Common theme: Who's the author?

I think it's both disappointing and interesting that a lot of the true authors of these religious works are questionable.  We have the names of a lot of the authors in Christianity but not all of the exact information of their lives.  There are multiple authors of  the bible because they couldn't decide one just one single author's text.  Here, in the beginning of the Confucius text, the translator explains how some scholars question if the text was actually written by "Confucius" or if he was a character a group of authors created to preach their ideas.  It's disappointing because, personally, I enjoy learning about the authors of the literature I read, it helps me interpret the text deeper and understand where the text derived from. On the other hand, it's interesting because we have multiple ways of looking at where this text grew from.  For example, the Jesus text we have just finished displays all of the texts and stories behind the life and lessons of Jesus.  We aren't  left with just one text, we are left with multiple texts and can decide which we believe is closest to the  truth.