Who Wrote the Various Books in the Bible?

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy --Moses (scholarly opinions differ here, but so far no thoroughly convincing arguments have been advanced to disprove the Mosaic authorship of large portions of these books); Joshua--Joshua (also ascribed to Phineas, Eleazar, Samuel and Jeremiah); Judges-- ascribed by Jewish tradition to Samuel; Ruth--unknown; I and II Samuel--unknown (probably the work of Samuel, Nathan and others); I and II Kings --unknown; I and II Chronicles--probably Ezra; Ezra--probably Ezra; Nehemiah--Nehemiah; Esther --probably Mordecai, or Ezra; Job--uncertain (has been attributed to Moses, or Job); the Psalms--David, Moses, and others; Proverbs--Solomon and others; Ecclesiastes--formerly ascribed to Solomon, now thought by many to belong to a later period; Song of Solomon--Solomon; Isaiah--Isaiah; Jeremiah--Jeremiah; Lamentations--Jeremiah; the remaining books of the Old Testament were written by the prophets whose names they bear, with the probable exception of Jonah; Matthew--Matthew; Mark--Mark; Luke-- Luke; John--John; Acts--Luke; Romans to Philemon--Paul; Hebrews--unknown (has been ascribed to Paul, Luke, Apollos, Barnabas); James--James; I and II Peter--Peter; I, II and III John--John; Revelation--John.

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