Who were the writers of the New Testament?

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.