text: jesus' life? hello people. i'm trying to help my brother with his religion questions but i don't know this one:   it says the bible is the word of god. it consists of 2 major parts: the old and new testament. state the name of the writer(s) of each part of the new testament. 1. the book of the letters ________, _________, _________ 2. the gospel according to st. john.  for this 2nd question is it john...i mean he's the writer for this part right  thank you religious people! letters: paul, james, peter, john, jude all wrote 'letters' included in the new testament. 23 years reading it in greek tells me that someone else wrote hebrews, though it is traditionally attributed to paul, the internal evidence strongly points to another writer.  strange... with about 60 semester hours of bible, i've never run into the "book of the letters" meaning biblical texts. origen, and a few other "church fathers" composed multiple letters which have been compiled into 1 or more "book(s) of letters." i would have to know in what context the question is asked to give any real attempt at an answer on that.  yes, john most likely wrote the fourth gospel which commonly bears his name.