List of Bible authors
- unknown author - Genesis (beginning))
- Moses - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms (90)
- Joshua - Joshua, Deuteronomy (end)
- Samuel - Judges, Ruth, Joshua (end)
- Gad - 1st and 2nd Samuel
- Nathan - 1st and 2nd Samuel
- Jeremiah - 1st and 2nd Kings, Jeremiah, Lamentations
- Ezra - Ezra, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Psalms
- Nehemiah - Nehemiah, 1st and 2nd Chronicles
- attributed to Mordecai - Esther
- attributed to Moses or Job - Job
- Solomon - Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Psalms (72, 127)
- Ezekiel - Ezekiel
- Daniel - Daniel
- Hosea - Hosea
- Joel - Joel
- Amos - Amos
- Obadiah - Obadiah
- Jonah - Jonah
- Micah - Micah
- Naum - Naum
- Habakkuk - Habakkuk
- Zephaniah - Zephaniah
- Haggai - Haggai
- Zechariah - Zechariah
- Malachi - Malachi
- Matthew - From Matthew
- Mark - From Mark
- Luke - From Luke, Acts
- John - From John, 1st, 2nd and 3rd John, Revelation
- Paul - Romans 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
- attributed to Paul, possibly Apollos or Barnabas - Hebrews
- Jacob - Jacob
- Peter - 1st and 2nd Peter
- Judas - Judas
- David - Psalms
- Adam - Psalms (92, 139)
- Melchizedek - Psalms (110)
- Abraham - Psalms (89)
- Heman - Psalms (88)
- Idifun - Psalms (39,62,77)
- sons of Korah - Psalms (42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87, 88)
- Asaph - Psalms (50, 73-83)
Perhaps Paul wrote Hebrews after all.
Perhaps Job was written by Moses. So the list of authors could get noticeably shorter. On the other hand, we don't know all the authors of the Psalms.
So the correct number of authors in the Bible is about 40.
