List of Bible authors

Bible authors more details

1. unknown author - Genesis (beginning))
2. Moses - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms (90)
3. Joshua - Joshua, Deuteronomy (end)
4. Samuel - Judges, Ruth, Joshua (end)
5. Gad - 1st and 2nd Samuel
6. Nathan - 1st and 2nd Samuel
7. Jeremiah - 1st and 2nd Kings, Jeremiah, Lamentations
8. Ezra - Ezra, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Psalms
9. Nehemiah - Nehemiah, 1st and 2nd Chronicles
10. attributed to Mordecai - Esther
11. attributed to Moses or Job - Job
12. Solomon - Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Psalms (72, 127)
13. Ezekiel - Ezekiel
14. Daniel - Daniel
15. Hosea - Hosea
16. Joel - Joel
17. Amos - Amos
18. Obadiah - Obadiah
19. Jonah - Jonah
20. Micah - Micah
21. Naum - Naum
22. Habakkuk - Habakkuk
23. Zephaniah - Zephaniah
24. Haggai - Haggai
25. Zechariah - Zechariah
26. Malachi - Malachi
27. Matthew - From Matthew
28. Mark - From Mark
29. Luke - From Luke, Acts
30. John - From John, 1st, 2nd and 3rd John, Revelation
31. Paul - Romans 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
32. attributed to Paul, possibly Apollos or Barnabas - Hebrews
33. Jacob - Jacob
34. Peter - 1st and 2nd Peter
35. Judas - Judas
36. David - Psalms
37. Adam - Psalms (92, 139)
38. Melchizedek - Psalms (110)
39. Abraham - Psalms (89)
40. Heman - Psalms (88)
41. Idifun - Psalms (39,62,77)
42. sons of Korah - Psalms (42, 44-49, 84, 85, 87, 88)
43. Asaph - Psalms (50, 73-83)

This list does not at all mean that the authors are 44 (given that there were only 2 sons of Korey).

Perhaps Moses wrote Genesis after all.
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 Bible is about 40.