.. For being the most documented thing before the printing press, you'd think the authors wouldn't be anonymous right?
Folks for the large part were still widely illiterate for some centuries after the printing press of the 15th century.
Ah.... so many of the stories must have been passed down orally. Ever play that game where you get in a circle and whisper the same sentence person to person and see what comes out the other side?
The multiply it by 1500 years! ;-) No wonder no one knows who the original authors are..... but I'm speaking to the choir!
The authors are known. All you have to do is a little reading to discover who they are.
The issue of authorship is debatable.
And that's exactly my point. It is debatable. There should be no question.
