Bible Book Timeline
Old Testament
▪ 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)
Old Testament Continued
▪ 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