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The credibility of a writer is judged by his writing. Knowing his name and profession wouldn't add a thing to his credibility. This is true for any writer of any report of any kind, not just the Bible.
Har har. This is why people buy snake-oil.
The name and profession ARE relevant becuase they gove us some insoght into what message the wrioter intended to convey. If your author was a known prankster with 50 priors for forged documents on their rap-sheet, don't you think that might slightly undermine their credibility.
Taking your argument as it stands, you essentially claim to be able to discern the quality of thought implicit in the text, right? Except, what if it is a deloberately crafted lie? That would look much the same, and yet be totally misleading.
You cannot ever accept a text as persuasive merely becuase you subjectively find it so.
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But you project modern expectations on writers of those days. The teachings of Jesus were often spoken to huge crowds. People were accustomed to learning by listening.
Yes, but then again, no. Writing in an entirely modern sense had been developed at this time, even if practiced only by a minority. But more imporetantly, seals and personal identifications are amongs the earliest craft objects found in the region.
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The point was to get the story out, authorship wasn't of particular importance to them.
Indeed. I would suggest that "truth" was not particularly import to them either.
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Many versions of the gospels could have been in circulation from quite an early time. How would anyone know for sure and why would it matter?
Well, is it the inspired word of god, or not? I presume you are saying "No", is that correct?
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