> how do jews and christians reconcile the fact that nobody knows who wrote the bible? lots of people knew the people who wrote the bible, there are lists of people who heard john for example, polycarp, papias, ignatius and so one. this was the john who took care of jesus's mother and wrote the gospel in his 90s. people heard him speak, they circulated his writings. he was a student of both jesus and john the baptist. he was there, he wrote it down, he was exiled to the patmos island. you can go visit where he penned his stuff, including revelations. jesus, said that the law came from moses, so jesus seemed to think that the early ot was written by moses, though the law was sound, the truth was not heard until jesus spoke it, meaning jesus turned what could have been lies into truth to prove the divinity status. it is interesting stuff, the history is less esoteric once you know where to look.
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