The Bible as Author Work

The Bible is a fascinating and uniquely written work because it is a combination of many different "books" written by many different authors but published as one book. Before exploring this further it is important to note that Christianity holds that there is only one true author of the Bible; that is, God. 2 Timothy 3:16 reads that "All scripture is inspired by God..." According to biblehub.com, the word "inspired" in this verse is translated from the Greek word "theopnuestos", which translated literally means "God-breathed." (biblehub.com) The fact that Christians hold the belief that the Bible is divinely inspired explains why compiling many different works into one book is acceptable. 

That said, let's explore the human authors of the Bible a bit more. According to Tim Chaffey, a Christian apologist and the content manager for The Ark Encounter, in an article written for answersingenesis.com, "The Bible was written over a period of roughly 2,000 years by 40 different authors..." And these authors weren't necessarily scholars or the book-loving souls we typically associate authors with today. In fact they came from many different walks of life and careers ranging from kings to shepherds and fisherman to priests. 

Despite the fact that so many different people contributed the Bible, it is astounding that it functions as an actual book. It holds true to a central message and consistently supports itself without contradiction even though the parts were comprised centuries apart. Regardless of what you believe about the Bible, that fact makes the Bible a very uniquely authored work.

The following image lays out the books of the Bible in a similar fashion to the periodic table of elements. It includes the author of each book. If the exact author is not known, as is the case in Job and Hebrews, the most popular speculated authors are listed. 

Sources:

https://answersingenesis.org/the-word-of-god/3-unity-of-the-bible/

http://biblehub.com/greek/2315.htm