robertrouse
commented
8 years ago I'll go ahead and merge these changes, but ultimately what I want to do is assign authors by chapter. This will account for the issue with multiple authors of one book and is the main reason I have only one author listed for Psalms, Proverbs, and 1&2 Samuel.
hanleyhansen
Changes to Writers.csv
Hebrew Scriptures
1 Samuel & 2 Samuel
The book of 1 Samuel was written by Samuel, Gad and Nathan as explained in 1 Chronicles 29:29. It'd be easy to assume that 2 Samuel was also written by all 3 authors but 1 Samuel 25:1 speaks to Samuel's death so it's safer to assume that only Gad and Nathan participated in the writing of 2 Samuel.
Nehemiah
Verse 1 of chapter 1 of Nehemiah clearly identifies him as the author of this book
Psalms
Though David is attributed the majority of the written Psalms (with a whopping 73 according to the superscriptions), many other writers contributed to this collection of songs including Asaph, the sons of Korah, Solomon, Ethan the Ezrahite and even Moses has a Psalm in there. Many Psalms are without attribution (about 40 of them) so it is most appropriate to title this author as "David and others"
Proverbs
Similar to the case with Psalms, multiple authors should be recognized in the writings of Proverbs. Though most of it was written by Solomon, Agur and Lemuel deserve some credit too. See Proverbs 30:1 & Proverbs 31:1 for more details.
Greek Scriptures
Hebrews
Writership of the letter to the Hebrews has been widely ascribed to the apostle Paul. It was accepted as an epistle of Paul by early writers. The Chester Beatty Papyrus No. 2 (P46) (of about 200 C.E.) contains Hebrews among nine of Paul’s letters, and Hebrews is listed among “fourteen letters of Paul the apostle” in “The Canon of Athanasius,” of the fourth century C.E.