Human authors of the Bible

God used some 40 men (apostles and prophets, Ephesians 2:20) to write the books of the Bible. The lives of those men spanned a timeline of about 1,600 years (1500 B.C. to 100 A.D.). Some of the names of those men are very familiar to us: Moses, David, Paul. Other writers are less familiar: Obadiah, Habakkuk. Some Bible writers were kings (David, Solomon); others were shepherds (Moses, Amos). The writers of some books of the Bible are unknown to us: for example, 1 & 2 Kings and Hebrews.

While God used a variety of people to write the books of the Bible over a long period of time, the writings they produced came from God. Through the miracle of inspiration, God led those men to write exactly what he wanted them to write (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21)—down to the very last word (1 Corinthians 2:13).

If you are interested in learning more about the human authors of the books of the Bible, Northwestern Publishing House offers some good resources, such as this one.