Questions tagged [authorship]
Questions about the authorship of particular parts of the bible.
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When was the Book of Micah written?
Micah 1:1 indicates the author & the timing of his life:
The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning ...
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If Matthew was an eyewitness why would he rely on Mark?
If Matthew was an eyewitness to the events of the life of Jesus, why did Matthew then base his gospel off Mark's?
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Revelation: Before or after AD70?
My question is about how the Book of Revelation is dated. Some say it was written before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, and others say it was written later (maybe around AD 96.)
Obviously the ...
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What evidence is used to support the claim that Isaiah was written before the reign of King Cyrus?
I'm studying the book of Isaiah at the moment and have been trying to understand the prophecy of the reign of Cyrus from Isaiah 45-52.
Here's a sample that refers to him:
Cyrus, God’s Instrument
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Christian authorship of books of the Septuagint
I am currently in discussion with a Muslim who appears to be arguing for Christian authorship of books of the Septuagint, who he argues have tampered with the text through mistranslation. These books ...
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Akkadian Prophecies and Daniel [closed]
There are currently five Babylonian cuneiform “ex eventu” texts known as the Akkadian Prophecies. They are dated as old as 1st millennium BC (I think) but the youngest one dates to the early 3rd ...
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Who wrote James?
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion:
Greetings.
Paul identifies one James as the brother of Jesus (Galatians 1.19; cf. Mark 6.3). He also ...
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Did Moses write Psalm 90?
Psalm 90 begins (ESV):
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Translations seem mostly to agree about this, although I’m not sure if that’s the only way to translate it.* This has traditionally been ...
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Can we tell from the text who wrote Hebrews?
I have pondered who wrote Hebrews for some time. In my studies, I have eliminated Paul for two reasons.
1) The style of Greek is different than the way Paul writes in his letters. It's a higher ...
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What does Song 1:1 tell us about Solomon's relationship to the book?
Song 1:1:
שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ (BHS)
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.(ESV)
I have seen it postulated* that the final word here (a lamed preposition prefixed to the name ...
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When was Psalm 26 written?
At what point in his life did David write Psalm 26, was it before or after the events of 2 Samuel 11?
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Authorship of 2 Peter - evidence against Peter
2 Peter claims to be written by the apostle Peter:
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that
have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of
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Is John 21:24 contradicting Luke 1:3?
At the beginning of his gospel, Luke states that (1:3):
3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you....
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Resources on the continuity and discontinuity debate of Ezekiel 1-39 and 40-48
I am writing a research paper regarding the continuity of Ezekiel 1–39 and 40–48, I am trying to prove that the author of Ezekiel 1–39 is the same figure 40–48. I am trying to find both, the ...
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How many Isaiahs?
I understand that there is a scholarly position that holds that the book of Isaiah was written by three authors, termed First Isaiah (chapters 1-39), Second Isaiah (chapters 40-55), and Third Isaiah (...
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