Books of the Bible With Their Authors:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy - Moses
Joshua mainly by Joshua with later edits by an unknown author/s
Judges, Ruth, 1 Samuel by Samuel
2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Chronicles - anonymous but possibly Ezra;
Ezra by Ezra
1 and 2 Kings unknown but possibly by Jeremiah
Nehemiah by Nehemiah
Esther - unknown but possibly by Mordecai or Ezra
Job - unknown but possibly by Job or edited by Moses
Psalms - 73 by David plus two more ascribed to him in the New Testament, 12 to Asaph, 10 Sons of Korah, and one each to Solomon, Moses, Heman, and Ethan, while 50 are anonymous but some are ascribed to Ezra by tradition.
Proverbs written or collected by Solomon, and the last two chapters by Agur and Lemuel.
Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon - by Solomon
Isaiah by Isaiah
Jeremiah and Lamentations by Jeremiah
Ezekiel by Ezekiel
Daniel by Daniel
Hosea by Hosea
Joel by Joel
Amos by Amos
Obadiah by Obadiah
Jonah by Jonah
Micah by Micah
Nahum by Nahum
Habakkuk by Habakkuk
Zephaniah by Zephaniah
Haggai by Haggai
Zechariah by Zechariah
Malachi by Malachi
Another answer:
The Old Testament, or Tanach, was penned by many men, but is considered to be the Word of God.
The first BOOK of the modern Bible (Genesis) is attributed to Moses.
Another answer:
The Old Testament consists of a large number of separate books collected together into a single volume. In most cases the author of each book is unknown, although tradition or scholarly research may point to an author.
- The Pentateuch (Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are traditionally believed to have been written by Moses, although most modern scholars do not believe Moses to have been the author of these books and generally accept that they were written by a number of anonymous authors, principally those now known as the Yahwist (J source), Elohist (E source), Deuteronomist (D source) and the Priestly source (P source).
- The books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel (now 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel) and Kings (now 1 Kings and 2 Kings) form an integrated text now known as the Deuteronomic History, believed by most scholars to have been written by the Deuteronomist. However, the Book of Joshua is traditionally attributed to Joshua himself.
- The Book of Chronicles (now 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles) was written by an anonymous author, now known as the Chronicler.
- The Psalms are traditionally attributed mainly to Kings David and Solomon. They are now considered to have been written several centuries later, by anonymous authors.
- The Book of Ecclesiastes is traditionally attributed to King Solomon, but there is compelling evidence that it was written centuries later by an anonymous author.
- The Book of Daniel is traditionally attributed to Daniel himself, but there is compelling evidence that it was written centuries later by an anonymous author.
- The Book of Isiah is ascribed to the prophet Isaiah, and the first part of the book probably was written by Isaiah. The second part of the book was written over a century after the death of Isaiah, by an anonymous author.
- The Book of Proverbs is another book that seems to have had several authors, each adding to the previous work, and all anonymous.
- Some of the books attributed to minor prophets may well have been written by the minor prophets, as attributed.
The Old Testament was written by many different people. Moses for example is accredited for writing the first five books of the Bible. This collection of books is known as the
Torah. King David wrote most of Psalms. The books of major prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.) are traditionally attributed to authorship by the particular prophet as the name of the book.
