Who were the writers of the New Testament?

Answer 1

St. Paul

AnswerMost of the letters in the New Testament are pseudepigraphical, meaning that they were written in the names of priminent Christians, but be some other, anonymous authors.

We do know that the Apostle Paul wrote five, and possibly seven of the thirteen epistles generally attributed to him. The epistles generally regarded as having been written by Paul are: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Galatians, 1 Thessalonians and Philippians. Based on a computer analysis of the epistles attributed to Paul, A.Q. Morton believes that Philippians and 1 Thessalonians are not genuine.

The epistles attributed to Paul but which most scholars regard as being pseudonymous are: 2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus.

We do not know who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews. It was at one stage attributed to Paul, but this is clearly not his writing. The ending of the epistle was probably added much later, to enforce the appearance of the epistle being from Paul.

The epistles attributed to James, John, Jude and Peter are all regarded as pseudepigraphical and, in most cases, written during the second century.

Answer 2

The New Testament was written by multiple authors, including the apostles Matthew, John, Peter, and Paul, as well as other early Christian figures like James and Jude. The exact authorship of some New Testament books is debated among scholars.

Answer 3

A:Thirteen epistles (Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus and Philemon) are attributed to Paul, one to James, two to Peter, three to John and one to Jude. The Epistle to Hebrews was also at one stage attributed to Paul, but this is too clearly not the case.

The consensus of scholars is that only Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Philemon, Galatians, Philippians and 1 Thessalonians were really written by Paul, and that the remainder were written in Paul's name after his death. A.Q. Morton goes further, having carried out a computer analysis of the epistles attributed to Paul and found that only Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and Philemon contain exactly the same writing style as Galatians.

Scholars doubt the authenticity of the epistles attributed to James, Peter, John and Jude. For example, Jude clearly identifies itself as a second-century work, even though it also claims authorship by Jude. 2 Peter must have been written even later than Jude, since it incorporates almost all of the text from Jude. So apart from the five or seven epistles by Paul, we do not know who actually wrote the epistles in the New Testament.

Answer 4

A:The only New Testament author whose name we can be certain of is Paul. Thirteen epistles have been attributed to Paul. Hebrews was also at one stage attributed to him, but that is clearly not the case, never being attributed to him until late in the second century. 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. The two that may, with some confidence, have been written by Paul, but do not match the style of Galatians are Philippiansand 1 Thessalonians.

2 Thessalonians, Ephesians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus are sometimes referred to as pseudo-Pauline epistles because they were written in Paul's name long after his death.

The Four New Testament gospels were originally anonymous and were only attributed to the apostles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John later in the second century. Biblical scholars say the gospels could not have been written by eyewitnesses to the events they portray, and we do not really know the names of the authors. Acts of the Apostles is clearly written by the author of Luke's Gospel, but again its author is unknown.

Scholars can readily establish that the letters known as the Epistles of James, John, Jude and Peter were not really written by those persons. With the possible exception of the Epistle of James, they were all written in the second century.

The Book of Revelation was written by a person called John, and there is no reason to doubt that this was the author's name. Late in the second century, it was decided that this author was John, the disciple of Jesus. However, scholars no longer accept this attribution and simply refer to the author as John of Patmos.

Answer 5

The apostle Paul is the only apostle who really does have letters in The Bible. The epistles attributed to James, Peter, John and Jude are regarded as pseudepigraphical letters written in the names of the apostles in order to add authority to the messages they contained.

Answer 6

Paul wrote most of the epistles/ letters. Others were James, Peter, John, and Jude.

Answer 7

Paul is given credit for writing the most books in the New Testament. There is no doubt he wrote six of the books, and it is debatable that is the author of six others.

Answer 8

The apostle Paul wrote 14 of the 27 books of the new testament. 13 of the books name him as the writer and it is widely accepted that he is the writer of the book of hebrews.

Answer 9

The new testament had several different authors. The titles of most books are by their author. Ask your local pastor if you're not sure.

Answer 10

Paul wrote the Epistles to the Romans.