonian Exile.

The Deuteronomist wrote 7 books and contributed to others. He was probably the most prolific author in the Bible.

Answer 3

By length of writing or words, Moses is.

Answer 4

Paul

Answer 5

Paul