when the books were probably written
- Old Testament
Adam created: 3958 BC
Job: Considered earliest, but date unknown
Genesis: 1445-1405 BC
Exodus: 1445-1405 BC
Leviticus: 1445-1405 BC
Numbers: 1445-1405 BC
Deuteronomy: 1445-1405 BC
Psalms: 1410-450 BC
Joshua: 1405-1385 BC
Judges: 1043 BC
Ruth: 1030-1010 BC
Song of Songs: 971-965 BC
Proverbs: 971-686 BC
Ecclesiastes: 940-931 BC
1 Samuel: 931-722 BC
2 Samuel: 931-722 BC
Obadiah: 850-840 BC
Joel: 835-796 BC
Jonah: 775 BC
Amos: 750 BC
Hosea: 750-710 BC
Micah: 735-710 BC
Isaiah: 700-681 BC
Nahum: 650 BC
Zephaniah: 635-625 BC
Habakkuk: 615-605 BC
Ezekiel: 590-570 BC
Lamentations: 586 BC
Jeremiah: 586-570 BC
1 Kings: 561-538 BC
2 Kings: 561-538 BC
Judith: Uncertain (538 BC-AD 70) - Daniel: 536-530 BC
- Haggai: 520 BC
- Baruch: 500-100 BC
Zechariah: 480-470 BC
Ezra: 457-444 BC
1 Chronicles: 450-430 BC
2 Chronicles: 450-430 BC
Esther: 450-331 BC
Malachi: 433-424 BC
Nehemiah: 424-400 BC
Susanna: 400 BC-AD 70 - Psalm 151: 400 BC-AD 100
Letter of Jeremiah: 307-317 BC - Tobit: 225-175 BC
Ben Sira (Sirach): 200-175 BC - Bel and the Dragon: 200-100 BC
Greek Esther: 200-1 BC - Prayer of Azariah: 200-1 BC
1 Maccabees: 150-100 BC - 2 Maccabees: 150-100 BC
1 Esdras: 100 BC-AD 100 - Prayer of Manasseh: 100-1 BC
3 Maccabees: 100-1 BC - 4 Maccabees: 100-1 BC
Wisdom: 50-20 BC - 2 Esdras*: AD 100-200
*A deuterocanonical/apocryphal book
**A pseudepigrapha book - New Testament
- James: AD 44-49
Galatians: AD 49-50
Mark: AD 50-60
Matthew: AD 50-60
1 Thessalonians: AD 51
2 Thessalonians: AD 51-52
1 Corinthians: AD 55
2 Corinthians: AD 55-56
Romans: AD 56
Luke: AD 60-61
Ephesians: AD 60-62
Philippians: AD 60-62
Philemon: AD 60-62
Colossians: AD 60-62
Acts: AD 62
1 Timothy: AD 62-64
Titus: AD 62-64
1 Peter: AD 64-65
2 Timothy: AD 66-67
2 Peter: AD 67-68
Hebrews: AD 67-69
Jude: AD 68-70
John: AD 80-90
1 John: AD 90-95
2 John: AD 90-95
3 John: AD 90-95
Revelation: AD 94-96 - Millenia:
(1st) Adam. 3958 B.C. to 2958 B.C.
(2nd) 2958 B.C. to 1958 B.C.
(3rd) 1958 B.C. to 958 B.C.
(4th) 958 B.C. to 43 A.D.
(5th) 43 A.D. to 1043 A.D.
(6th) 1043 A.D. to 2043 A.D.
(7th) Millenium: 2043 AD