Authorship

[Berean]

I have brought this topic up before in relation to the Gospel of John, where the last part indicates that someone else wrote this about John: 'This is the disciple that bears witness about these things and that wrote these things, and we know that the witness he gives is true.' (John 21:24)

Now there are other parts of the Bible where things like this are going on, where the presumed writer of a Bible book cannot possibly have written it in its entirety, like Moses' death being described in Deuteronomy 34, and Joshua's death in Joshua 24. Who wrote those parts, I wonder? Why does the Society insist on a single writer for pretty much every Bible book, while they acknowledge that the names of certain writers aren't certain (look it up in the table with Bible books and writers in the back of your Bible)? How do we know who wrote a Bible book anyway, when the author isn't listed, such as is the case with the Book of Judges?

[EmmaKay]

well...my two cents on this are...

Several books of the bible were considered Pseudepigrapha and were nearly left out of the current bible canon. The reason they were added (as I've read many places) is because they were either mentioned at other parts of the bible, or were considered because they helped tell the story. Which I think the book of enoch was left out, because it wasn't applicable to any part of the bible and was deemed "uninspired". I do agree. Not that it's not a cool book...but still uninspired. There was a meeting of minds....and they decided together....and the final say came down to the books that are in the bible now. While I believe that some are still considered "uninspired", they are not dangerous to read. I believe that they are inspired, no matter who wrote them. so it comes down to...what do you have faith in...and does it matter who wrote them here on earth, if you have faith that Jehovah wrote them?
As for the society...well...I think you've answered your own question. We all know that the society goes above and beyond thier real knowledge on a lot of things. They are the mouth piece of Jehovah and whatever they say....goes. Without a second glance. Of course I won't say that there aren't any persons there with knowledge, those one's are being hushed.
Of course, I will not claim to be any kind of expert on any of this, but these too are things I've read by other men. So take some things with a grain of salt. ;)

Love,
EmmaKay

[Olm]

i've read the book of Enoch, it is a cool book, talking about those giants and stuff, the only thing that gets me is that they found fragments of the book of Enoch with the dead sea scrolls. I do think it is not inspired but i still wonder about those dead sea scrolls fragments of the book of Enoch.