authorship race long ago. In the RSV by "Collins," invaluable notes* on "The Books of
the Bible" are to be found at the back of their production.
We start with "GENESIS" - the first book of the Bible. The scholars say about its
"AUTHOR": "One of the 'five books of Moses'." Note the words "five books of Moses"
are written in inverted commas - "." This is a subtle way of admitting that this is
what people say - that it is the book of Moses, that Moses was its author, but we (the
32 scholars) who are better informed, do not subscribe to that tittle-tattle.
The next four books, "EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS and DEUTERONOMY":
AUTHOR?
"Generally credited to Moses." This is the same category as the book of Genesis.
Who is the author of the book of "JOSHUA?" Answer: "Major part credited to Joshua."
Who is the author of the book of "JUDGES?" Answer: "Possibly Samuel."
Who is the author of "RUTH" Answer: "Not definitely known" AND
Who is the author of:
1ST SAMUEL?...................................... Answer: Author "Unknown"
2ND SAMUEL....................................... Answer: Author "Unknown"
1ST KING?.......................................... Answer: Author "Unknown"
2ND K 1ST CHRONICLES? Answer: Author "Unknown, probably ..."
2ND CHRONICLES? ..... Answer: Author "Likely collectly ..."
And so the story goes. The authors of these anonymous books are either
"UNKNOWN" or are "PROBABLY" or "LIKELY" or are of "DOUBTFUL" origin. Why
blame God for this fiasco?
Ask any learned Christian man as to whom the Comforter is? You will unmistakingly
hear - "The Comforter is the HOLY GHOST!" from John 14: 26. This sentence is only
part of verse twenty six. We will deal with the verse fully in due course. But first we
must educate the Christian mind with regards to this misnomer
— "Holy Ghost." "Pneuma" is the Greek root word for SPIRIT. There is no separate
word for GHOST in the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, and the Christians
now boast 24,000 different manuscripts in their possession of which no two are
identical!
The editors of the KJV (The King James Version) alternatively called AV (The
Authorized Version) and the DOUAY (The Roman Catholic Version) of the Bibles
gave preference to the word "GHOST' instead of the word SPIRIT when translating
"pneuma"