2. The variety of people who wrote the Bible
 

The Bible is made up of 66 individual books. They were written down by people of many occupations spread over a time period of hundreds of years.

The table below shows the large variety of backgrounds, cultures and time periods from which the writers of the books of the Bible came. Fuller details
 
Backgrounds
Locations
Situations
Date
Slave
Temple servant
Priest
Captive in foreign land
Shepherd
King
Musician
Royal descent
Herdsman
Customs officer
Doctor
Prisoner
High-ranking Jew
Fisherman
Egypt
Israel
Babylon
Persia
Rome
Greece
Turkey
Single
Married
Marital problems
1450 BC
to
AD 96
 

There is no other book in the world written by so many different authors spread over a period of 1,500 years that has one consistent message.

Some of the Bible writers suffered terribly or even died for giving their message. People don’t give their lives for a message they have made up. The Bible writers had good reasons to believe that their message was true.