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Books of the Bible by date written

October 27, 2015 By Krisan Marotta

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One of the first questions we ask when studying a new book of the Bible is: “when was it written?” Here a list of the most likely order in which the books of the Bible were written.

NOTE: These dates are NOT the same as when the events described in in the book took place.  AND there are several competing dating schemes.  This one makes the most sense to me.

Old Testament
Unknown Job
1445-1405 BC Genesis; Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy
1410-450 BC Psalms
1405-1385 BC Joshua
c. 1043 BC Judges
c 1030-1010 BC Ruth
971-965 BC Solomon
931- 722 BC 1&2 Samuel
8550-840 BC Obadiah
835-796 BC Joel
c. 775 BC Jonah
c. 750 BC Amos
750-710 BC Hosea
735-710 BC Micah
700-681 BC Isaiah
c 650 BC Nahum
635-625 BC Zephaniah
615-605 BC Habakkuk
590-570 BC Ezekiel
 586 BC Lamentations
586-570 BC Jeremiah
561-538 BC 1&2 Kings
536-530 BC Daniel
c. 520 BC Haggai
480-470 BC Zechariah
457-444 BC Ezra
450-430 BC 1&2 Chronicles
450-331 BC Esther
433-424 BC Malachi
424-400 BC Nehemiah
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New Testament
44-49 AD James
49-50 AD Galatians
50-60 AD Mark; Matthew
51-52 AD 1&2 Thessalonians
55-56 AD 1&2 Corinthians
56 AD Romans
60-61 AD Luke
60-62 AD Ephesians; Philippians; Philemon; Colossians
62 AD Acts
62-64 AD 1 Timothy; Titus
64-65 AD 1 Peter
 66-67 AD 2 Timothy
 67-68 AD 2 Peter
 67-69 AD Hebrews
 68-70 AD Jude
 80-90 AD John
 90-95 AD 1,2,3 John
 94-96 AD Revelation
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