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The question of who really wrote the Bible has been debated for ages, with people disagreeing over how much (if any) of it was divinely inspired or transmitted directly from God. This is a question scholars have attempted to answer through a combination of historical study and literary analysis, and one highly respected expert has provided an estimate of how many writers contributed to the Old and New Testaments that are in circulation today. According to Professor Elizabeth Polczer, a Biblical Scholar in the Department of Religion at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, the latest research suggests that dozens of people wrote the various parts of the Bible, with 40 authors likely representing the minimum number. “Each book of the Bible