When Was The Bible Written?

When were the Books of the Bible Written?



By Rev. Jack Barr

The probable times (suggestion of the time of writing) each book of the Old Testament was written is as follows:

1. Job -- 2150 B.C.
2. Pentateuch -- 1402 B.C. (Gen., Ex., Lev., Num., Deut.)
3. Joshua -- before 1350 B.C.
4. Judges and Ruth -- before 1050 B.C.
5. Psalms -- before 965 B.C.
6. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon -- before 926 B.C.
7. 1 and 2 Samuel -- before 926 B.C.
8. 1 Kings and 1 Chronicles -- before 848 B.C.
9. Obadiah -- 848 B.C.
10. Joel -- 835 B.C.
11. Jonah -- 780 B.C.
12. Amos -- 765 B.C.
13. Hosea -- 755 B.C.
14. Isaiah -- 750 B.C.
15. Micah -- 740 B.C.
16. Jeremiah and Lamentations -- 640 B.C.
17. Nahum -- 630 B.C.
18. Habakkuk and Zephaniah -- 625 B.C.
19. Ezekiel -- 593 B.C.
20. 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles -- 539 B.C.
21. Daniel -- before 538 B.C.
22. Haggai and Zechariah -- 520 B.C.
23. Esther -- after 476 B.C.
24. Ezra -- 458 B.C.
25. Nehemiah -- after 445 B.C.
26. Malachi -- 432 B.C.

The New Testament was written over a period of about fifty years (approximately A.D. 50-100), by eight separate authors.

A suggested chronological order and possible dating of the New Testament books.

1. James -- A.D. 49 (written from Jerusalem)
2. 1 and 2 Thessalonians -- A.D. 52 (written from Corinth)
3. 1 Corinthians -- A.D. 55 (written from Macedonia)
4. 2 Corinthians -- A.D. 56 (written from Macedonia)
5. Galatians -- A.D. 57 (written from Ephesus)
6. Romans -- A.D. 58 (written from Corinth)
7. Luke -- A.D. 59 (written from Caesarea)
8. Acts -- A.D. 60 (written from Rome)
9. Philippians, Colossians, Ephesians, Philemon -- A.D. 61,62 (written from Rome)
10. Matthew -- A.D. 63 (written from Judea)
11. Mark -- A.D. 63 (written from Rome)
12. Hebrews -- A.D. 64 (written from Jerusalem)
13. 1 Timothy -- A.D. 65 (written from Macedonia)
14. 1 Peter -- A.D. 65 (written from Babylon)
15. 2 Peter -- A.D. 66 (written from unknown)
16. Titus -- A.D. 66 (written from Greece)
17. Jude -- A.D. 67 (written from unknown)
18. 2 Timothy -- A.D. 67 (written from Rome)
19. John -- A.D. 85-90 (written from Ephesus)
20. 1 John -- A.D. 90-95 (written from Judea)
21. 2 and 3 John -- A.D. 90-95 (written from Ephesus)
22. Revelation -- A.D. 90-95 (written from the Isle of Patmos)



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